Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
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Gerlach I of Nassau Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden
, Idstein
, Weilburg
, and Weilnau.
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
and Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg
. In 1344 he abdicated.
, daughter of Henry of Hesse, granddaughter of Landgrave Heinrich I "das Kind" of Hesse and had the following children:
Second, he married before 4 January 1337 Irmgard of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, daughter of Kraft II of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and had the following children:
Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
, Idstein
Idstein
Idstein is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt it is part of the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße , connecting towns with fine timber-frame buildings and...
, Weilburg
Weilburg
Weilburg 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 EmperorEmperor
An emperor is a monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife or a woman who rules in her own right...
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
Adolf 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...
and Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg
Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg
Imagina 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 HesseAgnes of Hesse
Agnes of Hesse was a princess of Hesse by birth and by marriage Electress of Saxony.- Life :...
, 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-WeilburgJohn I of Nassau-WeilburgJohn 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, AschaffenburgAschaffenburgAschaffenburg is a city in northwest Bavaria, Germany. The town of Aschaffenburg is not considered part of the district of Aschaffenburg, but is the administrative seat.Aschaffenburg is known as the Tor zum Spessart or "gate to the Spessart"...
), Archbishop of Mainz. - Adelheid (d. 8 August 1344), married 1329 to Count Ulrich III of Hanau.
- Agnes, a nun at Klarenthal AbbeyKlarenthal AbbeyKlarenthal 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).