How to Pronounce Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
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May 01, 1466 Marburg, Hesse, Germany Died on 17 Jan 1523 (aged 56)
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About Elisabeth Of Hesse Marburg
- Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz (Breda, 9 November 1455 – Dillenburg, 30 July 1516) was count of Nassau (in Siegen, Dillenburg, Hadamar and Herborn), Vianden and Diez, and Lord of Breda.
- He was the paternal grandfather of William the Silent. He was the son of Jan IV of Nassau and his wife Maria of Loon-Heinsberg. Johann V was in 1504 and 1505 stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen.
- In 1504, he inherited Breda and Vianden from his brother Engelbrecht II of Nassau. Johann V married in 1482 to Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg, a daughter of Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse and his wife Anna of Katzenelnbogen.
- They had 6 children: Henry III of Nassau-Breda (1483–1538) Johann of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz (1484–1504) Ernst (1486) William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487–1559), father of William the Silent. Elisabeth of Nassau (1488–1559) Maria of Nassau (1491–1547)Count Johann V was buried at Siegen. His Dutch possessions went to his eldest son Henry, his German possessions to his other son William.
