Engelbert I of Nassau

Engelbert I of Nassau
Engelbert I of Nassau
	Engelbert (in the front kneeling) depicted on his tomb in the Grote Kerk (Breda).
Born	c. 1370; Dillenburg
Died	3 May 1442 (aged 71–72); Breda
Buried	Church of Our Lady in Breda
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Johanna van Polanen
Father	Johan I of Nassau
Mother	Margaretha of La Marck

Engelbert I of Nassau (c. 1370, in Dillenburg – 3 May 1442, in Breda) was a son of Count Johan I of Nassau and Countess Margaretha of the Marck, daughter of Count Adolph II of the Marck.[1]

Early years

Engelbert of Nassau was a student in Cologne, Germany in 1389 and a dean in Münster from 1399-1404.[2] He became counselor to the Duke of Brabant, first to Anton of Burgundy, and later for his son Jan IV of Brabant. He would later serve Philip the Good.

Marriage and issue

Engelbert's brothers were childless and he left the deanery so he could marry Johanna van Polanen in 1404.[3] They had six children:

Jan IV of Nassau (born 1 August 1410) married Maria of Loon-Heinsberg
Henry II, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (born 7 January 1414) married 1) Genoveva of Virneburg 2) Irmgard of Schleiden-Junkerath
Margaretha (born 1415), married Diederik, Count of Sayn
Willem (born December 1416)
Maria (born 2 February 1418 - died 2 October 1472), married Count John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Philip (born 13 October 1420 – died 1429)

Engelbert had an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mistress:

Margaretha of Nassau. She married Hugo Wijnrix.

He died May 3, 1442 in Breda. A mausoleum was built for Engelbert in the Church-of-Our-Lady (the Great Church) in Breda. The construction took thirty years, from 1460 to 1490.

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References

De Nederlandsche leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde, Volume 8, 1890, pg 90-91
Wilhelm Kohl, Helmut Müller, Klaus Scholz, Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Köln: historisch-statistische Beschreibung der Kirche des alten Reiches. Das Domstift St. Paulus zu Münster ; 2, Volume 2; Volume 4, Walter de Gruyter, 1982, p 40
J. ter Haar, Geschiedenis van de Lage Landen, Uitgeverij Kok, 2004, p 234

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[1] De Nederlandsche leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde, Volume 8, 1890, pg 90-91

[2] Wilhelm Kohl, Helmut Müller, Klaus Scholz, Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Köln: historisch-statistische Beschreibung der Kirche des alten Reiches. Das Domstift St. Paulus zu Münster ; 2, Volume 2; Volume 4, Walter de Gruyter, 1982, p 40

[3] J. ter Haar, Geschiedenis van de Lage Landen, Uitgeverij Kok, 2004, p 234