Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen
Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen
Count of Diez; Count of Nassau-Siegen; Count of Vianden;
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Reign	1384–1420 (Diez); 1416–1420 (Nassau-Siegen); 1417–1420 (Vianden);
Predecessor	Gerhard VII (Diez); John I (Nassau-Siegen); Elisabeth of Sponheim-Kreuznach (Vianden);
Successor	Godfrey VII of Eppstein-Münzenberg (half Diez); John II with the Helmet (Nassau-Siegen, Vianden and half Diez); Engelbert I (Nassau-Siegen, Vianden and half Diez); John III the Younger (Nassau-Siegen, Vianden and half Diez);
Full name	Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen
Native name	Adolf I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen
Born	1362
Died	12 June 1420
Noble family	House of Nassau-Siegen
Spouse(s)	Jutta of Diez; Kunigonda of Isenburg-Limburg;
Issue; Detail	Jutta
Father	John I of Nassau-Siegen
Mother	Margaret of the Mark

Count Adolf I of Nassau-Siegen (1362 – 12 June 1420), German: Adolf I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, was since 1384 Count of Diez, through his first marriage. With his brothers, he succeeded his father in 1416 as Count of Nassau-Siegen (a part of the County of Nassau), and also inherited the County of Vianden in 1417. He descended from the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.

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