Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
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{{short description|German nobleman}}
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| name = Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
| image = Tekening van het grafmonument van Adolf I van Nassau-Wiesbaden en Margarethe van Neurenberg.jpg
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| noble family = Nassau
| father = Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden
| mother = Agnes of Hesse
| spouse = Margaret of Nuremberg
| birth_date = {{birth year|1307}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1370|1|17|1307|df=y}}
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Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1307 – 17 January 1370) was a son of Count Gerlach I and Agnes of Hesse. In 1344, his father abdicated in favor of his sons. They ruled jointly until 1355, then divided their inheritance:
Marriage and issue
In 1322 Adolph married Margaret of Nuremberg, the daughter of Frederick IV, Burgrave of Nuremberg. They had the following children:
- Gerlach II (1333–1386), inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden
- Frederick (d. 1376) was minister in Mainz
- Agnes (d. 1376), married Werner IV, Count of Wittgenstein
- John
- Margaret was abbess of Klarenthal Monastery
- Elisabeth (d. 1389), married in 1361 to Diether VIII, Count of Katzenelnbogen
- Adolph I of Nassau (1353–1390), Archbishop of Mainz from 1379
- John II (1353–1420), Archbishop of Mainz from 1397
- Anna was abbess of Klarenthal Monastery
- Walram IV (1354–1393), inherited Nassau-Idstein
- Catherine (d. 1403), married in 1373 to Reinhard IV, Count of Westerburg
- Frederick
- Walram II
- Joanna
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Category:14th-century German nobility
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