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The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
After Philip's childless death in 1509, Adolf III ruled also ruled Nassau-Idstein. Adolf served in the army of the Habsburg Duke consort and later Emperor Maximilian I and participated in the conquest of the Duchy of Gelre in 1478.
Dec 13, 2019 · Johann Graf von Nassau-Idstein (1603-1676) war ein weltgewandter Sammler und Kunst liebender Mäzen. Nahe seinem Idsteiner Anwesen schuf er einen Garten voll ...
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His parents were Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1565–1627) and his wife, Landgräfin Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel (1567–1626). His father had in 1605 reunited all the possessions of the Walram line of the House of Nassau: Saarbrücken, Weilburg and Idstein. His brother was William Louis. When the brothers divided their father's inheritance on 29 J...
In 1630, witch trialsbegan in his territory and John ordered pastors to preach against the havoc brought about by witchcraft. In 1658, AmtmannPlebanus began prosecuting witches. In 1676, more witch trials were conducted in Idstein and, between 3 February 1676 and 31 March 1677, 31 women and 8 men were executed for witchcraft.Persecutions ended foll...
Johann was succeeded by his son George August Samuel, who was only 12 years old when he died, so his uncle Count Johann Kasimir of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1619-1688) acted as regent during his minority. Count Johann Kasimir described the office of a regent in his "political testament" as a task for with the regent must later give account bef...
Johann married twice:[better source needed] Firstly, he married Sibylle Magdalene, daughter of George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, in 1629. They had six children: 1. Ottile Anna (1630–1632) 2. Gustav Adolph (1632–1664) 3. Louis Frederick (1633–1656) 4. Bernhardine Sofie (1634–1642) 5. John (1638–1658) 6. Juliane Sabine (1639-1639) Secondly...
Ernst Joachim (1881), "Johann", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB)(in German), vol. 14, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 260–262Gilla Flothmann, Hilke Müller, Ilse Schollmeyer, Maria Stoltefaut: Den Hexen auf der Spur … Über Hexenprozesse am Beispiel Idstein 1676, Hexenbuchladen, Obergasse 10, 65510 Idstein, 1986, ISBN 3-92...Hans-Walter Herrmann (1987), "Ludwig II., Graf von Nassau-Saarbrücken", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 15, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 404–405(side entry)After John II died in 1480, Philip ruled Nassau-Idstein, while his elder brother Adolf III ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden. In 1509, Philip died childless. His brother Adolf III inherited Nassau-Idstein, thereby reuniting Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
Married Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein (1699–1750) daughter of George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein.
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Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden. Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden (1480-1511) image. coat of arms image. Upload media. Wikipedia. Date of birth. 10 November 1443. Date of death.
