John Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

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John Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Born	(1567-04-10)10 April 1567
Died	10 June 1596(1596-06-10) (aged 29)
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg
Father	Balthasar, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Mother	Margaret of Isenburg-Bierstein

John Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (10 April 1567 – 10 June 1596) was the son of Count Balthasar of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margaret of Isenburg-Bierstein. He succeeded his father in 1568 as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden.

In 1588, John Louis married Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg, daughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. They had the following children:

• Margaret (1589–1660), married in 1606 with Adolph of Bentheim, son of Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg
• Anna Catherine (1590–1622), married in 1607 with Simon VII, Count of Lippe
• Marie Magdalene (1592–1654), married in 1609 Wolfgang Heinrich, Count of Isenburg-Offenbach
• Juliana (1593–1605)
• John Philip (1595–1599), his successor with his brother John Louis II until his death
• John Louis II (1596–1605), his successor, the last male of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein line

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