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
The County of Zutphen, located in modern-day Gelderland, a province of the Netherlands, was formed in the eleventh century as a fief of the Bishop of Utrecht. It was ruled by the Counts of Zutphen between 1046 and 1138, and then formed a per ...
and in 1489 also as stadtholder of Gelre. However, in 1492
Charles II was reinstated as Duke of Guelders. Adolf then returned to Germany
Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (1911–1937), lemma ''Adolf, III, graaf van Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein'', part 1, 24–25
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Marriage and issue
He married in 1484 to Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg, a daughter of Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (also known as ''Philipp the Elder''; born: 8 November 1417 at Windecken Castle in Windecken, now part of Nidderau; died: 10 May 1480 in Ingweiler, now called: Ingwiller) was Count of Hanau. The county was di ...
. Their children were:
* Maria Margaret (1487–1548), married in 1502 to Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Count Louis I of Nassau-Weilburg (1473 – 28 May 1523) was a son of Count John III of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife, Elisabeth of Hesse. In 1492, Louis I succeeded his grandfather Philip II as Count of Nassau-Weilburg, because his father ha ...
,
* Anna (1488–1550), married in 1506 to Henry XXXI of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,
* Philip I Philip(p) I may refer to:
* Philip I of Macedon (7th century BC)
* Philip I Philadelphus (between 124 and 109 BC–83 or 75 BC)
* Philip the Arab (c. 204–249), Roman Emperor
* Philip I of France (1052–1108)
* Philip I (archbishop of Cologne) (1 ...
(1490–1558), who succeeded him.
Ancestry
Footnotes
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House of Nassau
Counts of Nassau
1443 births
1511 deaths
15th-century German people