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John III, Count of Nassau Saarbrücken

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Noble family
  
House of Nassau


Name
  
John Count

Spouse(s)
  
Adelaide of Kronenkracht Elisabeth Selz

Father
  
John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Mother
  
Catherine of Moers and Saarwerden

Born
  
5 April 1511 (
1511-04-05
)

Died
  
23 November 1574(1574-11-23) (aged 63) Saarbrucken

John III, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (5 April 1511 – 23 November 1574) was a son of Count John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken and his second wife Catherine of Moers. He succeeded his childless brother Philip II in 1554 as Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken. He married Adelaide of Kronenkracht and Elisabeth Selz. However, his children predeceased him. When he died in 1574, Nassau-Saarbrücken fell to Nassau-Weilburg.

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John III, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken Wikipedia