Adolf of Nassau (1362-1420)

Adolf, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1362-1420) was a son of Count John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Margareta of the Marck. [1]

Adolf of Nassau married Jutta of Dietz, daughter of Gerhard VII Count of Dietz, in 1376. [2] They had one daughter:

After the death of his father, Count John I, in 1416 the lands were not divided, but instead overseen by the four brothers Adolf, John II, Engelbert I and John III.[4]

Adolf ruled over Dietz, together with his father-in-law. After the death of Adolf of Nassau, his son-in-law Godfrey of Eppstein inherited Dietz and a part of the lands of Nassau.[3]

References

  1. ^ Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band III, 707, p. 605. via Counts of Nassau
  2. ^ William D. Craig, Germanic coinages (Charlemagne through Wilhelm II), William D. Craig, 1954
  3. ^ a b Christian Spielmann, Nassovia: Zeitschrift für nassauische Geschichte und Hemimatkunde, Volume 8, p 98
  4. ^ Frdr. D. v Schütz, Geschichte des Herzogthums Nassau, W. Roth, 1853, pp 68-72 Google Books