Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

Count Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (by a different way of counting: Adolf IV; 10 November 1443 – 6 July 1511) was a son of Count John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Mary of Nassau-Siegen (1418–1472). After his father's death in 1480, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and his brother Philip ruled Nassau-Idstein. After Philip's childless death in 1509, Adolf III ruled also ruled Nassau-Idstein.

Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Born	(1443-11-10)10 November 1443
Died	6 July 1511(1511-07-06) (aged 67)
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg
Father	John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Mother	Mary of Nassau-Siegen

Adolf served in the army of the Habsburg Duke consort and later Emperor Maximilian I and participated in the conquest of the Duchy of Gelre in 1478. In 1481, he was appointed stadtholder of the County of Zutphen and in 1489 also as stadtholder of Gelre. However, in 1492 Charles II was reinstated as Duke of Guelders. Adolf then returned to Germany

Marriage and issue

He married in 1484 to Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg, a daughter of Philip I of Hanau-Lichtenberg. Their children were:

• Maria Margaret (1487–1548), married in 1502 to Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg,
• Anna (1488–1550), married in 1506 to Henry XXXI of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen,
• Philip I (1490–1558), who succeeded him.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

16. Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 8. Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein 17. Margaret of Nuremberg 4. Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 18. Johann I of Westerburg 9. Bertha of Westerburg 19. Kunigunde of Sayn 2. John II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 20. Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden 10. Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden 21. Matilde of Sponheim 5. Margaret of Baden 22. Ludwig XI of Oettingen 11. Anna of Oettingen 23. Beatrix of Helfenstein-Blaubeuren 1. Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein 24. Otto II, Count of Nassau-Siegen 12. John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen 25. Adelaide of Vianden 6. Engelbert I of Nassau 26. Adolph II of the Marck 13. Margaret of the Mark 27. Margareta of Cleves 3. Mary of Nassau-Siegen 28. John II, Lord of Polanen 14. John III, Lord of Polanen 29. Oda of Horne 7. Johanna van Polanen 30. Johann II, Count of Salm-Obersalm 15. Odilia (Oda) of Salm-Ravenstein 31. Philippa of Heinsberg-Valkenburg