John III, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

John III, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (died either in 1429/1430 or 1433) was Count of Nassau-Dillenburg in Siegen and Dillenburg and son of Count John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Margareta of the Marck.[1]

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.[2] John III was provost in Munster, and he never married.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band III, 707, p. 605. via Cawley, Charles, Counts of Nassau, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
  2. 1 2 Frdr. D. v Schütz, Geschichte des Herzogthums Nassau, W. Roth, 1853, pp 68-72 Google Books
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