Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Born	1307
Died	17 January 1370(1370-01-17)
Noble family	Nassau
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Nuremberg
Father	Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
Mother	Agnes of Hesse

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370) was a son of Count Gerlach I and Agnes of Hesse. In 1344, his father abdicated in favor of his sons. They ruled jointly until 1355, then divided their inheritance:

Adolph I inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (this line died out in the male line in 1605)
John I inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912)
Rupert inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg (he died childless in 1390)

Marriage and issue

In 1322 Adolph married Margaret, the daughter of Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg. They had the following children:

Gerlach II (1333–1386), inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden
Frederick (d. 1376)
Agnes (d. 1376), married Werner IV, Count of Wittgenstein
John
Margaret
Elisabeth (d. 1389), married in 1361 to Dietrich VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen
Adolph II of Nassau (1353–1390), Archbishop of Mainz from 1379
John I (1353–1420)
Anna
Walram IV (1354–1393), inherited Nassau-Idstein
Catherine (d. 1403), married in 1373 to Reinhard IV, Count of Westerburg
Frederick
Walram II
Joanna

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

16. Henry II, Count of Nassau

8. Walram II, Count of Nassau

17. Matilda of Guelders

4. Adolf, King of Germany

18. Diether IV of Katzenelnbogen

9. Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen

19. Hildegunde of Eberstein

2. Gerlach I, Count of Nassau

20. Henry I of Isenburg-Grenzau

10. Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg

21. Irmingard of Büdingen

5. Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg

1. Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

24. Henry II, Duke of Brabant

12. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse

25. Sophie of Thuringia

6. Henry of Hesse

26. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

13. Adelheid of Brunswick-Lüneburg

27. Matilda of Brandenburg

3. Agnes of Hesse

28. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

14. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria

29. Agnes of the Palatinate

7. Agnes of Bavaria

30. Rudolph I of Germany

15. Matilda of Habsburg

31. Gertrude of Hohenburg

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein House of Nassau Born: 1307 Died: 17 January 1370
Preceded by Gerlach I	Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1344–1370	Succeeded by Gerlach II as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden
		Succeeded by Walram IV as Count of Nassau-Idstein

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