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

John Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein Wikipedia

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