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John Louis I, Count of Nassau Wiesbaden Idstein

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Noble family
  
House of Nassau

Name
  
John I,

Died
  
June 10, 1596


Father
  
Balthasar, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Mother
  
Margaret of Isenburg-Bierstein

Born
  
10 April 1567 (
1567-04-10
)

Spouse
  
Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg

Parents
  
Balthasar, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Children
  
John Louis II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Grandparents
  
Philip I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Great-grandparents
  
Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

John Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (10 April 1567 – 10 June 1596) was the son of Count Balthasar of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margaret of Isenburg-Bierstein. He succeeded his father in 1568 as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden.

Marriage and issue

In 1588, John Louis married Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg, daughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. They had the following children:

  • Margaret (1589-1660), married in 1606 with Adolph of Bentheim, son of Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg
  • Anna Catherine (1590-1622), married in 1607 with Simon VII, Count of Lippe
  • Juliana (1593-1605)
  • John Philip (1595-1599), his successor with his brother John Louis II until his death
  • John Louis II (1596-1605), his successor, the last male of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein line

    • References

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