John Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (10 April 1567 – 10 June 1596) was the son of Count Balthasar of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margaret of Isenburg-Birstein. He succeeded his father in 1568 as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden.
Marriage and issue
In 1588, John Louis married Maria of Nassau-Dillenburg, daughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. They had the following children:
- Margaret (1589âÂÂ1660), married in 1606 with Adolph of Bentheim, son of Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg
- Anna Catherine (1590âÂÂ1622), married in 1607 with Simon VII, Count of Lippe
- Marie Magdalene (1592âÂÂ1654), married in 1609 Wolfgang Heinrich, Count of Isenburg-Offenbach
- Juliana (1593âÂÂ1605)
- John Philip (1595âÂÂ1599), his successor with his brother John Louis II until his death
- John Louis II (1596âÂÂ1605), his successor, the last male of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein line
Death
John Louis l fell out of the window of his residence, Idstein Castle, and drowned in the moat during the baptism for one of his children.
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