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Philip I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1490 in
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– 16 June 1558) was member of the
House of Nassau The House of Nassau is the name of a European aristocratic dynasty. The name originated with a lordship associated with Nassau Castle, which is located in what is now Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With t ...
who ruled the County of
Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein The House of Nassau is the name of a European aristocratic dynasty. The name originated with a lordship associated with Nassau Castle, which is located in what is now Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With t ...
.


Early life

He was born as the only son of Count Adolph III and his wife, Countess Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg. After his father died in 1511, he became the ruler in his own right.


Marriage and issue

In 1514, he married Adriana of Glymes, the daughter of John III of Bergen op Zoom. They had five children: * Catherine (1515–1540), married in 1538 to John II of Hohenfels * Philip II (1516–1566) * Margaret (1517–1596) * Adolph (1518–1556), married in 1543 to Countess Françoise of
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, the daughter of
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* Balthasar (1520–1568)


References

House of Nassau Counts of Nassau 1490 births 1558 deaths 16th-century German nobility Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein {{Germany-noble-stub