Philip II, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (25 July 1509 – 19 June 1554) was a nobleman from the
Holy Roman Empire
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.
He was born in
Saarbrücken
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, the eldest son of
John Louis and his second wife, Catherine of Moers.
In 1537, he married Catherine of
Leiningen-Hartenburg (d. 1585). This marriage remained childless.
In 1545, he succeeded his father as Count of
Nassau-Saarbrücken.
He died childless, in
Strasbourg
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, on 19 June 1554, aged 44, and was succeeded by his younger brother
John III.
1509 births
1554 deaths
16th-century German nobility
House of Nassau
Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Counts of Saarbrücken
Burials at Stiftskirche Sankt Arnual (Saarbrücken)
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