Walram II of Nassau
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Walram II of Nassau (ca. 1220–24 January 1276), Count of Nassau. He was elder son of Count Henry II of Nassau and Matilda of Geldern.
Walram II succeeded ca. 1249 and divided 17 December 1255 with his brother Otto the inheritance what began centuries of political and geographic separation of both lines of the House of Nassau. The Grand Dukes of Luxemburg are the descendants of Walram.
Walram received all areas to the south the Lahn to Wiesbaden-Idstein, Weilburg and Sonneberg. He lost several towns, like Nieder-Lahnstein, Pfaffenhofen and Vallendar to the archbishop of Trier and continued the feud about Dernbach against Hesse. He died in spiritual and mental derangement.
[edit] Family and children
He married before 1250 Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen, daughter of Count Diether IV of Katzenelnbogen and had following children:
- Diether (d. 23 November 1307), Archbishop of Trier in 1300-1307.
- Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg (ca. 1255–2 July 1298).
- Matilde, died young.
- Richardis (d. 28 July 1311), a nun in Klarenthal and Mainz.
| Preceded by Henry II |
Count of Nassau 1249–1276 |
Succeeded by Adolf |
