John II of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (born: 1419; died: 9 May 1480) was a son of Adolph II, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margarete of Baden, a daughter of Margrave Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Bernard I of Baden was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1391 to 1431.-Life:He was the elder son of Rudolf VI and Matilde of Sponheim. He and his brother Rudolf VII concluded an inheritance contract in 1380, according to which the margraviate might be divided only among male descendants for two...

 en Anna of Oettingen. After his father's death in 1426, he ruled Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein.

Marriage and issue

He married in 1437 with Maria (1418-1472), daughter of Engelbert I of Nassau

Engelbert I of Nassau

Engelbert I of Nassau was a son of Count Johan I of Nassau and Margaretha, Countess van der Marck, daughter of Count Adolf II van der Marck.-Early years:...

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The had the following children:

• Maria (1438-1480), married in 1452 gehuwd met Louis II of Isenburg
• John (1439-1480)
• Margarete (d. 1486)
• Anna (d. 1480), married in 1466 Otto II of Solms-Braunfels
• Adolph III (1443-1511), his successor in Nassau-Wiesbaden
• Bertha (b. 1446)
• Engelbert (1448-1508)
• Philip (1450-1509), his successor in Nassau-Idstein
• Anna

After his death, the inheritance was divided: Adolph III received Wiesbaden; Philip received Idstein. When Philip died childless in 1509, Idstein reverted to Adolph.