Engelbert I of Nassau (, in

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3 May 1442, in Breda) was a son of Count John I of Nassau-Siegen and Countess Margaret of the Mark, daughter of Count Adolph II of the Marck.

Early years

Engelbert of Nassau was a student in

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, Germany in 1389 and a dean in

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from 1399-1404. He became counselor to the Duke of Brabant, first to

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, and later for his son

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. He would later serve Philip the Good.

Marriage and issue

Engelbert's brothers were childless and he left the deanery so he could marry

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in 1403.J. ter Haar, Geschiedenis van de Lage Landen, Uitgeverij Kok, 2004, p 234 They had six children: *

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(born 1 August 1410) married

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(born 7 January 1414) married 1) Genoveva of Virneburg 2) Irmgard of Schleiden-Junkerath * Margaretha (born 1415), married Diederik, Count of Sayn * Willem (born December 1416) *

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(born 2 February 1418 - died 2 October 1472), married Count John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein * Philip (born 13 October 1420 – died 1429) Engelbert had an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mistress: * Margaretha of Nassau. She married Hugo Wijnrix. He died May 3, 1442 in Breda. A mausoleum was built for Engelbert in the Church-of-Our-Lady (the Great Church) in Breda. The construction took thirty years, from 1460 to 1490.

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