Henry II, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
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Henry II, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (7 July 1414 – 8 June 1451) was a son of Engelbert I and his wife
Johanna van Polanen Johanna van Polanen (also spelled as ''Jehenne''; 10 January 1392 – 15 May 1445) was a Dutch noblewoman. She was the daughter of John III of Polanen, Lord of Breda, and his wife, Odilia of Salm. The House of Polanen was a side branch of the ...
. In 1442, he succeeded his father as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, jointly with his brother John IV. In 1435, he married Countess Genoveva of Virneburg (d. 1437), the daughter of Count Rupert IV of Virneburg and Countess Agnes of
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. After Genoveva's death, he married Irmgard of Schleiden-Junkerath, the daughter of Lord John III of Schleiden-Junkerath and Countess Joanna of Blankenheim. Henry II died on 8 June 1451 in
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, on the way back from the 1450
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in Rome.


Issue

From his first marriage, he had a daughter: * Ottillie (1437-1495), married: :# Count Philip II "the Younger" of Katzenelnbogen, son of
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:# Count Oswald I of Tierstein ( – before 1488). He was a governor in the
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, Sundgau and
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and councillor in
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and
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. House of Nassau Counts of Nassau 1414 births 1451 deaths 15th-century German people {{Germany-count-stub