Philip II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden (1516 – 3 January 1566 in
Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg
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) was the eldest son of
Philip I Philip(p) I may refer to:
* Philip I of Macedon (7th century BC)
* Philip I Philadelphus (between 124 and 109 BC–83 or 75 BC)
* Philip the Arab (c. 204–249), Roman Emperor
* Philip I of France (1052–1108)
* Philip I (archbishop of Cologne) (1 ...
and his wife, Adriana of Glymes of Bergen. He succeeded his father as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein in 1558.
He died unmarried and childless in 1566, and was succeeded as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein by his younger brother
Balthasar.
House of Nassau
Counts of Nassau
1516 births
1566 deaths
16th-century German people
Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
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