John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (born: 1419; died: 9 May 1480) was a son of
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-B ...
and his wife Margarete of Baden, a daughter of Margrave
Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Bernard I of Baden (1364 – 5 April 1431, Baden) was Margrave of the Margraviate of Baden from 1391 to 1431.
Life
He was the elder son of Rudolf VI and Matilda of Sponheim. He and his brother Rudolf VII concluded an inheritance contract i ...
en Anna of Oettingen. After his father's death in 1426, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein.
Marriage and issue
In 1437, he married
Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
(1418-1472), daughter of
Engelbert I of Nassau
Engelbert I of Nassau (, in Dillenburg3 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 Cologne, Ge ...
.
They had the following children:
* Maria (1438–1480), married in 1452 to Louis II of Isenburg
* John (1439–1480)
* Margarete (d. 1486)
* Anna (d. 1480), married in 1466 Otto II of Solms-Braunfels
*
Adolf III (1443–1511), his successor in Nassau-Wiesbaden
* Bertha (b. 1446)
* Engelbert (1448–1508)
*
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
(1450–1509), his successor in Nassau-Idstein
* Anna
After his death, the inheritance was divided: Adolf III received Wiesbaden; Philip received Idstein. When Philip died childless in 1509, Idstein reverted to Adolf.
House of Nassau
Counts of Nassau
1419 births
1480 deaths
15th-century German people
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