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Otto I of Nassau, German: Otto I. von Nassau (born in 1224 and died between 3 May 1289 and 19 March 1290) was Count of Nassau and is the ancestor of the Ottonian branch of the House of Nassau.
- 1224
- Henry II of Nassau
- between 3 May 1289 and 19 March 1290
- Matilda of Guelders and Zutphen
44819776. Source citation. Count of Nassau He died between May 3, 1289 and March 19, 1290. After the death of his father Henry II 'the rich' in 1251 he reigned first jointly with his brother Walram II but in 1255 they divided the lands, taking Otto the territory north of the river Lahn, with Siegen (as a residence), Dillenburg, Beilstein,...
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.
- 1093; 930 years ago
When William’s direct male line became extinct upon the death of King William III of England in 1702, the Ottonians’ possessions in both the Netherlands and Nassau passed to Count John William Friso of the Ottonian branch of Nassau-Dietz. The Nassau-Dietz branch eventually reunited the Ottonians’ partitioned German territories in the 18th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Discovered only shortly before the Museum acquired it in 1995, this drawing depicts one of Henry's fourteenth-century ancestors, Count Otto II of Nassau and his wife Adelheid van Vianden, seated on horseback, splendidly dressed, against the backdrop of an elaborate landscape.
From 1328 on, his younger brother, Otto I, held the estates north of the Lahn river, namely the County of Nassau-Siegen and Nassau-Dillenburg.
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