Person:Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1)

Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
b.10 Nov 1443
d.6 Jul 1511
Facts and Events
Name Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
Gender Male
Birth? 10 Nov 1443
Marriage 1484 to Margaret of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Death[1] 6 Jul 1511
Reference Number? Q2339637?


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Count Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (by a different way of counting: Adolf IV; 10 November 1443 – 6 July 1511) was a son of Count John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg (1463–1504). After his father's death in 1480, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and his brother Philip ruled Nassau-Idstein. After Philip's childless death in 1509, Adolf III ruled also ruled Nassau-Idstein.

Adolf served in the army of the Habsburg Duke consort and later Emperor Maximilian I and participated in the conquest of the Duchy of Gelre in 1478. In 1481, he was appointed stadtholder of the County of Zutphen and in 1489 also as stadtholder of Gelre. However, in 1492 Charles II was reinstated as Duke of Guelders. Adolf then returned to Germany

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References
  1. Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.