Advertisement

Gerlach I von Nassau

Advertisement

Gerlach I von Nassau

Birth
Death
7 Jan 1361 (aged 72–73)
Hessen, Germany
Burial
Wiesbaden, Stadtkreis Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Gerlach I von Nassau was the Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau.
He was a son of Emperor Adolf von Nassau-Weilburg and Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg. In 1344 he abdicated.
He was married two times. First, 1307 with Agnes, a daughter of Henry "the Younger" of Hesse, and hence a granddaughter of Landgrave Henry I "the Child" von Hesse and had the following children:
Adolph I, Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370, Idstein).
John I von Nassau-Weilburg (1309 – 20 September 1371, Weilburg).
Gerlach (1322 – 12 February 1371, Aschaffenburg), Archbishop of Mainz.
Adelheid (d. 8 August 1344), married 1329 to Ulrich III, Lord von Hanau.
Agnes, a nun at Klarenthal Abbey.
Elisabeth (ca. 1326–ca. 1370), married before 16 August 1326 to Louis von Hohenlohe.
Marie (d. 1366), married before 1336 to Konrad von Weinsberg.
Second, he married before 4 January 1337 Irmgard von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, daughter of Kraft II of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and had the following children:
Kraft von Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 1356), fell in the Battle of Poitiers.
Rupert, Count von Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 4 September 1390).
Gerlach I von Nassau was the Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau.
He was a son of Emperor Adolf von Nassau-Weilburg and Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg. In 1344 he abdicated.
He was married two times. First, 1307 with Agnes, a daughter of Henry "the Younger" of Hesse, and hence a granddaughter of Landgrave Henry I "the Child" von Hesse and had the following children:
Adolph I, Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370, Idstein).
John I von Nassau-Weilburg (1309 – 20 September 1371, Weilburg).
Gerlach (1322 – 12 February 1371, Aschaffenburg), Archbishop of Mainz.
Adelheid (d. 8 August 1344), married 1329 to Ulrich III, Lord von Hanau.
Agnes, a nun at Klarenthal Abbey.
Elisabeth (ca. 1326–ca. 1370), married before 16 August 1326 to Louis von Hohenlohe.
Marie (d. 1366), married before 1336 to Konrad von Weinsberg.
Second, he married before 4 January 1337 Irmgard von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim, daughter of Kraft II of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim and had the following children:
Kraft von Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 1356), fell in the Battle of Poitiers.
Rupert, Count von Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 4 September 1390).


Advertisement