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John IV, Count of Nassau
Personal details
Born (1410-08-01)1 August 1410
Dillenburg
Died 3 February 1475(1475-02-03) (aged 64)
Breda
Spouse(s) Maria of Loon-Heinsberg

Count Jan (Johann) IV of Nassau (1 August 1410, Dillenburg – 3 February 1475, Breda) was Count of Nassau, Dietz and Dillenburg. He was the son of Engelbert I of Nassau, Count of Nassau and Dillenburg, Lord of Breda and Johanna van Polanen.[1]

Bernard van Orley - Johan IV van Nassau and His Wife Maria van Loon-Heinsberg

Jan IV of Nassau and his wife Maria of Loon-Heinsberg; both were decades dead by 1538-40, when a set of dynastic designs were made in pen with watercolour by Bernard van Orley

He married Maria of Loon-Heinsberg, Lady of Millen, Gangelt and Vucht (born in 1424), the daughter of John II of Loon, Lord of Jülich, Heinsberg and Löwenberg, on 7 February 1440. They had children, including:

  • Anna of Nassau (1441–1514)
  • Johanna of Nassau (1444–1468)
  • Ottillie of Nassau (1445–1493)
  • Adriana of Nassau (1449–1477)
  • Engelbert II of Nassau (1451–1504)
  • Johann V of Nassau (1455–1516)

References[]

  1. De Nederlandsche leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde, Volume 8, 1890, pg 90-91
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