John II of Nassau-Saarbrücken (4 April 1423, in
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
– 15 July 1472, in
Vehingen) was a son of
Philipp I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Count Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg (1368 – 2 July 1429) was Count of Nassau in Weilburg, Count of Saarbrücken and Seigneur of Commercy ''Château bas'' in 1371–1429.
Biography
Philipp was a son of John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1309 †...
and
Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont
Elizabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont, Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken (also known as ''Isabella of Lotharingen''; in Lorraine – 17 January 1456 in Saarbrücken) was a pioneer of the novel in Early New High German language. Around 1437, sh ...
. He was Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken from 1429 to 1472.
He married Johanna (1443–1469), a daughter of
John IV of Loon.
* Elizabeth (1459–1479), married
William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg
William IV of Jülich-Berg (9 January 1455 – 6 September 1511) was the last ruler of the Duchy of Jülich-Berg.
Life
William was the son of Gerhard VII, Duke of Jülich-Berg and Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg. When his father died in 1475, Will ...
in 1472
* Johanna (1464–1521), married
John I, Count Palatine of Simmern in 1481.
After Johanna's death, he married Elisabeth, the daughter of Count
Louis I of Württemberg-Urach. With her, he had a son:
*
John Louis, succeeded as Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
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1423 births
1472 deaths
Burials at Stiftskirche Sankt Arnual (Saarbrücken)