Countess Mary of Nassau-SiegenIn many sources she is called Mary of Nassau-Dillenburg. The County of Nassau-Siegen is erroneously called Nassau-Dillenburg in many sources. The county was not named after the small, unimportant city of Dillenburg, which did not even have a church until 1491, but after the, for that time, large city of Siegen, the economic centre of the county and the counts' main residence. See Lück (1981), passim. It is also evident from the numbering of the reigning counts with the given name John. One John without regal number who ruled the County of Nassau-Dillenburg in the period 1303–1328, and eight counts by the name of John who ruled the County of Nassau-Siegen in the period 1362–1638. (February 1491 – 1547), , official titles: Gräfin zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, was a countess from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau, and through marriage Countess of Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneberg.
Biography Mary was born in Vianden in February 1491Schutte (1979), p. 42.Dek (1970), p. 71.Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 97. as the second daughter and sixth and youngest child of Count John V of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg. Mary was born in the County of Vianden, that her uncle Engelbert II of Nassau had pledged to Mary's father.Brachthäuser (2016), p. 4.Lück (1981), p. 27. Her family spent most of the time there from 1489 onwards, because to get to know these new areas and to include them in his administration, Mary's father had to stay there for longer periods.Brachthäuser (2016), p. 6.
Mary married in February 1506 to Count Jobst I of Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneberg (1483 – 5 June 1531The date of death 5 June 1532 in Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 97.). It was a double wedding, on the same day Mary's elder sister Elisabeth married to Count .Assman & Menk (1996). The double wedding of Elisabeth and Mary was held at . A banquet was also held in the city hall in Siegen at which both brides and grooms were present. The feast with the city magistrates was paid for by the brides' father and the city council donated 16 oxen and 19 pigs for the feast. On 16 February 1506, the ʻBeilagerʼ of the two sisters was celebrated in Dillenburg with the greatest of festivities. The purchase of gold fabric for 747 guilders and silk fabric for 396 guilders at the trade fair in Mainz for these celebrations and the wedding of their brother William in Koblenz in May 1506, as well as the unusually high total expenditure of 13,505 guilders in the accounts of 1505/1506, show that these weddings must have been splendid events.Becker (1983), p. 55.
Mary's husband was the son of Count John IV of Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneberg and his wife Lady Cordula of Gemen.
Mary died in Siegen in 1547.The date of death 1543 in Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 97. She had nine children including Adolf III of Schauenburg, Archbishop of Cologne from 1547 to 1556, Anton of Schauenburg, Elector and Archbishop of Cologne from 1556 to 1558 and Otto IV of Schaumburg (1517-1576), co-ruler from 1531 to 1560, ruling Count of Holstein-Schauenburg from 1560.
Ancestors Ancestors of Mary of Nassau-SiegenHuberty, et al. (1981), p. 219.Schutte (1979), pp. 40–42.Huberty, et al. (1976).Dek (1970)."Kwartierstaat Willem van Oranje". In: , et al. (red.) (1933), Prins Willem van Oranje 1533-1933 (in Dutch). Haarlem: H.D. Tjeenk Willink & Zoon N.V. between pp. 16–17.Ehrenkrook, et al. (1928).Knetsch (1917).Vorsterman van Oyen (1882).Behr (1854).Textor von Haiger (1617).Europäische Stammtafeln.Great-great-grandparentsJohn I of Nassau-Siegen(–1416)⚭ 1357Margaret of the Mark(?–1409)John III of Polanen(?–1394)⚭ 1390Odilia of Salm(?–1428)Godfrey II of Heinsberg(?–1395)⚭ 1357Philippa of Jülich(?–1390)Otto I of Solms(?–1410)⚭Agnes of Falkenstein(–1409)Herman II 'the Scholar' of Hesse(–1413)⚭ 1383Margaret of Nuremberg(–1406)Frederick I 'the Belligerent' of Saxony(1370–1428)⚭ 1402Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg(?–1442)John III of Katzenelnbogen(?–1444)⚭ 1383Anne of Katzenelnbogen(?–1439)Eberhard IV 'the Younger' of Württemberg(1388–1419)⚭ 1397/98Henriette of Montbéliard(1387–1444)Great-grandparentsEngelbert I of Nassau-Siegen(–1442)⚭ 1403Joanne of Polanen(1392–1445)John II of Looz-Heinsberg(?–1438)⚭ 1423Anne of Solms(?–1433)Louis III 'the Peaceful' of Hesse(1402–1458)⚭ 1433Anne of Saxony(1420–1462)Philip 'the Elder' of Katzenelnbogen(–1479)⚭ 1422Anne of Württemberg(1408–1471)GrandparentsJohn IV of Nassau-Siegen(1410–1475)⚭ 1440Mary of Looz-Heinsberg(1424–1502)Henry III 'the Rich' of Hesse-Marburg(1440–1483)⚭ 1458Anne of Katzenelnbogen(1443–1494)ParentsJohn V of Nassau-Siegen(1455–1516)⚭ 1482Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg(1466–1523)
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