Balthasar (Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein)

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Balthasar von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (* 1520 ; † 11 January 1568 ) was the ruling Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein from 1566 to 1568 .

Life

He was the youngest son of Count Philip I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1492–1558) and his wife Adriana de Glymes . His brothers were Philip II (1516–1566) and Adolf IV (1518–1556).

The father Philip I had specific plans for his three sons, but their realization was soon ruined. According to his ideas, the two older sons should continue the dynasty and receive independent areas with Wiesbaden and Idstein as residences to supply them . In 1535 he helped his youngest, Balthasar, to join the Teutonic Order . However, Adolf, the middle son, died two years before his father and left no sons from his marriage. Philip II then followed his father in his undivided possession. Since he remained unmarried throughout his life, the Wiesbaden-Idstein line was imminent. Under these circumstances, Balthasar resigned from the order and in 1564 married Countess Margarethe von Isenburg-Büdingen (* 1542; † 1612/1613), the only daughter of Count Reinhard von Isenburg (1518–1568), who lived in Offenbach . In 1564 he received the Idstein lordship from his brother to provide for it, until the latter died on January 3, 1566. Balthasar took over the entire county as the last male representative of his family. On April 15, 1567, the couple's only child was born:

Count Balthasar died before his son and heir's first birthday. His widow signed a second marriage on May 24, 1570, with Count Georg von Leiningen-Westerburg (1533–1586), to whom she gave three more sons. Count Johann von Nassau-Saarbrücken took over the guardianship of Balthasar's son. The tragic and at the same time strange end of Count Johann Ludwig I accelerated the demise of the Nassau line to Wiesbaden and Idstein, which died out in 1605 with Balthasar's grandson in the male line .

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  1. ↑ Johann Michael Reu: Sources for the history of church teaching , 1904 , p. 1229, accessed on January 1, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Balthazar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Balthasar of Nassau-Wiesbaden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
DATE OF BIRTH 1520
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1568