Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken
John II | |
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Reign | 1429–1472 |
Predecessor | Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg |
Successor | John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
Born |
Saarbrücken | 4 April 1423
Died |
15 July 1472 49) Vehingen | (aged
Spouse |
Johanna of Loon Elisabeth of Württemberg-Urach |
House | Nassau-Saarbrücken |
Father | Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg |
Mother | Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont |
John II of Nassau-Saarbrücken (4 April 1423 in Saarbrücken – 15 July 1472 in Vehingen) was a son of Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg and Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont. He was the duke of Nassau-Saarbrücken from 1429 to 1472.
He married Johanna (1443–1469), a daughter of John IV of Loon.
- Elizabeth (1459–1479), married William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg in 1472
- Johanna (1464–1521), married John I, Count Palatine of Simmern in 1481.
After Johanna's death, he married Elisabeth, the daughter of Count Louis I of Württemberg-Urach. With her, he had a son:
- John Louis, succeeded as Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
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Elisabeth van Wurtemberg was born on October 4, 1447, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the child of Ludwig and Mechthild. She had one son with Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken Heilingenberg in 1445. She died on June 3, 1505, in Wernigerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, at the age of 57.
Georg van Werdenberg-Sargans was born in 1445 in Heiligenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, the child of Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken. He had one daughter with Catharina von Baden in 1464. He died on March 12, 1500, in Grabs, St. Gallen, Switzerland, at the age of 55.