John I of Nassau-Weilburg (1309–1371) was
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
The House of Nassau-Weilburg, a branch of the House of Nassau, ruled a division of the County of Nassau, which was a state in what is now Germany, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1344 to 1806.
On 17 July 1806, upon the dissolution of t ...
from 1355 to 1371.
John I was the second son of Count
Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Agnes of
Hesse
Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...
, granddaughter of
Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse
Henry I of Hesse "the Child" (German language, German: ''Heinrich das Kind'') (24 June 1244 – 21 December 1308) was the first Landgrave of Landgraviate of Hesse, Hesse. He was the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant, Henry II, Duke of Duchy ...
. On Gerlach I abdication in 1346, John and his brothers divided the family lands. John acquired
Weilburg
Weilburg () is, with just under 13,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg.
Geography
Location
The community lies in the Lahn valley between the Wes ...
on the
Lahn
The Lahn () is a , right (or eastern) tributary of the Rhine in Germany. Its course passes through the States of Germany, federal states of North Rhine-Westphalia (23.0 km), Hesse (165.6 km), and Rhineland-Palatinate (57.0 km).
...
.
John was elevated by Emperor
Charles IV in 1366 to
Imperial Count
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. He died on September 20, 1371.
Family and children
John I was married twice. His first marriage in 1333 was to Gertrude of
Merenberg
Merenberg is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany.
Geography
Location
Merenberg lies on the southern edge of the Westerwald between the district seat of Limburg an der Lahn, Limburg and Weilburg.
Neighbouring communities ...
(died 1350), daughter and heiress of Hartrad, the last Lord of Merenberg and
Gleiberg. Gertrude died on October 6, 1350, and was buried in Weilburg. The couple had one child, a daughter. She was engaged in 1340 with Reinhard II of Westerburg, but died shortly thereafter.
John I's second marriage in 1353 was to Johanna of
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
, Dame de
Commercy
Commercy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
History
Commercy dates back to the 9th century, and at that time its lords were dependent on th ...
and heiress of Count
John II John II may refer to:
People
* John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499)
* John II Casimir Vasa of Poland (1609–1672)
* John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (died 1302)
* John II Doukas of Thessaly (1303–1318)
* John II Komnenos (1087–114 ...
of Saarbrücken. This union produced seven children:
# Johanna (1362–1383), married in
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in North Hesse, northern Hesse, in Central Germany (geography), central Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel (region), Kassel and the d ...
in 1377 to
Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse
Hermann II (10 June 1413), nicknamed the Scholar (), was Landgrave of Hesse from 1376 to 1413.
Life
Hermann II was born around 1342 to Louis the Junker and Elizabeth of Sponheim, daughter of Simon II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach. Louis the ...
(c. 1342 – June 10, 1413). Johanna died on January 1, 1383, in
Marburg
Marburg (; ) is a college town, university town in the States of Germany, German federal state () of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf Districts of Germany, district (). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has ...
and was buried.
# John, and
# Johannette (twins, died October 6, 1365).
# Agnes (died 1401), married in 1382 to Count
Simon III Wecker of Zweibrücken-Bitsch.
#
Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg
# Schonetta (died 25 April 1436), married:
## on 30 June 1384 to
Henry X of Homburg
Henry may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Henry (given name), including lists of people and fictional characters
* Henry (surname)
* Henry, a stage name of François-Louis Henry (1786–1855), French baritone
Arts and entertainment ...
;
## in 1414 to
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode.
# Margarete (died 22 January 1427), married c. 1393 to Count
Frederick III of Veldenz.
Sources
* , p. 25.
Nassau, John I of
Nassau, John I of
House of Nassau-Weilburg
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