Adriana of Nassau-Siegen
Adriana of Nassau-Siegen | |
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Countess Consort of Hanau-Münzenberg | |
![]() Epitaph of Countess Adriana of Nassau-Siegen. Saint Mary’s Church, Hanau. Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, 2009. | |
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Full name
Adriana Countess of Nassau-Siegen | |
Native name | Adriana Gräfin von Nassau-Siegen |
Born | Adriana Gräfin zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Frau zu Breda 7 February 1449 Breda |
Died | 15 January 1477 | (aged 27)
Buried | Saint Mary’s Church , Hanau |
Noble family | House of Nassau-Siegen |
Spouse(s) | Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg |
Issue Detail | |
Father | John IV of Nassau-Siegen |
Mother | Mary of Looz-Heinsberg |
Countess Adriana of Nassau-Siegen[note 1] (7 February 1449 – 15 January 1477), German: Adriana Gräfin von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Gräfin zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Frau zu Breda, was a countess from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau, and through marriage Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg.
Biography
Adriana was born in Breda on 7 February 1449[1][2][3] as the fourth daughter of Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Lady Mary of Looz-Heinsberg.[1][2][3]
Adriana married on 12 September 1468[1][2][3] to Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg (21 September 1449[1][2] – 26 August 1500[1][2][3]), the son of Count Reinhard III of Hanau and Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach.[4]
Adriana died on 15 January 1477[2][4][note 2] and was buried in Saint Mary’s Church in Hanau. On her epitaph, she is depicted in a praying position towards the (no longer extant) high altar. This epitaph and her gravestone have been preserved very well.[5][6]
Issue
From the marriage of Adriana and Philip the following children were born:[4]
- A daughter (1469 – ?).
- Adriana (Hanau, 1 May 1470 – 12 April 1524), married in Hanau on 15 February 1489 to Count Philip of Solms-Lich (15 August 1468 – Frankfurt, 3 October 1544).
- Margaret (6 April 1471 – Liebenau monastery, 5 September 1503), was a nun at Liebenau monastery.
- Count Reinhard IV (14 March 1473 – 30 January 1512), succeeded his father in 1500. He married in 1496 to Countess Catherine of Schwarzburg (? – 27 November 1514).
- Anne (15 March 1474 – 21 March 1475).
- Mary (4 March 1475 – 18 May 1476).
Ancestors
Literature
- Lübbecke, Fried (1951). Hanau. Stadt u. Grafschaft (in German). Köln: Verlag E.A. Seemann.
- Suchier, Reinhard (1894). "Genealogie des Hanauer Grafenhauses". Festschrift des Hanauer Geschichtsvereins zu seiner fünfzigjährigen Jubelfeier am 27. August 1894 (in German). Hanau: G. Heydt.
- Zimmermann, Ernst J. (1978) [1903]. Hanau. Stadt und Land (in German) (3rd ed.). Hanau: Hans Peters Verlag. ISBN 3-87627-243-2.
Notes
- ^ In many sources she is called Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg. The County of Nassau-Siegen is erroneously called Nassau-Dillenburg in many sources. The county was not named after the small, unimportant city of Dillenburg, which did not even have a church until 1491, but after the, for that time, large city of Siegen, the economic centre of the county and the counts’ main residence. See Lück (1981), passim. It is also evident from the numbering of the reigning counts with the given name John. One John without regal number who ruled the County of Nassau-Dillenburg in the period 1303–1328, and eight counts by the name of John who ruled the County of Nassau-Siegen in the period 1362–1638.
- ^ The date of death 11 or 15 June 1477 in Schutte (1979), p. 42, and 11 June 1477 in Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 94.
References
- ^ a b c d e Schutte (1979), p. 42.
- ^ a b c d e f Dek (1970), p. 69.
- ^ a b c d Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 94.
- ^ a b c d Theroff, Paul. "An Online Gotha". Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Suchier (1879), p. 8f.
- ^ Dietrich & Heider-Geiß (2001).
- ^ Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families". Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 219.
- ^ Schutte (1979), pp. 40–42.
- ^ Dek (1970).
- ^ Vorsterman van Oyen (1882).
- ^ Textor von Haiger (1617).
- ^ Europäische Stammtafeln.
Sources
- Dek, A.W.E. (1970). Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek.
- Dietrich, Reinhard & Heider-Geiß, Simone (2001). Die evangelische Marienkirche Hanau (in German). Kassel: Kirchenvorstand der Evangelischen Marienkirche Hanau. ISBN 3-89477-925-X.
- Huberty, Michel; Giraud, Alain & Magdelaine, F. & B. (1981). l’Allemagne Dynastique (in French). Vol. Tome III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg. Le Perreux: Alain Giraud.
- Lück, Alfred (1981) [1967]. Siegerland und Nederland (in German) (2nd ed.). Siegen: Siegerländer Heimatverein e.V.
- Schutte, O. (1979). "Genealogische gegevens". In Tamse, C.A. (ed.). Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis (in Dutch). Alphen aan den Rijn: A.W. Sijthoff. pp. 40–44. ISBN 90-218-2447-7.
- Suchier, Reinhard (1879). "Die Grabmonumente und Särge der in Hanau bestatteten Personen aus den Häusern Hanau und Hessen". Programm des Königlichen Gymnasiums zu Hanau (in German). Hanau: Waisenhaus Buchdruckerei. pp. 1–56.
- Textor von Haiger, Johann (1617). Nassauische Chronik (in German). Herborn: Christoph Raab.
- Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A. (1882). Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden (in Dutch). Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff/Utrecht: J.L. Beijers.
External links
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- Hanau. In: An Online Gotha, by Paul Theroff.
- Nassau. In: Medieval Lands. A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families, by Charles Cawley.
- Nassau Part 4. In: An Online Gotha, by Paul Theroff.
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