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Count John of Nassau-Idstein
- Count John of Nassau-Idstein (born 24 November 1603 in Saarbrücken; died: 23 May 1677 in Idstein) was Count of Nassau and Protestant Regent of Idstein.
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This yielded an older Nassau-Idstein line from 1480 to 1509, later merging once again with Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Weilburg and, from 1629 to 1721, a newer Nassau-Idstein line. In 1721, Idstein passed to Nassau-Ottweiler, and in 1728 to Nassau-Usingen, thereby losing its status as a residence town, although it became the seat of the Nassau ...
- 1093; 930 years ago
Origins. Nassau, originally a county, developed on the lower Lahn river in what is known today as Rhineland-Palatinate. The town of Nassau was founded in 915. [1] Dudo of Laurenburg held Nassau as a fiefdom as granted by the Bishopric of Worms. His son, Rupert, built the Nassau Castle there around 1125, declaring himself "Count of Nassau".
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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)- 24 November 1603, Saarbrücken
- Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- 23 May 1677 (aged 73), Idstein
- Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel
In 1303, John gains overall control, with Henry being granted Nassau-Siegen, and Emich, Nassau-Hadamar. John is succeeded by Henry while Emich predeceases Henry. 1303 - 1328. John. Count of Nassau-Dillenberg. 1328 - 1343. Henry I. Count of Nassau-Siegen (1303), Nassau-Dillenberg (1328). 1290 - 1303.
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.
After his father's death in 1426, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden an John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (born: 1419; died: 9 May 1480) was a son of Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margarete of Baden, a daughter of Margrave Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden en Anna of Oettingen.
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.
