Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Spouse(s)	Margaret of Nuremberg
Noble family	Nassau
Father	Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
Mother	Agnes of Hesse
Born	1307
Died	17 January 1370(1370-01-17)

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370) was a son of Count Gerlach I and Agnes of Hesse. In 1344, his father abdicated in favor of his sons. They ruled jointly until 1355, then divided their inheritance:

• Adolph I inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (this line died out in the male line in 1605)
• John I inherited Nassau-Weilburg (this line died out in the male line in 1912)
• Rupert inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg (he died childless in 1390)

Marriage and issue

In 1322 Adolph married Margaret, the daughter of Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg. They had the following children:

• Gerlach II (1333–1386), inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden
• Frederick (d. 1376)
• Agnes (d. 1376), married Werner IV, Count of Wittgenstein
• John
• Margaret
• Elisabeth (d. 1389), married in 1361 to Dietrich VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen
• Adolph II of Nassau (1353–1390), Archbishop of Mainz from 1379
• John I (1353–1420)
• Anna
• Walram IV (1354–1393), inherited Nassau-Idstein
• Catherine (d. 1403), married in 1373 to Reinhard IV, Count of Westerburg
• Frederick
• Walram II
• Joanna

Ancestry

Family of Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

16. Henry II, Count of Nassau               8. Walram II, Count of Nassau                       17. Matilda of Guelders               4. Adolf, King of Germany                             18. Diether IV of Katzenelnbogen               9. Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen                       19. Hildegunde of Eberstein               2. Gerlach I, Count of Nassau                                   20. Henry I of Isenburg-Grenzau               10. Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg                       21. Irmingard of Büdingen               5. Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg                             1. Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein                                         24. Henry II, Duke of Brabant               12. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse                       25. Sophie of Thuringia               6. Henry of Hesse                             26. Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               13. Adelheid of Brunswick-Lüneburg                       27. Matilda of Brandenburg               3. Agnes of Hesse                                   28. Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria               14. Louis II, Duke of Bavaria                       29. Agnes of the Palatinate               7. Agnes of Bavaria                             30. Rudolph I of Germany               15. Matilda of Habsburg                       31. Gertrude of Hohenburg

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein House of Nassau Born: 1307 Died: 17 January 1370
Preceded by Gerlach I	Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 1344–1370	Succeeded by Gerlach II as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden
		Succeeded by Walram IV as Count of Nassau-Idstein