Otto II of Nassau

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Spouse(s) Adelheid of Vianden Name Otto of Noble family House of Nassau Died 1350		Father Heinrich of Nassau Mother Adelheid of Heinsberg
Parents Henry, Count of Nassau in Siegen Children John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg Cousins Emico II van Nassau-Hadamar, John, Count of Nassau-Hadamar, Arnold of Nassau Grandparents Agnes of Leiningen, Otto I, Count of Nassau Uncles John, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Emicho I, Count of Nassau-Hadamar, Otto of Nassau, Henry of Nassau
Grandchildren Engelbert I of Nassau

Otto II of Nassau (c. 1305 – 1351) was a German nobleman. He was a Count of Nassau-Dillenburg in Siegen and Dillenburg, and was a son of Count Heinrich of Nassau and Adelheid of Heinsberg.

Otto married Adelheid of Vianden, daughter of Philip of Vianden and Adelheid of Arnsberg. They had four children:

Adelheid of Nassau, who became a nun at Keppel, and later became an Abbess.

Johan I of Nassau who married Margareta von der Marck.

Heinrich "the Swashbuckler" (died 5 September 1402 in Kassel) became a Canon at the Cologne Cathedral.

Otto of Nassau, first a canon and provost of St. Moritz at Mainz, and later canon at Cologne and Mainz cathedrals.

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