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Walram II of Nassau, german: Walram II. von Nassau (Cawley.Dek (1970). – 24 January 1276), was Count of County of Nassau, Nassau and is the ancestor of the Walramian branch of the House of Nassau.
Walram was the second son of Count Henry II, Count of Nassau, Henry II of Nassau and Matilda of Guelders, Matilda of Guelders and Zutphen,Vorsterman van Oyen (1882). the youngest daughter of Count Otto I, Count of Guelders, Otto I of Guelders and Zutphen and Richardis of Bavaria (herself daughter of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria). Walram is first mentioned in a charter dated 20 July 1245.
Walram succeeded his father before 1251, together with his brother Otto I, Count of Nassau, Otto I.Becker (1983), p. 11.Huberty, et al. (1981). They received town privileges for Herborn, Hesse, Herborn from the German King William II of Holland, William in 1251.
Walram and Otto divided their county on 16 December 1255 with the river Lahn as border. The division treaty is nowadays known as the ''Prima divisio''. The area south of the Lahn: the Herrschaft (territory), lordships Wiesbaden, Idstein, the Amt (country subdivision), ''Ämter'' Weilburg (with the Wehrholz) and Bleidenstadt, was assigned to Walram. Nassau Castle and dependencies (''Dreiherrische''), the ''Ämter'' Miehlen and Schönau (Schönau Abbey (Nassau), Schönau Abbey near Strüth, Strüth über Nastätten) as well as the ''Vierherrengericht'',The ''Vierherrengericht'' was named after its four owners, the counts of Katzenelnbogen (Hessen), Diez (Nassau-Diez), Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg. In 1774 these areas, around the city of Nastätten and composed of thirty-eight villages, were divided. See: Huberty, et al. (1981). Laurenburg Castle, the County of Holzappel, ''Esterau'' (which was jointly owned with the counts of Diez) and the fiefs in Landgraviate of Hesse, Hesse remained jointly owned.
Later, perhaps shortly after the conclusion of the division treaty, Walram expressed dissatisfaction with some provisions of the treaty and challenged them. Whether he was already acting under the influence of the mental illness from which he suffered is unknown. What is certain is that in an attack of insanity he burned his copy of the division treaty.Sauer (1896). Walram was ''Hofmarschall'' and ''Geheimrat'' of King Rudolf I of Germany. Walram lost several towns, including Niederlahnstein, Pfaffenhofen and Vallendar, to the Archbishop of Electorate of Trier, Trier. He also continued the Dernbacher Feud against Hesse. He died – allegedly in mental derangement – on 24 January 1276. He was succeeded by his son Adolf, King of the Romans, Adolf.
From this union came the following children: # Diether of Nassau, Diether ( – Trier, 23 November 1307), was Archbishop of Trier 1300-1307. # Adolf, King of the Romans, Adolf ( – Göllheim, 2 July 1298), succeeded his father as count of Nassau, was King of Germany 1292-1298. # Richardis (died 28 July 1311), was a nun in the St. Clara monastery in Mainz and later in Klarenthal Abbey near Wiesbaden. # Matilda (died young). # Imagina (died before 1276), may have married Frederick of Lichtenberg.
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Compiled by Charles Cawley {{DEFAULTSORT:Walram 02 of Nassau Counts of Nassau 13th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire 1220 births 1276 deaths Year of birth uncertain
Life
Walram was the second son of Count Henry II, Count of Nassau, Henry II of Nassau and Matilda of Guelders, Matilda of Guelders and Zutphen,Vorsterman van Oyen (1882). the youngest daughter of Count Otto I, Count of Guelders, Otto I of Guelders and Zutphen and Richardis of Bavaria (herself daughter of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria). Walram is first mentioned in a charter dated 20 July 1245.
Walram succeeded his father before 1251, together with his brother Otto I, Count of Nassau, Otto I.Becker (1983), p. 11.Huberty, et al. (1981). They received town privileges for Herborn, Hesse, Herborn from the German King William II of Holland, William in 1251.
Walram and Otto divided their county on 16 December 1255 with the river Lahn as border. The division treaty is nowadays known as the ''Prima divisio''. The area south of the Lahn: the Herrschaft (territory), lordships Wiesbaden, Idstein, the Amt (country subdivision), ''Ämter'' Weilburg (with the Wehrholz) and Bleidenstadt, was assigned to Walram. Nassau Castle and dependencies (''Dreiherrische''), the ''Ämter'' Miehlen and Schönau (Schönau Abbey (Nassau), Schönau Abbey near Strüth, Strüth über Nastätten) as well as the ''Vierherrengericht'',The ''Vierherrengericht'' was named after its four owners, the counts of Katzenelnbogen (Hessen), Diez (Nassau-Diez), Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg. In 1774 these areas, around the city of Nastätten and composed of thirty-eight villages, were divided. See: Huberty, et al. (1981). Laurenburg Castle, the County of Holzappel, ''Esterau'' (which was jointly owned with the counts of Diez) and the fiefs in Landgraviate of Hesse, Hesse remained jointly owned.Later, perhaps shortly after the conclusion of the division treaty, Walram expressed dissatisfaction with some provisions of the treaty and challenged them. Whether he was already acting under the influence of the mental illness from which he suffered is unknown. What is certain is that in an attack of insanity he burned his copy of the division treaty.Sauer (1896). Walram was ''Hofmarschall'' and ''Geheimrat'' of King Rudolf I of Germany. Walram lost several towns, including Niederlahnstein, Pfaffenhofen and Vallendar, to the Archbishop of Electorate of Trier, Trier. He also continued the Dernbacher Feud against Hesse. He died – allegedly in mental derangement – on 24 January 1276. He was succeeded by his son Adolf, King of the Romans, Adolf.
Marriage and children
Walram married before 1250 to Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen († Mainz, 22 February 1288), daughter of Count Diether IV, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Diether IV of Katzenelnbogen and Hildegunde. As a widow Adelheid was a Poor Clares, Clarissan nun in Wiesbaden (in the summer) and in Mainz (in the winter). She was buried in the St. Clara monastery in Mainz.From this union came the following children: # Diether of Nassau, Diether ( – Trier, 23 November 1307), was Archbishop of Trier 1300-1307. # Adolf, King of the Romans, Adolf ( – Göllheim, 2 July 1298), succeeded his father as count of Nassau, was King of Germany 1292-1298. # Richardis (died 28 July 1311), was a nun in the St. Clara monastery in Mainz and later in Klarenthal Abbey near Wiesbaden. # Matilda (died young). # Imagina (died before 1276), may have married Frederick of Lichtenberg.
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Compiled by Charles Cawley {{DEFAULTSORT:Walram 02 of Nassau Counts of Nassau 13th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire 1220 births 1276 deaths Year of birth uncertain