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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inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912) *

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inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg (he died childless in 1390)

Marriage and issue

In 1322 Adolph married

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, the daughter of

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. 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 * Adolph I of Nassau (1353–1390),

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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 {{Germany-count-stub