Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Born	10 November 1443
Died	6 July 1511 (aged 67)
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Father	John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Mother	Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg

Count Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (by a different way of counting: Adolf IV; 10 November 1443 – 6 July 1511) was a son of Count John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg (1463–1504). After his father's death in 1480, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and his brother Philip ruled Nassau-Idstein. After Philip's childless death in 1509, Adolf III ruled also ruled Nassau-Idstein.

Adolf served in the army of the Habsburg Duke consort and later Emperor Maximilian I and participated in the conquest of the Duchy of Gelre in 1478. In 1481, he was appointed stadtholder of the County of Zutphen and in 1489 also as stadtholder of Gelre. However, in 1492 Charles II was reinstated as Duke of Guelders. Adolf then returned to Germany[1]

Marriage and issue

He married in 1484 to Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg, a daughter of Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Their children were:

Maria Margaret (1487–1548), married in 1502 to Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg,
Anna (1488–1550), married in 1506 to Henry XXXI of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,
Philip I (1490–1558), who succeeded him.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

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

8. Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein

17. Margaret of Nuremberg

4. Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

18. Johann I of Westerburg

9. Bertha of Westerburg

19. Kunigunde of Sayn

2. John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

20. Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden

10. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden

21. Matilde of Sponheim

5. Margaret of Baden

22. Ludwig XI of Oettingen

11. Anna of Oettingen

23. Beatrix of Helfenstein-Blaubeuren

1. Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

24. Otto II of Nassau

12. John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

25. Aleyda, Countess of Vianden

6. Engelbert I of Nassau

26. Adolph II of the Marck

13. Margaretha of the Marck

27. Margareta of Cleves

3. Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg

28. John II, Lord of Polanen

14. John III, Lord of Polanen

29. Oda of Horne

7. Johanna van Polanen

30. Johann II, Count of Salm-Obersalm

15. Odilia (Oda) of Salm-Ravenstein

31. Philippa of Heinsberg-Valkenburg

Footnotes

Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (1911–1937), lemma Adolf, III, graaf van Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, part 1, 24–25

German nobility
Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein House of Nassau Born: 10 November 1443 Died: 6 July 1511
Preceded by John II	Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden 1480–1511	Succeeded by Philip I
Preceded by Philip	Count of Nassau-Idstein 1509–1511	Succeeded by Philip I
Political offices
Preceded by Willem van Egmond jr.	Stadtholder of Guelders 1481–1492	Succeeded by John V

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[1] Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (1911–1937), lemma Adolf, III, graaf van Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, part 1, 24–25