Otto II of Nassau
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Otto II of Nassau Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
in Siegen and Dillenburg
, was a son of Count Heinrich of Nassau and Adelheid of Heinsberg.
Otto married Adelheid of Vianden, daughter of Philip of Vianden and Adelheid of Arnsberg. They had four children:
House of Nassau
The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as...
in Siegen and Dillenburg
Dillenburg
Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
, was a son of Count Heinrich of Nassau and Adelheid of Heinsberg.
Otto married Adelheid of Vianden, daughter of Philip of Vianden and Adelheid of Arnsberg. They had four children:
- Adelheid of Nassau, who became a nun at Keppel, and later became an AbbessAbbessAn abbess is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey....
. - Johan I of Nassau who married Margareta van der Marck.
- Heinrich "the Swashbuckler" (died 5 September 1402 in KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
) became a CanonCanon (priest)A canon is a priest or minister who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
at the Cologne CathedralCologne CathedralCologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site...
. - Otto of Nassau, first a canon and provost of St Moritz at Mainz, and later canon at Köln and Mainz cathedrals.