Johann (Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein)

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Johann (also Johann II. ) Von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (* 1419 - † May 9, 1480 ) was Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein .

family

Johann von Nassau and Maria von Nassau (drawing of the not preserved tomb from 1632)

He was the eldest son of Count Adolf II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1386–1426) and his wife Margaretha von Baden (1404–1442). As Adolf II, his brother was elector and archbishop of Mainz from 1461 to 1475 .

Count Johann married on June 17, 1437 in Breda Countess Maria von Nassau (* February 2, 1418; † October 11, 1472), a daughter of Count Engelbert I of Nassau-Dillenburg (1370-1442) and the wealthy in the Netherlands Johanna von Polanen (1392–1445), the heiress of Breda. The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Maria (1438 - 14 January 1480) married Count Ludwig von Isenburg in Büdingen around 1455 († 1511)
  • Margarethe († May 27, 1486), Abbess of Klarenthal Monastery (1473–1486)
  • Anna (* around 1442; † March 1, 1480) married Count Otto II of Solms-Braunfels (1426–1504) in 1464
  • Adolf III. (1443–1511), Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden (1480–1509), Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1509–1511)
  • Johann (* around 1445 - † February 27, 1482), canon in Mainz and Liège
  • Engelbert (* 1448; † April 7, 1508), canon in Cologne, Mainz and Frankfurt
  • Philipp (1450 - June 16, 1509), Count of Nassau-Idstein (1480–1509), married Countess Palatine Margarethe von Zweibrücken in 1470 (July 10, 1456 - September 7, 1527)
  • ? Bertha, abbess at Klarenthal Abbey
  • Anna, nun in Klarenthal Abbey

Life

Johann succeeded his father in 1426 in the government of the county under the tutelage of his mother. In 1433 he took over the reign of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein. Around 1460 he took part in the war against the Electoral Palatinate, initially on the side of the Archbishop of Mainz, Diether von Isenburg , his relatives by marriage. Later, however, he supported his brother Adolf in the fight for the Archbishopric of Mainz against the Isenburg man . In 1473, Count Johann had the Bierstadt tower built. After his death in 1480, his sons Adolf III shared. and Philip the inherited territory. Adolf got Wiesbaden and Philipp got Idstein . Adolf III. reunited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein in his hand after Philip's death in 1509.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Count Johann II. Von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Maria von Nassau-Dillenburg 1472/1480, Idstein. Grave monuments in Hesse until 1650. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Count Philipp von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1509, Idstein. Grave monuments in Hesse until 1650. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, edited in alphabetical order by the authors mentioned and edited by JS Ed and JG Gruber, 1847 , page 131, accessed on December 30, 2018
  4. ↑ Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv - Lehnsarchive , accessed on December 30, 2018
  5. ↑ Wiesbadener Kurier : Archbishop Adolf of Idstein honors the Mainz printer Gutenberg while he was still alive , accessed on December 30, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann of Nassau-Wiesbaden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
DATE OF BIRTH 1419
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1480