Mary of Nassau-Siegen

Countess Mary of Nassau-Siegen (2 February 1418 – 11 October 1472), , official titles: Gräfin zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Frau zu Breda, was a countess from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau, and through marriage Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.

Biography Mary was born on 2 February 1418 as the second daughter and fifth child of Count Engelbert I of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Lady Joanne of Polanen. and married in Breda (1419 John had succeeded his father Adolf II as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein in 1426.

The abbot's judgment is unknown, as is what happened next. However, on 7 July 1465, the Emperor informed Mary that John had appealed against the judgment by Archbishop John II of Trier unfavourable to him, and summoned her to appear before him on the 45th day after receipt of this summons or on the first day of the following court and informed her that, even if she did not appear, the trial would take place. What happened afterwards is also unclear. What is known is that the Emperor summoned John for the settlement of the inheritance dispute with his sister, because on 9 February 1467 Mary appointed attorneys for the trial. That is the last preserved record of the dispute.

Mary died on 11 October 1472

Issue From the marriage of Mary and John the following children were born: Mary (1438 – 14 January 1480), married on 25 May 1455 to Count Louis II of Isenburg-Büdingen (1422 – Büdingen, 4 June 1511). (1439 – 27 February 1482), was canon in Mainz en Liège. Margaret , was Abbess of Klarenthal Abbey. Anne (1442 – 1 March 1480), married in Mainz on 1 January 1464 to Count Otto II of Solms-Braunfels (22 November 1426 – 29 June 1504). Count Adolf III (10 November 1443 – Wiesbaden, 6 July 1511), succeed his father as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden in 1480. He married on 20 June 1484 to Countess Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg (15 May 1463 – 26 May 1504). Bertha (1446 – 12 April ....), was Abbess of Klarenthal Abbey. (1448 – Mainz, 7 April 1508), was canon in Cologne and Mainz. Count Philip (1450 – 16 June 1509), succeed his father as Count of Nassau-Idstein in 1480. He married in 1470 to Countess palatine (10 July 1456 – 7 September 1527). Anne , was a nun in Klarenthal Abbey.

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