Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz

John V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz
John V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz
Born	9 November 1455; Breda
Died	30 July 1516 (aged 60); Dillenburg
Buried	Siegen
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
Father	John IV of Nassau
Mother	Maria of Loon-Heinsberg

Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz (Breda, 9 November 1455 – Dillenburg, 30 July 1516) was count of Nassau (in Siegen, Dillenburg, Hadamar and Herborn), Vianden and Diez, and Lord of Breda. He was the paternal grandfather of William the Silent.

He was the son of Jan IV of Nassau and his wife Maria of Loon-Heinsberg.

Johann V was in 1504 and 1505 stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen. In 1504, he inherited Breda and Vianden from his brother Engelbrecht II of Nassau.

Johann V married in 1482 to Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg, a daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse and his wife Anna of Katzenelnbogen.[1] They had 6 children:

Henry III of Nassau-Breda (1483–1538)
Johann of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz (1484–1504)
Ernst (1486)
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487–1559), father of William the Silent.
Elisabeth of Nassau (1488–1559)
Maria of Nassau (1491–1547)

Count Johann V was buried at Siegen.
His Dutch possessions went to his eldest son Henry, his German possessions to his other son William.

References

John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 135.