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Gerlach I of Nassau (1271 – 7 January 1361), Count of Nassau
The County of Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later part of the German Confederation. Its ruling dynasty, the male line of which is now extinct, was the House of Nassau.
Origins
Nassau, originally a county, developed ...
in Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...
, Idstein
Idstein () is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt (Old Town) it is part of the ''Deutsche Fachwerkstraße'' ...
, Weilburg
Weilburg is, with just under 13,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg.
Geography
Location
The community lies in the Lahn valley between the Westerwa ...
, and Weilnau.
He was a son of Adolf of Nassau, elected King of the Romans, and Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg
Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg (ca. 1255 – 29 September 1313?) was the Queen consort of Adolf of Nassau, King of Germany.
Life
Imagina was born in about 1255 (probably in Limburg an der Lahn) to Gerlach I of Limburg and Imagina of Blieskastel. ...
.
Family and children
He was married two times. First, 1307 with Agnes, a daughter ofAgnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal
Agnes of Bavaria (1276–1345) was a daughter of Duke Louis II of Upper Bavaria and his third wife, Matilda of Habsburg.
In 1290, in Donauwörth, she married Henry "the Younger" of Hesse (1265 – 23 August 1298), a son of Landgrave Henry I of ...
and her first husband Henry the Younger of Hesse, and hence a granddaughter of Landgrave Henry I "the Child" of Hesse and had the following children:
# 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:
* Ado ...
(1307 – 17 January 1370, Idstein).
# John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg John I of Nassau-Weilburg (1309–1371) was Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1355 to 1371.
John I was the second son of Count Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Agnes of Hesse, granddaughter of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse. On Gerlach I abdication in 1 ...
(1309 – 20 September 1371, Weilburg).
# Gerlach (1322 – 12 February 1371, Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative seat.
Aschaffenburg belonged to the Archbishopric ...
), Archbishop of Mainz
The Elector of Mainz was one of the seven Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. As both the Archbishop of Mainz and the ruling prince of the Electorate of Mainz, the Elector of Mainz held a powerful position during the Middle Ages. The Archb ...
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# Adelheid (d. 8 August 1344), married 1329 to Ulrich III, Lord of Hanau
Lord Ulrich III of Hanau ( – 1369 or 1370; buried in the Arnsburg Abbey) was Lord of Hanau from 1346 until his death. He was also governor in the Wetterau.
Background
Ulrich III was born around 1310, as the eldest son of Ulrich II of Hana ...
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# Agnes, a nun at Klarenthal Abbey
Klarenthal Abbey (''Kloster Klarenthal'' in German) is a former convent of the Order of Poor Ladies in the borough of Klarenthal in Wiesbaden, Germany. Klarenthal is the only abbey in present-day Wiesbaden.
History as an active monastery
Klarent ...
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# Elisabeth (ca. 1326–ca. 1370), married before 16 August 1326 to Louis of Hohenlohe Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer)
Ljubiša Stojanović (; 25 June 1952 – 31 July 2011), better known by his stage name Louis, was a Serbian ...
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# Marie (d. 1366), married before 1336 to Konrad of Weinsberg.
Second, he married before 4 January 1337 , daughter of Kraft II of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and had the following children:
# Kraft of Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 1356), fell in the Battle of Poitiers
The Battle of Poitiers was fought on 19September 1356 between a French army commanded by King JohnII and an Anglo- Gascon force under Edward, the Black Prince, during the Hundred Years' War. It took place in western France, south of Poi ...
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# Rupert, Count of Nassau-Sonnenberg
Rupert, Count of Nassau-Sonnenberg ( – 4 September 1390), nicknamed ''the Bellicose'', was a son of Gerlach I, Count of Nassau and his second wife, Irmgard of Hohenlohe.
Life
As a younger son, Rupert was originally destined for a career in ...
(d. 4 September 1390).
Literature
* Pierre Even: ''Dynastie Luxemburg-Nassau. Von den Grafen zu Nassau zu den Großherzögen von Luxemburg. Eine neunhundertjährige Herrschergeschichte in einhundert Biographien ''. Luxemburg 2000, S. 20–22. * Festschrift der Konrad-Duden-Schule in Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg 1904–1984. * Festschrift ''875 Jahre Sonnenberg. 1126-2001''. Wiesbaden 2001. * Gerhard Köbler: ''Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder. Die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart.'' 7., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage. C.H. Beck, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1.External links
www.genealogie-mittelalter.de
13th-century births Nassau, Gerlach I of House of Nassau-Weilburg Year of birth uncertain Sons of kings {{Germany-noble-stub