John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Count John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken (19 October 1472, in Saarbrücken – 4 June 1545, in ibid.) was the posthumous son of Count John II and his second wife, Elisabeth of Württemberg-Urach.

John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Born	(1472-10-19)19 October 1472 Saarbrücken
Died	4 June 1545(1545-06-04) (aged 72) Saarbrücken
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Catherine of Moers
Father	Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Mother	Elisabeth of Württemberg-Urach

In 1492, he married Elisabeth (1469–1500), the daughter of Count Palatine Louis I of Zweibrücken. They had the following children:

• Ottilie (1492–1554), married John V of Sayn in 1516
• Anna (1493–1565)
• Elisabeth (1495–1559)
• Johanna (1496–1566)
• Margaret (b. 1497)
• Felicitas (b. 1499)

After Elisabeth's death, John remarried in 1506 to Catherine of Moers-Saarwerden (1491–1547). They had the following children:

• Philip II (1509–1554)
• John III, married Adelaide of Kronengracht,
• Margaret (1513–1562)
• Elisabeth (1515–1568)
• Catherine (1517–1553), married in 1537 to Count Emich IX of Leiningen-Dagsburg
• Agnes (b. 1519)
• John Louis (1524–1542)
• Adolph I (1526–1559), married in 1553 to Anastasia of Isenburg-Grenzau

Ancestors

Ancestors of John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

8. John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 4. Philipp I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 9. Johanna of Saarbrücken 2. Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken 10. Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont 5. Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont 11. Margaret of Joinville 1. John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken 12. Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg 6. Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach 13. Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard 3. Elisabeth of Württemberg-Urach 14. Louis III, Elector Palatine 7. Mechthild of Germany 15. Matilda of Savoy

John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken House of Nassau Born: 19 October 1472 Died: 4 June 1545
Preceded by John II	Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken 1472-1545	Succeeded by Philip II