John II, Count of Nassau Wiesbaden Idstein

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Noble family House of Nassau Mother Margaret of Baden		Name John Count Died May 9, 1480
Spouse(s) Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg Father Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Parents Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Children Philip, Count of Nassau-Idstein, Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Grandchildren Philip I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Grandparents Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein Great-grandparents Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (born: 1419; died: 9 May 1480) was a son of Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margarete of Baden, a daughter of Margrave Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden en Anna of Oettingen. After his father's death in 1426, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein.

Marriage and issue

He married in 1437 with Maria (1418-1472), daughter of Engelbert I of Nassau. They had the following children:

Maria (1438–1480), married in 1452 to Louis II of Isenburg

John (1439–1480)

Margarete (d. 1486)

Anna (d. 1480), married in 1466 Otto II of Solms-Braunfels

Adolf III (1443–1511), his successor in Nassau-Wiesbaden

Bertha (b. 1446)

Engelbert (1448–1508)

Philip (1450–1509), his successor in Nassau-Idstein

Anna

After his death, the inheritance was divided: Adolf III received Wiesbaden; Philip received Idstein. When Philip died childless in 1509, Idstein reverted to Adolf.

References

John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Wikipedia

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