Countess Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg, known upon her marriage as Margarethe, Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (15 May 1463 – 26 May 1504) was a German noblewoman who, as the wife of Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, was the Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein.
Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein | |
 1632 drawing from her tomb. | |
| Born | 15 May 1463 |
| Died | 26 May 1504 (aged 41) |
| Noble family | House of Hanau (by birth) House of Nassau (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |
| Issue | Philip I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |
| Father | Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Mother | Anna von Lichtenberg |
Biography
editMargarethe was the daughter of Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Anna von Lichtenberg.[1] Her father ruled over the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg and, after the death of her maternal grandfather, the Lordship of Lichtenberg. She was a younger sister of Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
On 20 June 1484 she married Adolf III, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden.[1][2] They had four children:
- Countess Maria Margaret (1487–1548), who married in 1502 to Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
- Countess Anna (1488–1550), married in 1506 to Henry XXXI of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,
- Philip I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1490–1558), who succeeded her husband as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
In 1509 her husband succeeded his childless brother, Philip, Count of Nassau-Idstein, as the Count of Nassau-Idenstein, therefore making Margarethe a countess of Idenstein.
She died on 26 May 1504.
References
edit- ^ a b "Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medicin - Google Books". 1902. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW)". Resources.huygens.knaw.nl. Retrieved 2021-12-18.