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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, 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 Wester ...
, and Weilnau.
He was a son of Adolf of Nassau, elected King of the Romans, and Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg.
Family and children
He was married two times. First, 1307 with Agnes, a daughter of Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal 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 ...
(1309 – 20 September 1371, Weilburg).
# Gerlach (1322 – 12 February 1371, Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg (; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Aschebersch'') is a town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not part of the Aschaffenburg (district), district of Aschaffenburg, but is its administrative sea ...
), Archbishop of Mainz.
# 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 Ha ...
.
# Agnes, a nun at Klarenthal Abbey.
# 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 ...
.
# 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 Poit ...
.
# 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
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