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German nobleman
Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Born1307 (1307)
Died17 January 1370(1370-01-17) (aged 62–63)
Noble familyNassau
Spouse(s)Margaret of Nuremberg
FatherGerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
MotherAgnes of Hesse

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)
  • John I inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912)
  • Rupert inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg (he died childless in 1390)

Marriage and issue

In 1322 Adolph married Margaret, the daughter of Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg. 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), Archbishop of Mainz from 1379
  • John II (1353–1420), Archbishop of Mainz from 1397
  • 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

Ancestors of Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
16. Henry II, Count of Nassau
8. Walram II, Count of Nassau
17. Matilda of Guelders
4. Adolf, King of Germany
18. Diether IV of Katzenelnbogen
9. Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen
19. Hildegunde of Eberstein
2. Gerlach I, Count of Nassau
20. Henry I of Isenburg-Grenzau
10. Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg
21. Irmingard of Büdingen
5. Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg
1. Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
24. Henry II, Duke of Brabant
12. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
25. Sophie of Thuringia
6. Henry of Hesse
26. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
13. Adelheid of Brunswick-Lüneburg
27. Matilda of Brandenburg
3. Agnes of Hesse
28. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
14. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
29. Agnes of the Palatinate
7. Agnes of Bavaria
30. Rudolf I of Germany
15. Matilda of Habsburg
31. Gertrude of Hohenberg
Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein House of NassauBorn: 1307 Died: 17 January 1370
Preceded byGerlach I Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
1344–1370 		Succeeded byGerlach IIas Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden
Succeeded byWalram IVas Count of Nassau-Idstein


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