Philip I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1490 in

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– 16 June 1558) was member of the

House of Nassau The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Count ...

who ruled the County of

Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Count ...

Early life

He was born as the only son of Count Adolph III and his wife, Countess

Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg Countess Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg, known upon her marriage as Margarethe, Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (15 May 1463 – 26 May 1504) was a German noblewoman who, as the wife of Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, was the Counte ...

. After his father died in 1511, he became the ruler in his own right.

Marriage and issue

In 1514, he married Adriana of Glymes, the daughter of

John III of Bergen op Zoom John III, Lord of Bergen op Zoom or John III of Glymes (1452 – 1532, in Brussels) was a noble from the Low Countries. He was the son of John II of Glymes and Margaret of Rouveroy and succeeded his father as Lord of Bergen op Zoom. In 1494 he ...

. They had five children: * Catherine (1515-1540), married in 1538 to John II of Hohenfels *

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(1516-1566) * Margaret (1517-1596) * Adolph (1518-1556), married in 1543 to Countess Françoise of

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, the daughter of

Charles I, Count of Ligny Charles I, Count of Ligny, (1488–1530) was the ruling Count of Ligny and Brienne. Early life Born as the son of Anthony I, Count of Ligny, and his second wife, Françoise of Croÿ-Chimay. He belonged to the collateral branch of the House of ...

* Balthasar (1520-1568) House of Nassau Counts of Nassau 1490 births 1558 deaths 16th-century German people Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein {{Germany-noble-stub