Ottilie of Nassau-Siegen

Countess Ottilie of Nassau-Siegen (before or on 18 April 1437 – July 1493), , official titles: Gräfin zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, was a countess from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau, and through marriage respectively Countess of Katzenelnbogen and Countess of Tierstein.

Biography Ottilie was born before or on 18 April 1437, possibly in Breda, as the only daughter of Count Henry II of Nassau-Siegen and his first wife Countess Genoveva of Virneburg.

Ottilie married in 1449/1450 to Count Philip the Younger of Katzenelnbogen (1427 ), the eldest son of Count Philip the Elder of Katzenelnbogen and his first wife Countess Anne of Württemberg. This led to a conflict with her paternal uncle Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen, who had succeeded his brother in all his possessions and was granted the County of Diez as a fief by Archbishop of Trier on 4 November 1451. The conflict was complicated further due to the fact that another part of the County of Diez belonged to Ottilie's father-in-law Philip the Elder of Katzenelnbogen.

Ottilie remarried on 3 June 1475 to Count Oswald I of Tierstein ( – before 1488 ). Oswald was governor in the Alsace, the Sundgau and the Breisgau and councillor in Lorraine and the Electorate of Cologne. Ottilie's daughter, Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen, however, also immediately laid claim to the County of Katzenelnbogen. On 6 May 1482 Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen renounced her claims to the counties Katzenelbogen and Diez

Issue First marriage From Ottilie's first marriage to Count Philip the Younger of Katzenelnbogen only one daughter was born: Ottilie of Katzenelnbogen ( – 15 August 1517 on 19 December 1468 – Hohenbaden Castle, ). The wedding of Ottilie and Christopher was a double wedding, as on the same day and location Christopher's sister married Count Engelbert II the Illustrious of Nassau-Breda, the eldest son of Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen.

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