John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler
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Born | Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach | 23 May 1625
John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler (23 May 1625, Saarbrücken – 9 February 1690, Reichelsheim, was first Count of Nassau-Ottweiler. At times, he was Major General, Regent of the other Nassau territories and chief of the House of Nassau.
Life
He was the second son of
John Louis took up the government of
He entered French military service in 1656 and was Colonel of the Royal-Alsace Regiment. He was taken prisoner during the
Even when he was still a minor, John Louis sought the return of
During the
When in 1675, Frederick of Nassau-Weilburg died, John Louis took up guardianship of his children and the regency of
John Louis was in the service of the
He died in 1690 and was buried in the Protestant Church of Ottweiler. His remains were destroyed in the looting of the church during the French Revolution.
Family
In 1649, he married Dorothea Catherine (1634-1715) a daughter of the Count Palatine Christian I of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. This had the following children:
- Christian Louis (1650-1650)
- Frederick Louis (1651-1728)
- married firstly on 28 July 1680 Countess Christiane of Ahlefeld (1659-1695)
- married secondly on 27 September 1697 Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1662-1751)
- Anna Catherine(1653-1731)
- married in 1671 to John Philip II, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun (1645-1693)
- Wolrad (1656-1705)
- Charles Siegfried (1659-1679)
- Louis (1661-1699)
- married on 9 April 1694 Countess Louise Amalie of Horne (1665-1728)
- Louise (1662-1741)
- Maurice (1664-1666)
References
- General Encyclopedia of Science and Arts, vol. 21, Leipzig, 1642, p. 144
- Friedrich Köllner: Geschichte des vormaligen Nassau-Saarbrück'schen Landes und seiner Regenten, Saarbrücken, 1841, pp. 337–340, Digitized
External links
- Short biography at saarland-biographien.de Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine