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From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on Engelbert I von Nassau
http://thepeerage.com/p11500.htm#i114998
Engelbert I von Nassau [1]
Engelbert I von Nassau died in 1442.[1]
He was the son of Johann I von Nassau.[1]
Children of Engelbert I von Nassau
Citations
From the German Wikipedia page on Engelbert I. von Nassau-Dillenburg:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert_I._(Nassau)
Engelbert I. (* 1370 in Dillenburg; † 3. Mai 1442 in Breda) war in den Jahren 1420 bis 1442 Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg.
Engelbert war ein Sohn von Johann I., Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg aus dem Haus Nassau, und Margarethe von Mark-Kleve.
Er studierte in Köln, um als jüngerer Sohn des Grafen Priester zu werden. Er war 1399 bis 1403 Dompropst in Münster. Sein Vater starb 1416, doch erbte zunächst Engelberts älterer Bruder Adolf. Erst bei dessen Tod im Jahre 1420 konnte Engelbert die Nachfolge antreten.
Er heiratete 1403 in Breda die wohlhabende Johanna von Polanen (1392–1445), Erbin von Breda. Die Vermählung brachte ihm zahlreiche Güter am Niederrhein ein, so de Lek, Oosterhout, Niervaart und auch Breda selbst wurde so nassauisch. 1417 erbte er von seiner Großmutter mütterlicherseits, Elisabeth von Sponheim die Grafschaft Vianden.
Engelbert lebte vornehmlich in den Niederlanden und war ein Berater des Herzogs Anton von Brabant. Für diesen reiste er nach Prag um die Eheverhandlungen mit Elisabeth von Luxemburg zu führen. Er sicherte ebenso die Nachfolge des minderjährigen Johann, nachdem Anton in der Schlacht von Azincourt gefallen war.
1426 gründete Engelbert die Universität Löwen.
Nachkommen
Aus der Ehe sind folgende Kinder hervorgegangen:
Engelbert I. hatte außer den genannten Kindern auch einen unehelichen Sohn namens Johann. Er wurde, als er erwachsen war, mit dem Amt des Rentmeisters in der Grafschaft Vianden betraut. Durch seine Ehe mit Johanna von Raven (Jeanette de Rauw) wurde er der Stammvater einer neuen "Bastardlinie", die 1773 ausstarb.
Literatur
Quellen
Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz, Best. 211
Stadtarchiv Trier, Hs. 1644, Sammlung Straser
Pfarrarchiv Detzem
Camille Wampach (Hrsg.): Urkunden- und Quellenbuch zur Geschichte der altluxemburgischen Territorien bis zur burgundischen Zeit. St. Paulus-Druckerei u. a., Luxemburg 1935–* (Publications du Centre Luxembourgeois de Documentation et d'Études Médiévales – CLUDEM).
Sekundärliteratur
Kamill Behr: Genealogie der in Europa regierenden Fürstenhäuser nebst der Reihenfolge sämmtlicher Päpste. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1854, Digitalisat.
Jules Vannérus: Le Premier Livre de Fiefs du Comté de Vianden. In: Publications de la Section Historique de l'Institut Grandducal de Luxembourg. 59, 1919, ISSN 1018-306X, S. 219–338 (Sonderabdruck: Huss, Luxembourg 1919).
Ulrich Schuppener: Die Grafschaft Vianden und ihre Zugehörigkeit zu Nassau. In: Nassauische Annalen. 107, 1996, S. 7–46.
Josef Hilgers: Die Freiherren von Nassau zu Detzem. In: Nassauische Annalen. 113, 2002, S. 297–315.
Josef Hilgers: Ad decimum lapidem. Detzem. Die Geschichte eines Moseldorfes. Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Landesgeschichte und Volkskunde des Trierer Raumes, Trier 2001 (Schriftenreihe Ortschroniken des Trierer Landes 34, ZDB-ID 629731-6).
https://onsverleden.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/een-adellijk-huwelijk/
Count of Nassau, and since 1417 also count of Vianden In 1389 he studied in Cologne; until 1399 dean of the Cathedral of Munster; in 1426 founder of the university of Louvain. He was councillor of the Duke of Brabant.
Engelbert II of Nassau
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Portrait of Engelbrecht II of Nassau in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
The grave of Engelbert II at the Grote Kerk in Breda, Netherlands.
Coat of arms of Engelbert II of Nassau from the Nassau-Vianden armorial (ca. 1490)
Engelbert II of Nassau, Engelbrecht in Dutch (17 May 1451 – 31 May 1504), was count of Nassau and Vianden and lord of Breda, Lek, Diest, Roosendaal, Nispen and Wouw. He was a soldier and courtier, for some time leader of the Privy council of the Duchy of Burgundy and a significant patron of the arts.
Biography
Engelbert was born in Breda on 17 May 1451, the son of Jan IV of Nassau and his wife Maria of Loon-Heinsberg.[1]
On 19 December 1468 in Koblenz he married Cimburga van Baden, daughter of Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
Engelbert was lord of Breda between 1475 and 1504. In 1472 he concluded a treaty with his brother Jan V of Nassau-Vianden-Diez in which he received the possessions West of the Rhine. Charles the Bold made him a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece, at the age of 22, in 1473.
After the death of Charles the Bold, Engelbert entered in the service of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, who had married Charles's daughter Mary of Burgundy.
In 1479, he commanded troops during the Battle of Guinegate and during the suppression of a rebellion at Bruges.
In 1487, he was captured by the French during the Battle of Béthune, and released for an "enormous" ransom 2 years later. In 1496 he was appointed stadtholder of Flanders and by 1498 he had been named President of the Grand Conseil.
In 1501, Maximilian named him Lieutenant-General of the Low Countries. From that point forward (until his death in 1504) Engelbert was the principal representative of the Habsburg Empire to the region.
Death
Engelbert died on 31 May 1504 in Brussels and is buried in the Grote kerk in Breda. He had no legitimate children and appointed his nephew Henry III of Nassau-Breda as his successor.
Engelbert had two illegitimate children: Engelbrecht and Barbara.
Engelbert's portrait by the Master of the Portraits of Princes, can be found in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. He was one of the last important patrons of Flemish illuminated manuscripts, and commissioned perhaps the most sumptuous manuscript of the Roman de la Rose, British Library Harley MS 4425, which has 92 large and high quality miniatures, despite a date around 1500; the text was copied by hand from a printed edition. These are by the artist known as the Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500.[3] The Book of Hours of Engelbert of Nassau (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Ms Douce 219–220), of the 1470s or 1480s is another well-known manuscript. It has been suggested that he commissioned The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch.
References
George Chastelain and the Shaping of Valois Burgundy: Political and Historical Culture at Court in the Fifteenth Century by Graeme Small (Boydell & Brewer, 1997)
The Life and Times of William the Third, King of England, and Stadtholder of Holland: In Two Volumes (Volume 1) by Arthur Hill Trevor (1835)
British Library
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Engelbert I of Nassau-Breda
Lord of Breda, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Vianden and Diez
Engelbrecht I van Nassau-Breda en Johanna van Polanen.jpg
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Name in native language Engelbert I von Nassau
Date of birth c. 1370
Dillenburg
Date of death 3 May 1442
Breda
Place of burial
Grote kerk
Occupation
graf
Noble title
Count of Vianden
Count of Nassau-Siegen
Family
House of Nassau-Siegen (1303-1607)
Father
John I of Nassau-Siegen
Mother
Margareta von der Mark
Sibling
John II of Nassau-Siegen
John III of Nassau-Siegen
Adolf of Nassau-Siegen
Henry of Nassau-Siegen
Child None of his children were legitimate (?)
Jan IV of Nassau
Henry II of Nassau-Siegen
Mary of Nassau-Siegen
Margaret of Nassau-Breda
Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dietz
Spouse
Joan of Polanen (1403–)
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1370 |
1370
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Dillenburg Castle, Dillenburg, Grafschaft Nassau-Dillenburg (Present Lahn-Dill-Kreis), (Present Hessen), Heiliges Römisches Reich (Present Germany)
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1410 |
January 8, 1410
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Dillenburg Castle, Dillenburg, Grafschaft Nassau-Dillenburg (Present Lahn-Dill-Kreis), (Present Hessen), Heiliges Römisches Reich (Present Germany)
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1414 |
January 7, 1414
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Dillenburg, Giessen, Hesse, Germany
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1415 |
1415
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Breda,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
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1416 |
December 1416
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Breda,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
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1418 |
February 2, 1418
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Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederlande
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1420 |
October 13, 1420
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Breda,Noord Brabant,Netherlands
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1442 |
May 3, 1442
Age 72
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Breda, Baronie van Breda, Hertogdom Brabant, Heilige Roomse Rijk (within present The Netherlands)
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May 1442
Age 72
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Grote- of Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Breda, Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
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