- Otto II of Nassau
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Otto II of Nassau (ca. 1305 – died in battle December 1330/January 1331) Count of Nassau-Dillenburg in Siegen and Dillenburg, 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 van 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 Köln 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
- ^ House of Nassau at Medieval Lands
Categories:- House of Nassau
- Counts of Nassau
- 1300s births
- 1330s deaths
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