John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
Spouse(s) Margareta of the Marck
Noble family House of Nassau
Father Otto II of Nassau
Mother Aleyda of Vianden
Born c.1340
Died 4 September 1416
Keppel

John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (German: Johann I. von Nassau-Dillenburg, Dutch: Jan I van Nassau-Dillenburg; c.1340  4 September 1416, Keppel) was a Count of Nassau in Siegen and Dillenburg. He was a son of Count Otto II of Nassau and Aleyda, Countess of Vianden.[1]

John of Nassau married Margareta of the Marck on 30 November 1357. She was the daughter of Adolph II of the Marck and Margareta of Cleves. The dowry for this marriage was paid by Margareta's brother Engelbert of the Marck according to a charter from 1369.[2] Their children include:

After the death of Count John I in 1416 his lands were not divided, but instead overseen by all four of his surviving sons Adolf, John II, Engelbert I and John III.[3]

References

  1. De Nederlandsche leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde, Volumes 1889-1894, pg 89-91 Google Books
  2. Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band III, 707, p. 605. via Cawley, Charles, Counts of Nassau, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
  3. Frdr. D. v Schütz, Geschichte des Herzogthums Nassau, W. Roth, 1853, pp 68-72 Google Books