Gerlach I of Nassau (before 1288–7 January 1361), Count of Nassau in
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,
IdsteinIdstein is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.- Location :Idstein lies in the Taunus north of Wiesbaden...
,
WeilburgWeilburg is, with just under 14,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg.- Location :...
, and Weilnau.
He was a son of
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Adolf of Nassau-WeilburgAdolf was the King of Germany from 1292 until 1298. Though his title in his lifetime was Rex Romanorum , he is usually known as Adolf of Nassau. He was never crowned by the Pope, which would have secured him the title of Holy Roman Emperor...
and
Imagina of Isenburg-LimburgImagina of Isenburg-Limburg was the Queen consort of Adolf of Nassau, King of Germany.-Life:Imagina was born in about 1255 to Gerlach I of Limburg and Imagina of Blieskastel. Her father, from the House of Limburg held power over Limburg an der Lahn...
. In 1344 he abdicated.
He was married two times. First, 1307 with Agnes of Hesse, daughter of Henry of Hesse, granddaughter of Landgrave Heinrich I "das Kind" of Hesse and had the following children:
- Adolf I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307–17 January 1370, Idstein).
- John I of Nassau-Weilburg
John I of Nassau-Weilburg was Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1355 to 1371.John I was the second son of Count Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Agnes of Hesse, granddaughter of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse. On Gerlach I abdication in 1346, John and his brothers divided the family lands...
(1309–20 September 1371, Weilburg).
- Gerlach (1322–12 February 1371, Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a large town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat....
), Archbishop of Mainz.
- Adelheid (d.
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Gerlach I of Nassau (before 1288–7 January 1361), Count of Nassau in
WiesbadenWiesbaden is a city in southwestern Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
,
IdsteinIdstein is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.- Location :Idstein lies in the Taunus north of Wiesbaden...
,
WeilburgWeilburg is, with just under 14,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg.- Location :...
, and Weilnau.
Life
He was a son of
EmperorAn emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress is the female equivalent. As a title, "empress" may indicate the wife of an emperor or a woman who rules in her own right...
Adolf of Nassau-WeilburgAdolf was the King of Germany from 1292 until 1298. Though his title in his lifetime was Rex Romanorum , he is usually known as Adolf of Nassau. He was never crowned by the Pope, which would have secured him the title of Holy Roman Emperor...
and
Imagina of Isenburg-LimburgImagina of Isenburg-Limburg was the Queen consort of Adolf of Nassau, King of Germany.-Life:Imagina was born in about 1255 to Gerlach I of Limburg and Imagina of Blieskastel. Her father, from the House of Limburg held power over Limburg an der Lahn...
. In 1344 he abdicated.
Family and children
He was married two times. First, 1307 with Agnes of Hesse, daughter of Henry of Hesse, granddaughter of Landgrave Heinrich I "das Kind" of Hesse and had the following children:
- Adolf I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307–17 January 1370, Idstein).
- John I of Nassau-Weilburg
John I of Nassau-Weilburg was Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1355 to 1371.John I was the second son of Count Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Agnes of Hesse, granddaughter of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse. On Gerlach I abdication in 1346, John and his brothers divided the family lands...
(1309–20 September 1371, Weilburg).
- Gerlach (1322–12 February 1371, Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenburg is a large town in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat....
), Archbishop of Mainz.
- Adelheid (d. 8 August 1344), married 1329 to Count Ulrich III of Hanau.
- Agnes, a nun at Klarenthal Abbey
Klarenthal Abbey is a former convent of the Order of Poor Ladies in the borough of Klarenthal in Wiesbaden, Germany...
.
- Elisabeth (ca. 1326–ca. 1370), married before 16 August 1326 to Ludwig of Hohenlohe.
- Marie (d. 1366), married before 1336 to Konrad von Weinsberg.
Second, he married before 4 January 1337 Irmgard of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, daughter of Kraft II of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and had the following children:
- Kraft of Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. after 1361).
- Ruprecht of Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 4 September 1390).
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