''Not to be confounded with his uncle John II of Saarbrücken-Commercy (fr)'' John II of Saarbrücken, Jean II de Sarrebruck, Johann II von Saarbrücken (circa 1310 – 11 March 1381). He was the

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(de) and

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(lord) of

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(fr), as Jean IV of Saarbrücken-Commercy, part "Château bas".

Life

John was the son of Simon of Saarbrücken-Commercy (d. 1325), son of

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(fr) (b. 1265 - 1341/42), Count of

. His mother was Marguerite of Savoy-Vaud (d. 1313), a daughter of

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, married with Simon in 1309. 1326, before the death of John II's grandfather, Count John I, the inheritance was divided. John was awarded the

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and a small part of

, called "Saarbrücken" or "Château bas". The larger part of Commercy, called "Château haut", went to his ''uncle'' John II (Jean II) (fr), as "Seigneur of Commercy", of the house of Saarbrücken-Commercy. One of his sons was Jean III. Like his father Simon, John II supported France in the war against England. During the

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1356, both John II and King

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were taken prisoner by the English. He was held in

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until 1360. In 1362, he fought against gangs of mercenaries near

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and was briefly taken prisoner again. John II undertook several diplomatic missions in the service of the French King. In 1362, he travelled to the court of Emperor Charles IV and in the following years, he travelled to the English court several times. In 1364, he was appointed

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as a reward for his services. In 1370 John was appointed chairman of the

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. In 1371, he received the Lordship of

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. In 1380, John II retired from the French court. He died in 1381. As he had no sons, his daughter

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inherited the County of Saarbrücken. However, she died later that year, and the county fell to her son

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of Nassau-Weilburg. Various lines of the

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would hold the county until it was conquered by France in 1795.

Marriage and issue

Latest in 1334, John II married Ghislette (d. 1356/62), a daughter of Peter of

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(d.c. 1348), Lord of Pierrefort, son of

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. Ghiselette's mother was Jeanne of Vienne (d.b. 1326), daughter of Hugues of Vienne (d. 1307?), Sire of

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and Pagny (or Philipp I, Count of Vianden?). John and Ghislette had one daughter: *

(d. 1381), married in 1353 to

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(1309 – 1371), and had several children as follows. Formally she succeeded briefly as Countess of Saarbrücken, and as regent of Nassau-Weilburg for her young son, and the House of Nassau-Saarbrücken followed, with their son: ** Philipp I, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Weilburg (1368 – 1429), who ruled both the County of Nassau-Weilburg and the

. He married Anna of

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(d. 1410), and

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(c. 1395 – 1456) and had several children. At Philipps death in 1429, the counties were ruled jointly by his eldest sons, with their mother Elisabeth as regent until 1442, then it was divided between them: *** Philip II of Nassau-Weilburg (1418 – 1492), Count and founder of the line Nassau-Weilburg. At his majority in 1438 he began ruling in collaboration with his mother. ***

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, aka Jean/John II/III, (1423 - 1472), Count and founder of the line Nassau-Saarbrücken. In 1444 he sold the

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of Commercy "Château-Bas" to Louis of Lorraine (fr) (1427 - 1445), marquis Pont-à-Mousson, son of King

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(1409 - 1480), who inherited the property from his son. ** Johann (d. October 6, 1365) and ** Johannette (d. October 6, 1365), twins ** Johanna (1362-1383), married in

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in 1377 to

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(ca. 1342 – June 10, 1413). Johanna died on January 1, 1383, in

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. ** Agnes (d. 1401), married in 1382 to Count Simon III Wecker of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (d. 1401) ** Schonette (d. 1436), married in 1384 to Heinrich X. von Homburg (d. 1409), married in 1414 to

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(1396-1452) ** Margarete (d. 1427), married ca. 1393 to

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(d. 1444)

Ancestry

References

External links

* Joachim Conrad
''Saarbrücken-Commercy, Johann II. von''
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