John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Born(1472-10-19)19 October 1472
Saarbrücken
Died4 June 1545(1545-06-04) (aged 72)
Saarbrücken
Noble familyHouse of Nassau
Spouse(s)Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
Catherine of Moers
FatherJohn II of Nassau-Saarbrücken
MotherElisabeth of Württemberg-Urach

Count John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken (19 October 1472, in Saarbrücken – 4 June 1545, in ibid.) was the posthumous son of Count John II and his second wife, Elisabeth of Württemberg-Urach.[1]

In 1492, he married Elisabeth (1469–1500), the daughter of Count Palatine Louis I of Zweibrücken. They had the following children:

  • Ottilie (1492–1554), married John V of Sayn in 1516
  • Anna (1493–1565)
  • Elisabeth (1495–1559)
  • Johanna (1496–1566)
  • Margaret (b. 1497)
  • Felicitas (b. 1499)

After Elisabeth's death, John remarried in 1506 to Catherine of Moers-Saarwerden (1491–1547). They had the following children:

  • Philip II (1509–1554)
  • John III, married Adelaide of Kronengracht,
  • Margaret (1513–1562)
  • Elisabeth (1515–1568)
  • Catherine (1517–1553), married in 1537 to Count Emich IX of Leiningen-Dagsburg
  • Agnes (b. 1519)
  • John Louis (1524–1542)
  • Adolph I (1526–1559), married in 1553 to Anastasia of Isenburg-Grenzau

Ancestry

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John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Born: 19 October 1472 Died: 4 June 1545
Preceded by Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1472-1545 		Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ www.myheritage.com https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-2088060/john-louis-count-of-nassau-saarbrucken-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people. Retrieved 2024-04-05. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)


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