Balthasar of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1520 – 11 January 1568) was the youngest son of Count
Philip I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife, Adriana of Glymes of Bergen, the daughter of
John III of Bergen op Zoom.
In 1566, Balthasar succeeded his elder brother
Philip II as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein. However, he died only two years later. He was succeeded by his son
John Louis I.
In 1564, Balthasar married Margaret (1543–1612), the daughter of Reinhard of Isenburg-Birstein. They had a son:
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John Louis I (1567–1596)
After Balthasar's death, Margaret married Count George I of
Leiningen-Westerburg
Leiningen-Westerburg was a historic state of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the vicinity of Leiningen and Westerburg in what is now the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Leiningen-Westerburg was formed in 1467, when the last Landgrave ...
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House of Nassau
Counts of Nassau
1520 births
1568 deaths
16th-century German nobility
Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
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