Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Born	1307 (1307)
Died	17 January 1370(1370-01-17) (aged 62–63)
Noble family	Nassau
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Nuremberg
Father	Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
Mother	Agnes of Hesse

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370) was a son of Count Gerlach I and Agnes of Hesse. In 1344, his father abdicated in favor of his sons. They ruled jointly until 1355, then divided their inheritance:

• Adolph I inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (this line died out in the male line in 1605)
• John I inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912)
• Rupert inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg (he died childless in 1390)

Marriage and issue

In 1322 Adolph married Margaret, the daughter of Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg. They had the following children:

• Gerlach II (1333–1386), inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden
• Frederick (d. 1376) was minister in Mainz
• Agnes (d. 1376), married Werner IV, Count of Wittgenstein
• John
• Margaret was abbess of Klarenthal Monastery
• Elisabeth (d. 1389), married in 1361 to Diether VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen
• Adolph I of Nassau (1353–1390), Archbishop of Mainz from 1379
• John II (1353–1420), Archbishop of Mainz from 1397
• Anna was abbess of Klarenthal Monastery
• Walram IV (1354–1393), inherited Nassau-Idstein
• Catherine (d. 1403), married in 1373 to Reinhard IV, Count of Westerburg
• Frederick
• Walram II
• Joanna

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

16. Henry II, Count of Nassau 8. Walram II, Count of Nassau 17. Matilda of Guelders 4. Adolf, King of Germany 18. Diether IV of Katzenelnbogen 9. Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen 19. Hildegunde of Eberstein 2. Gerlach I, Count of Nassau 20. Henry I of Isenburg-Grenzau 10. Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg 21. Irmingard of Büdingen 5. Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg 1. Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 24. Henry II, Duke of Brabant 12. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse 25. Sophie of Thuringia 6. Henry of Hesse 26. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 13. Adelheid of Brunswick-Lüneburg 27. Matilda of Brandenburg 3. Agnes of Hesse 28. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria 14. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria 29. Agnes of the Palatinate 7. Agnes of Bavaria 30. Rudolf I of Germany 15. Matilda of Habsburg 31. Gertrude of Hohenberg