Otto II, Count of Nassau-Siegen
Otto II of Nassau | |
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| Born | c. 1305 |
| Died | 6 January 1351 (aged 45–46) |
| Noble family | House of Nassau |
| Spouse(s) | Adelheid of Vianden |
| Father | Heinrich of Nassau |
| Mother | Adelheid of Heinsberg |
Otto II of Nassau (c. 1305 – 1351) was a German nobleman. He was a Count of Nassau-Dillenburg in Siegen and Dillenburg, and was a son of Count Heinrich of Nassau and Adelheid of Heinsberg.[1]
Otto married Adelheid of Vianden, daughter of Philip of Vianden and Adelheid of Arnsberg. They had four children:[2]
- Adelheid of Nassau, who became a nun at Keppel, and later became an Abbess.
- Johan I of Nassau who married Margareta von der Marck.
- Heinrich "the Swashbuckler" (died 5 September 1402 in Kassel) became a Canon at the Cologne Cathedral.
- Otto of Nassau, first a canon and provost of St. Moritz at Mainz, and later canon at Cologne and Mainz cathedrals.
References
- ^ De Nederlandsche leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde, Volumes 1889-1894, pg 89-91 Google Books
- ^ Template:MLCC at Medieval Lands
- Eduard Ausfeld (1887), "Otto II., Graf von Nassau", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 24, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 707–708
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