Otto II (Nassau)
Count Otto II of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Countess Adelheid von Vianden ( Bernaert van Orley , around 1530)
Otto II of Nassau-Siegen (* around 1300/1305; † 1350 or 1351, fallen) was Count of Nassau-Dillenburg from 1343 to 1350 .
Life
Otto was the older son of Count Heinrich I von Nassau-Siegen and Adelheid von Heinsberg and Blankenburg . When Otto's father Heinrich I died in 1343, the county of Nassau-Siegen was divided among his sons. The younger son, also known as Heinrich I, received Nassau-Beilstein , while Otto got Nassau-Dillenburg.
On December 23, 1331 he married Adelheid von Vianden ; with her he had four children:
- Johann I , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, (1339–1416)
- Heinrich of Nassau-Dillenburg († 1402)
- Otto von Nassau-Dillenburg, canon in Mainz (1341–1384)
- Adelaide of Nassau-Dillenburg, Äbtissin in pin Keppel († 1381)
literature
- Eduard Ausfeld: Otto II, Count of Nassau . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 707 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otto II. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Otto II of Nassau-Siegen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first count of Nassau-Dillenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1300 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1350 or 1351 |