Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Born	(1443-11-10)10 November 1443
Died	6 July 1511(1511-07-06) (aged 67)
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg
Father	John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Mother	Mary of Nassau-Siegen

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 Mary of Nassau-Siegen (1418–1472). 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

Marriage and issue

He married in 1484 to Margarethe von 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, Count of Nassau-Siegen

12. John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen

25. Adelaide of Vianden

6. Engelbert I of Nassau

26. Adolph II of the Marck

13. Margaret of the Mark

27. Margareta of Cleves

3. Mary of Nassau-Siegen

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 NassauBorn: 10 November 1443 Died: 6 July 1511
Preceded byJohn II	Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden 1480–1511	Succeeded byPhilip I
Preceded byPhilip	Count of Nassau-Idstein 1509–1511	Succeeded byPhilip I
Political offices
Preceded byWillem van Egmond jr.	Stadtholder of Guelders 1481–1492	Succeeded byJohn V

v t e Stadtholders of Guelders
Willem van Egmond Willem van Egmond jr. Philip I of Croÿ-Chimay Willem van Egmond jr. Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein John V of Nassau-Siegen Philip of Burgundy Floris van Egmond René of Châlon Philip de Lalaing Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn Karel van Brimeu Gillis van Berlaymont John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg Willem IV van den Bergh Adolf van Nieuwenaar Maurice of Nassau Frederick Henry of Orange William II of Orange interregnum William III of Orange interregnum William IV of Orange William V of Orange

Stadtholders of Guelders

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