Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Born	14 March 1418
Died	19 March 1492(1492-03-19) (aged 74) Mainz
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Loon
Issue	John III Philip
Father	Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg
Mother	Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont

Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (14 March 1418 – 19 March 1492 in Mainz) was Count of Nassau in Weilburg and shared briefly the regency of the County of Saarbrücken.

Biography

Philip was a son of Philip I (1368 – 1429), and grandson of John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1309 – 1371), with his second wife, Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont (c. 1395 – 1456).

In 1429, he succeeded his father as count of Nassau-Weilburg, jointly with his brother Johann II ("John"). Their mother was the regent until 1438, when Philip reached majority, but an arrangement was made to provide for their mother. In 1442, the brothers decide to divide the counties: Johann II received Saarbrücken with Seigneurie of Commercy Château bas (this Nassau-Saarbrücken line died out in 1574) and Philip II received Weilburg (this Nassau-Weilburg line died out in the male line in 1912; however, it was continued in the female line to this day). Ownership of the possessions in the Palatinate (Dannenfels, Stauf, Kirchhein, Altenbamberg, Wöllstein) would be shared between the two lines. Their sisters married lords and did not partake in the inheritance.

Philip II died on 19 March 1492, and was succeeded by his grandson, Louis I.

Marriage and issue

Philip married Margaret of Loon-Heinsberg. She was a daughter of John III (d. bef. 1441), Count of Loon-Heinsberg, who in turn was the son of John II, Count of Loon.

Philip and Margaret had two sons:

• John III (1441–1480), succeeding his father as Count of Nassau-Weilburg after Philip II's death.
• Philip (1443–1471).

As a widower, he married Veronika of Sayn-Wittgenstein. This marriage was childless.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Adolf, King of Germany Gerlach I, Count of Nassau Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Henry "the Younger" of Hesse son of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse Agnes of Hesse Agnes of Bavaria Philipp I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Count of Saarbrücken Simon of Saarbrücken-Commercy son of Jean I of Saarbrücken-Commercy John II, Count of Saarbrücken Margaret of Savoy daughter of Louis I of Vaud Johanna of Saarbrücken Peter of Bar-Pierrefort son of Theobald II, Count of Bar Ghislette of Bar Johanna of Vianden Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine John I, Duke of Lorraine Marie of Blois (fr) daughter of Guy I, Count of Blois Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg Sophie of Württemberg Elizabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont Anseau of Joinville (fr) Henry, Lord of Joinville Marguerite of Vaudémont (fr) Margaret of Joinville John I of Luxembourg, Lord of Ligny Marie of Luxembourg Alix of Dampierre daughter of Guy of Dampierre