Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Noble family	House of Nassau
Father	John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Mother	Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg
Born	10 November 1443
Died	6 July 1511 (aged 67)

Count Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (by a different way of counting: Adolf IV; 10 November 1443 – 6 July 1511) was a son of Count John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg (1463–1504). After his father's death in 1480, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and his brother Philip ruled Nassau-Idstein. After Philip's childless death in 1508, 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. In 1481, he was appointed stadholder of the County of Zutphen and in 1489 also as stadholder of Gelre. However, in 1492 Charles II was reinstated as Duke of Guelders. Adolf then returned to Germany^[1]

Marriage and issue

He married in 1484 to Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg, a daughter of Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Their children were:

• Maria Margaret (1487–1548), married in 1502 to Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg,
• Anna (1488–1550), married in 1506 to Henry XXXI of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,
• Philip I (1490–1558), who succeeded him.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

16. Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein               8. Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein                       17. Margaret of Nuremberg               4. Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein                             18. Johann I of Westerburg               9. Bertha of Westerburg                       19. Kunigunde of Sayn               2. John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein                                   20. Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden               10. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden                       21. Matilde of Sponheim               5. Margaret of Baden                             22. Ludwig XI of Oettingen               11. Anna of Oettingen                       23. Beatrix of Helfenstein-Blaubeuren               1. Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein                                         24. Otto II of Nassau               12. John I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg                       25. Aleyda, Countess of Vianden               6. Engelbert I of Nassau                             26. Adolph II of the Marck               13. Margaretha of the Marck                       27. Margareta of Cleves               3. Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg                                   28. John II, Lord of Polanen               14. John III, Lord of Polanen                       29. Oda of Horne               7. Johanna van Polanen                             30. Johann II, Count of Salm-Obersalm               15. Odilia (Oda) of Salm-Ravenstein                       31. Philippa of Heinsberg-Valkenburg

Footnotes

1. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (1911–1937), lemma Adolf, III, graaf van Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, part 1, 24–25