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Adolf Of Nassau (16th Century)
Adolf of Nassau may refer to: *Adolf, King of Germany (c. 1255–1298), King of the Romans *Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307–1370) *Adolf I von Nassau (c. 1353–1390), Archbishop of Mainz *Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen (1362–1420) *Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1386–1426) *Adolph II of Nassau (1423–1475), Archbishop of Mainz *Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1443–1511) *Adolf IV of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1518–1556) *Adolph, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1526–1559) * Adolf of Nassau (1540–1568), brother of Louis of Nassau and William I of Orange, killed in the Battle of Heiligerlee *Adolf of Nassau-Siegen (1586–1608), son of Count John VII *Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg (1629–1676), son of Louis Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg * Adolph, Count of Ottweiler (1789–1812) *Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817–1905), Duke of Nassau and later Grand Duke of Luxembourg See also *Adolph of Nassau-Weilburg (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf, King Of Germany
Adolf (c. 1255 – 2 July 1298) was the count of Nassau from about 1276 and the elected king of Germany from 1292 until his deposition by the prince-electors in 1298. He was never crowned by the pope, which would have secured him the imperial title. He was the first physically and mentally healthy ruler of the Holy Roman Empire ever to be deposed without a papal excommunication. Adolf died shortly afterwards in the Battle of Göllheim fighting against his successor Albert of Habsburg. He was the second in the succession of so-called count-kings of several rivalling comital houses striving after the Roman-German royal dignity. Family Adolf was the reigning count of a small German state. He was born about 1255 and was the son of Walram II, Count of Nassau and Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen. Adolf’s brother was Diether of Nassau, who was appointed Archbishop of Trier in 1300. Adolf was married in 1270 to Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg (died after 1313) and they had eight children. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph I, Count Of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370) was a son of Count Gerlach I and Agnes of Hesse. In 1344, his father abdicated in favor of his sons. They ruled jointly until 1355, then divided their inheritance: * Adolph I inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (this line died out in the male line in 1605) * John I inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912) * Rupert inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg (he died childless in 1390) Marriage and issue In 1322 Adolph married Margaret, the daughter of Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg. They had the following children: * Gerlach II (1333–1386), inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden * Frederick (d. 1376) was minister in Mainz * Agnes (d. 1376), married Werner IV, Count of Wittgenstein * John * Margaret was abbess of Klarenthal Monastery * Elisabeth (d. 1389), married in 1361 to Diether VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen * Adolph I of Nassau (1353–1390), Archbishop of Mainz The Elector of Mainz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf I Von Nassau
Adolf I von Nassau (born Adolf von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, –6 February 1390) was Bishop of Speyer 1371–1388 and Archbishop of Mainz 1381–1390. Life Adolf was born as son of Count Adolf I, the Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein. His grandfather was Adolf, King of the Romans. When his uncle, Archbishop of Mainz died in 1371, he was chosen by the Cathedral chapter as his successor against Kuno II von Falkenstein; however, he had to yield to , the preferred candidate of Emperor Charles IV, who was appointed by Pope Gregory XI. Adolf was made Bishop of Speyer instead, a position freed up because moved from Speyer to the previous position of Johann and became Bishop of Strasbourg. When Johann died in 1373, the Mainz Cathedral chapter again supported Adolf, but on the request of Emperor Charles IV, Gregory XI appointed Louis of Meissen. However, Adolf had actual control over most of the Electorate of Mainz. After the death of Gregory XI, Adolf used the Western Schism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf I, Count Of Nassau-Siegen
Count Adolf I of Nassau-SiegenIn many sources he is called Adolf I of Nassau(-Dillenburg). His official title was Count of Nassau, but it is incorrect to refer to him as the only reigning Count of Nassau, because the County of Nassau was divided into Nassau-Beilstein, Nassau-Siegen, Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein. Adolf co-ruled the County of Nassau-Siegen, which is erroneously called Nassau-Dillenburg in many sources. See note 2. (1362 – 12 June 1420), german: Adolf I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, was since 1388 Count of Diez, through his first marriage. With his brothers, he succeeded his father in 1416 as Count of Nassau-SiegenThe County of Nassau-Siegen is erroneously called Nassau-Dillenburg in many sources. The county was not named after the small, unimportant city of Dillenburg, which did not even have a church at that time, but after the, for that time, large city of Siegen, the economic centre of the county and the counts’ main residence. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph II, Count Of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1386 – 16 July 1426) was a son of Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein his wife, Bertha of Westerburg. He married in 1418 with Margaret (1404–1442), a daughter of Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden. After his father's death in 1393, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein. His children were: * John II John II may refer to: People * John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499) * John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672) * John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302) * John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318) * John II Komnenos (1087–1 ... (1419–1480), who succeeded him * Anna, married in 1438 with Everard III of Eppstein-Königstein * Adolph (1422–1475) archbishop of Mainz. * Walram * Agnes (d. 1485), married in 1464 with Conrad IX of Bickenbach House of Nassau Counts of Nassau 1386 births 1426 deaths 15th-century German people {{Germany-count-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph II Of Nassau
