Walram
(Walram II)
von Nassau
Born in Nassau, Heiliges Römisches Reich
Ancestors 
Brother of
Elisabeth (Nassau) von Nassau, Jan von Nassau, Otto (Nassau) von Nassau and Jutta (Nassau) von Nassau
Husband of
Adelheid (Katzenelnbogen) von Katzenelnbogen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Adolf von Nassau
Died before
before age 60
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Walram was born in 1220. He was count of Nassa. Passed away before 1280. He was buried in the castle of Nassau. He served emporer (keizer) Rudolf I as opperhofmaarschalk and geheimraad.
On December 17, 1255 he split the proprties of Nassau with his brother Otto I. Walram received the area south of Lahn with cities Weilburg, Idstein and Wiesbaden.
He married ca 1250 with Adelheid von Katzenelnbogen, who passed away in Mainz on February 22, 1288, buried in the convent of St Clara. Adelheid was a daughter of Diederik IV, count of Katzenelnbogen and Hildegonde (van Eberstein ?).
They had the following children:
- Diederik, bishop (aartsbisschop ) of Trier in 1300, passed away in Trier on 23 nov. 1307. He was buried in the convent of the Dominicanen.
- Adolf
- Richarda, she was a nun in St. Clara in Mainz, and later in Clarenthal near Wiesbaden, passed 28 juli 1311.
- Mechtilda died young
- Imagina, married Frederik v. Lichtenberg (?), she died before 1276.
Sources
- Archief Dr A W E Dek, Geneaologie van her vorstenhuis Nassau
- A.W.E. Dek, Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau. Zaltbommel, 1970.
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Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
Alexandra-Brigitte Scholz
The book : "Dors, Henrich. Genealogia Oder Stammregister Der Durchläuchtigen Hoch- Und Wohlgeborenen Fürsten, Grafen Und Herren Des Uhralten Hochlöblichen Hauses Nassau Samt Etlichen Konterfeitlichen Epitaphien. Saarbrücken: Minerva-Verl. Thinnes & Nolte, 1983. Print." is available at https://digital.sulb.uni-saarland.de/viewer/image/165568423X/1/LOG_0000/ // urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-sulbdigital-153854 , page 288 all descendants of Walram I von Nassau. The book is in German, nevertheless, inside e.g. image 83 are also detailed descriptions on the existing graves.
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