Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied

Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg (1 December 1488 3 June 1559 in Dillenburg) was a member of the House of Nassau. She was a daughter of John V of Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg. Her brothers were Henry III of Nassau-Breda, John of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz, Ernest of Nassau and William the Rich. Her sister was Maria of Nassau.

Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg
Born1 December 1488
Died3 June 1559(1559-06-03) (aged 70)
Dillenburg
Noble familyHouse of Nassau
Spouse(s)John of Wied-Runkel
FatherJohn V of Nassau-Dillenburg
MotherElisabeth of Hesse-Marburg

Marriage and issue

She married on 1 February 1506 to John of Wied-Runkel (c.1485 18 May 1533). He was a son of Frederick of Wied-Runkel (c.1425 31 August 1487) and Agnes of Virneburg (c.1430 12 March 1478). Her mother-in-law was a sister of Countess Genoveva of Virneburg, who was married to Henry II, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Elisabeth and John had the following children:

  1. Elisabeth (c.1508 24 July 1524). She married in 1527 to Anthony of Isenburg-Büdingen (2 August 1501 25 October 1560). He was a son of Philip of Isenburg-Büdingen (20 March 1467 22 February 1526) and Amalia of Loon-Rieneck (29 November 1478 c.1543).
  2. John IV (c.1510 15 June 1518 in Runkel). He married in 1543 in Königstein to Catherine (26 March 1525 15 June 1581 in Runkel), the daughter of Philip II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (17 August 1501 28 March 1529) and Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg 18 June 1580 in Dillenburg), who after Philip's death remarried to William the Rich.
  3. Margaret (c.1516 5 August 1571). She married:
    1. on 29 September 1523 to Bernard of Bentheim (c.1495 4 May 1528). He was a son of Eberwin II, Count of Bentheim
    2. on 19 February 1534 to Arnold of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (14 November 1500 6 May 1548)
  4. Walpurga Johanna (c.1518 3 October 1578). She married on 22 January 1528 in Königstein to Louis, Count of Stolberg (12 January 1505 in Stolberg 1 September 1574 in Wertheim). He was a son of Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (4 January 1467 in Stolberg 18 June 1538 in Stolberg) and Anna of Eppstein-Königstein (1481 in Königstein 7 August 1538 in Stolberg)
  5. Agnes (c.1520 3 April 1588 in Sonnewalde). She married:
    1. c.1540 to Caspar of Mansfeld (c.1522 26 October 1542). He was a son of Albert of Mansfeld (c.1485 5 March 1560) and Anna of Honstein (c.1500 14 February 1599)
    2. in 1545 to Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach (1 October 1521 13 January 1561 in Laubach). He was a son of Otto of Solms-Lich (11 May 1496 14 May 1522 in Lich) and Anna of mecklenburg-Schwerin (14 September 1485 in Wismar 12 May 1525 in Rodelheim)
  6. Genoveva (c.1522 26 June 1556 in Stolberg). She married on 28 February 1526 in Königstein to Wolfgang, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1 October 1501 in Stolberg 8 March 1552 in Allstedt). He was the widower of Dorothea of Regenstein-Blankenburg (6 April 1526 in Blankenburg 19 May 1545 in Stolberg) and, like Walpurga Johanna's husband, he was a son of Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode and Anna of Eppstein-Königstein
  7. Maria (c.1522 15 March 1563). She married on 22 June 1554 to Christopher of Limpurg-Gaildorf (12 July 1531 3 September 1574 in Obersontheim). He was a son of William of Limpurg-Gaildorf (12 April 1498 9 March 1552) and Anna della Scala Leiter (1510-1560).
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