Adolph II (or III) of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (German: Adolf II. von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein) (c. 1423 – 6 September 1475) was Archbishop of Mainz from 1461 until 1475. Adolph was a son of Count Adolph II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein. In 1459 he was defeated in the election to the Archbishopric of Mainz by Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen. In 1461 Pope Pius II declared Adolph the archbishop of Mainz following the confrontational reforms of Theodoric. Since the city of Mainz and its cathedral chapter remained loyal to Theodoric, Adolph declared war. The devastating Mainz Diocesan Feud continued for a year until, on 28 October 1462, Adolph captured the town. Some 400 citizens he had killed, and another 400 fled abroad. Adolph also revoked Mainz's privileges and its status as a Free City. Adolph died in Eltville in 1475 and was buried in the Eberbach Abbey. Literature *Aloys Schmidt: ''Zur Mainzer Stiftsfehde 1462'', in: JbBistumMainz 3, 1948, pg. 89–99 *Karl Menzel: ''Die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf III Of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Count Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (by a different way of counting: ''Adolf IV''; 10 November 1443 – 6 July 1511) was a son of Count John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Mary of Nassau-Siegen (1418–1472). After his father's death in 1480, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and his brother Philip ruled Nassau-Idstein. After Philip's childless death in 1509, Adolf III ruled also ruled Nassau-Idstein. Adolf served in the army of the Habsburg Duke consort and later Emperor Maximilian I and participated in the conquest of the Duchy of Gelre in 1478. In 1481, he was appointed stadtholder of the County of Zutphen and in 1489 also as stadtholder of Gelre. However, in 1492 Charles II was reinstated as Duke of Guelders. Adolf then returned to Germany Marriage and issue He married in 1484 to Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg, a daughter of Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Their children were: * Maria Margaret (1487–1548), married in 1502 to Louis I, Count of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf IV Of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in various Central European and East European countries with non-Germanic languages, such as Lithuanian Adolfas and Latvian Ādolfs. Adolphus can also appear as a surname, as in John Adolphus, the English historian. The female forms Adolphine and Adolpha are far more rare than the male names. The name is a compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', meaning "noble" (or '' had(u)''-, meaning "battle, combat"), and ''wolf''. The name is cognate to the Anglo-Saxon name '' Æthelwulf'' (also Eadulf or Eadwulf). The name can also be derived from the ancient Germanic elements "Wald" meaning "power", "brightness" and wolf (Waldwulf). Due to negative associations with Adolf H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph, Count Of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Adolph of Nassau-Saarbrücken ( Saarbrücken 22 August 1526Saarland Biografien - Adolph von Nassau-Saarbrücken – 26 November 1559) dr. A.W.E. Dek, ''Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau'', Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel, 1970.A.A. Vorsterman van Oyen, ''Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden'', A.W. Sijthoff en J.L. Beijers, Leiden en Utrecht, 1882.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln. Stammtafeln ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Of Nassau (1540–1568)
Adolf of Nassau (Dillenburg, 11 July 1540 – Heiligerlee, 23 May 1568) was a count of Nassau, also known as Adolphus of Nassau. He was the fourth son and sixth child of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg. He was the second youngest brother of William the Silent. Life and death He studied at Wittenberg and in 1566 fought against the Turks, then pushing into Europe. In 1568 his brother William the Silent took up arms against Philip II of Spain and Adolf fought beside him in Brabant. Adolf then joined the force under his brother Louis of Nassau in the north, where he died at the battle of Heiligerlee after his horse bolted and crossed Spanish lines. Eindelijk lijkt Adolf terecht Dagblad Trouw, 20 January 2016 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Of Nassau-Siegen (1586–1608)
Count Adolf of Nassau-Siegen (8 August 1586 – 7 November 1608), german: Adolf Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: ''Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein'', was a count from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau. He served as an officer in the Dutch States Army. In the propaganda for the House of Orange, he is regarded as one of the twelve heroes of the House of Nassau who gave their lives in the Eighty Years’ War for the freedom of the Dutch people. Biography Adolf was born at Dillenburg Castle on 8 August 1586Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 233. as the third son of Count John VII ‘the Middle’ of Nassau-Siegen and his first wife, Countess Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen. He was baptised on Sunday 21 August Jul.. Adolf studied in Geneva in 1601,Dek (1970), p. 87. and then in Basel and in France.Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 116. He entered the Dutch St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph, Prince Of Nassau-Schaumburg
Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg (also known as ''Adolph of Nassau-Dillenburg''; 23 January 1629 – 19 December 1676) was the founder of the short-lived ''Nassau-Schaumburg'' line. He was the son of Louis Henry (1594–1662), Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, from 1654 Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, and his first wife Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1588–1651). As a younger son he received only the district of Driedorf from his father's inheritance. In 1653, he married Elisabeth Charlotte (1640–1707), the daughter of Peter Melander, Count of Holzappel. Via her, he inherited the County of Holzappel and the Lordship of Schaumburg. He then styled himself ''Count of Nassau-Schaumburg'' and became the founder of the Nassau-Schaumburg line. However, all his sons predeceased him, and when he died in 1676, Holzappel and Schaumburg fell to his son-in-law Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, the founder of the Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym line. Adolph and Elisabeth Charlotte had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
