Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg | |
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Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein | |
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 |
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 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:
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.
Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg | |
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Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein | |
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 |
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 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:
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.