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Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein

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Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein
Born1354
Died(1393-11-07)7 November 1393
Noble familyHouse of Nassau
Spouse(s)Bertha of Westerburg
FatherAdolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
MotherMargaret of Nuremberg

Count Walram IV of Nassau-Idstein (1354 – 7 November 1393) was a younger son of Count Adolph I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margaret of Nuremberg. He inherited Nassau-Idstein when his father died in 1370. When his brother Gerlach II died in 1386, he also inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden.

Marriage and issue

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He married Bertha, the daughter of Count John I of Westerburg. They had two children:

  • Margaret (b. 1380), married in 1398 to Count Henry VII of Waldeck
  • Adolph II (1386–1426), his successor
Walram IV, Count of Nassau-Idstein
Born: 1354 Died: 7 November 1393
Preceded by Count of Nassau-Idstein
1370–1393
Succeeded by
Preceded by Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden
1386–1393