Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

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Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Spouse(s) Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Noble family House of Nassau
Father John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Mother Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg
Born (1443-11-10)10 November 1443
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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 1508, 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 stadholder of the County of Zutphen and in 1489 also as stadholder 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

Family 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

  1. ↑ Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (1911–1937), lemma Adolf, III, graaf van Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, part 1, 24–25
Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Born: 10 November 1443 Died: 6 July 1511
German nobility
Preceded by Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden
1480–1511		 Succeeded by
Philip I
Preceded by Count of Nassau-Idstein
1509–1511
Political offices
Preceded by Stadtholder of Guelders
1481–1492		 Succeeded by
John V
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