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Count of Nassau (Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau)
| Gerlach I, Count of Nassau | |
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| Count of Nassau (Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau) | |
| Reign | 1298–1344 |
| Predecessor | Adolf I |
| Successor | Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg |
| Regent | Rupert V of Nassau [nl] (1298 - 1304) Walram III of Nassau-Wiesbaden [nl] (1312 - 1316) |
| Born | 1288 |
| Died | 7 January 1361 (aged 73) |
| Burial | Klarenthal Abbey (destroyed in 1840) |
| Spouse | Agnes (daughter of Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Bradenburg-Stendal) [nl] Irmgard of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim [nl] |
| Issue | Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Gerlach von Nassau Adelheid Agnes Elisabeth Marie Kraft of Nassau-Sonnenberg Rupert, Count of Nassau-Sonnenberg |
| House | House of Nassau |
| Father | Adolf of Nassau |
| Mother | Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg |
| Religion | Catholic |
Gerlach I of Nassau (1288 – 7 January 1361), Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau.
He was a son of Adolf of Nassau, elected King of the Romans, and Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg.
Family and children
He was married two times. First, 1307 with Agnes, a daughter of Agnes of Bavaria, Margravine of Brandenburg-Stendal and her first husband Henry the Younger of Hesse, and hence a granddaughter of Landgrave Henry I "the Child" of Hesse and had the following children:
- Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370, Idstein).
- John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1309 – 20 September 1371, Weilburg).
- Gerlach von Nassau (1322 – 12 February 1371, Aschaffenburg), Archbishop of Mainz.
- Adelheid (d. 8 August 1344), married 1329 to Ulrich III, Lord of Hanau.
- Agnes, a nun at Klarenthal Abbey.
- Elisabeth (c. 1326 – c. 1370), married before 16 August 1326 to Louis of Hohenlohe.
- Marie (d. 1366), married before 1336 to Konrad of Weinsberg.
Second marriage
Second, he married before 4 January 1337 Irmgard of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim [nl], daughter of Kraft II of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and had the following children:
- Kraft of Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 1356), fell in the Battle of Poitiers.
- Rupert, Count of Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 4 September 1390).
Coat of Arms
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References
- Pierre Even: Dynastie Luxemburg-Nassau. Von den Grafen zu Nassau zu den Großherzögen von Luxemburg. Eine neunhundertjährige Herrschergeschichte in einhundert Biographien . Luxemburg 2000, S. 20–22.
- Festschrift der Konrad-Duden-Schule in Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg 1904–1984.
- Festschrift 875 Jahre Sonnenberg. 1126-2001. Wiesbaden 2001.
- Gerhard Köbler: Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder. Die deutschen Territorien vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. 7., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage. C.H. Beck, München 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1.
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| Gerlach I, Count of Nassau House of NassauBorn: before 1288 Died: 7 January 1361 | ||
| Preceded byAdolf | Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1298–1344 |
Succeeded byAdolph I |
| Count of Nassau-Weilburg 1298–1344 |
Succeeded byJohn I | |
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