Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370) was a son of Count
Gerlach I and Agnes of Hesse. In 1344, his father abdicated in favor of his sons. They ruled jointly until 1355, then divided their inheritance:
* Adolph I inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (this line died out in the male line in 1605)
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John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
* John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna
* John I ...
inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912)
*
Rupert
Rupert may refer to:
People
* Rupert (name), various people known by the given name or surname "Rupert"
Places Canada
* Rupert, Quebec, a village
*Rupert Bay, a large bay located on the south-east shore of James Bay
*Rupert River, Quebec
*Rupert ...
inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg (he died childless in 1390)
Marriage and issue
In 1322 Adolph married
Margaret
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian.
Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular through ...
, the daughter of
Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg
Frederick IV of Nuremberg (1287–1332) from the House of Hohenzollern was Burgrave of Nuremberg from 1300 to 1332. He was the younger son of Burgrave Frederick III from his second marriage with the Ascanian princess Helene of Saxony.
Life
H ...
. They had the following children:
*
Gerlach II (1333–1386), inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden
* Frederick (d. 1376) was minister in Mainz
* Agnes (d. 1376), married Werner IV, Count of Wittgenstein
* John
* Margaret was abbess of Klarenthal Monastery
* Elisabeth (d. 1389), married in 1361 to
Diether VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen
Diether VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen (1340 - 19 February 1402) was a Count from the younger line of the House of Katzenelnbogen. He ruled in Upper Katzenelnbogen. In 1376 he took part in the coronation of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, as King ...
*
Adolph I of Nassau (1353–1390),
Archbishop of Mainz
The Elector of Mainz was one of the seven Prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire. As both the Archbishop of Mainz and the ruling prince of the Electorate of Mainz, the Elector of Mainz held a powerful position during the Middle Ages. The Archb ...
from 1379
* John I (1353–1420)
* Anna was abbess of Klarenthal Monastery
*
Walram IV (1354–1393), inherited Nassau-Idstein
* Catherine (d. 1403), married in 1373 to Reinhard IV, Count of Westerburg
* Frederick
* Walram II
* Joanna
Ancestry
Counts of Nassau
1307 births
1370 deaths
14th-century German nobility
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