Noble family House of Nassau Name Adolf of | Died July 6, 1511 | |
Spouse(s) Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg Father John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Mother Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg Born 10 November 1443 ( 1443-11-10 ) Parents John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Children Philip I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Grandchildren Philip II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden, Balthasar, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Grandparents Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Great-grandparents Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein | ||
Count Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (by a different way of counting: Adolf IV; 10 November 1443 – 6 July 1511) was a son of Count John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg (1463–1504). After his father's death in 1480, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and his brother Philip ruled Nassau-Idstein. After Philip's childless death in 1509, Adolf III ruled also ruled Nassau-Idstein.
Adolf served in the army of the Habsburg Duke consort and later Emperor Maximilian I and participated in the conquest of the Duchy of Gelre in 1478. In 1481, he was appointed stadtholder of the County of Zutphen and in 1489 also as stadtholder of Gelre. However, in 1492 Charles II was reinstated as Duke of Guelders. Adolf then returned to Germany
Marriage and issue
He married in 1484 to Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg, a daughter of Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Their children were: