Gerhard II, Count of Hoya

Gerhard II (c. 1260 – 18 October 1312 or 1313) was count of Hoya, son of Count Henry II. Destined for the church, he served as a canon at Verden and Bremen before leaving the clergy when his elder brother died in 1279. From 1281 he ruled with his father, and after 1290 with his brother Otto II.

Peaceable and on good terms with his neighbors, he encouraged trade. In 1302 the brothers received Drakenburg from their kinsman Duke Otto of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Married twice, he died childless.