# Adriana of Nassau-Siegen

Countess Adriana of Nassau-Siegen (7 February 1449 – 15 January 1477), German: Adriana Gräfin von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Gräfin zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Frau zu Breda, 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 Hanau-Münzenberg.

## Biography

Adriana was born in Breda on 7 February 1449 as the fourth daughter of Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Lady Mary of Looz-Heinsberg.
Adriana married on 12 September 1468 to Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg (21 September 1449 – 26 August 1500).
Adriana died on 15 January 1477 and was buried in Saint Mary's Church [de] in Hanau. On her epitaph, she is depicted in a praying position towards the (no longer extant) high altar. This epitaph and her gravestone have been preserved very well.

## Issue

From the marriage of Adriana and Philip the following children were born:
* A daughter (1469 – ?).
* Adriana (Hanau, 1 May 1470 – 12 April 1524), married in Hanau on 15 February 1489 to Count Philip of Solms-Lich (15 August 1468 – Frankfurt, 3 October 1544).
* Margaret (6 April 1471 – Liebenau monastery, 5 September 1503), was a nun at Liebenau monastery.
* Count Reinhard IV (14 March 1473 – 30 January 1512), succeeded his father in 1500. He married in 1496 to Countess Catherine of Schwarzburg (d. 27 November 1514).
* Anne (15 March 1474 – 21 March 1475).
* Mary (4 March 1475 – 18 May 1476).

## Ancestors

Ancestors of Adriana of Nassau-Siegen :
| Great-great-grandparents | Otto II of Nassau-Siegen (c. 1305–1350/51) ⚭ 1331 Adelaide of Vianden (d. 1376) | Adolf II of the Mark (d. 1347) ⚭ 1332 Margaret of Cleves (d. after 1348) | John II of Polanen (d. 1378) ⚭ 1348 Oda of Horne (d. before 1353) | John II of Salm (d. after 1400) ⚭ after 1355 Philippa of Valkenburg (?–?) | John I of Heinsberg (d. 1334) ⚭ c. 1324 Catherine of Voorne (d. 1366) | William I of Jülich (d. 1362) ⚭ 1324 Joanna of Hainaut (1311/13–1374) | Bernhard of Solms (d. 1347/49) ⚭ ? (?–?) | Philip VI of Falkenstein (d. 1372/73) ⚭ before 1363 Agnes of Falkenstein (d. 1380) |
| Great-grandparents | John I of Nassau-Siegen (c. 1339–1416) ⚭ 1357 Margaret of the Mark [nl] (d. 1409) | John I of Nassau-Siegen (c. 1339–1416) ⚭ 1357 Margaret of the Mark [nl] (d. 1409) | John III of Polanen (d. 1394) ⚭ 1390 Odilia of Salm [nl] (d. 1428) | John III of Polanen (d. 1394) ⚭ 1390 Odilia of Salm [nl] (d. 1428) | Godfrey II of Heinsberg (d. 1395) ⚭ 1357 Philippa of Jülich (d. 1390) | Godfrey II of Heinsberg (d. 1395) ⚭ 1357 Philippa of Jülich (d. 1390) | Otto I of Solms (d. 1410) ⚭ Agnes of Falkenstein (c. 1358–1409) | Otto I of Solms (d. 1410) ⚭ Agnes of Falkenstein (c. 1358–1409) |
| Grandparents | Engelbert I of Nassau-Siegen (c. 1370–1442) ⚭ 1403 Joanne of Polanen (1392–1445) | Engelbert I of Nassau-Siegen (c. 1370–1442) ⚭ 1403 Joanne of Polanen (1392–1445) | Engelbert I of Nassau-Siegen (c. 1370–1442) ⚭ 1403 Joanne of Polanen (1392–1445) | Engelbert I of Nassau-Siegen (c. 1370–1442) ⚭ 1403 Joanne of Polanen (1392–1445) | John II of Looz-Heinsberg (d. 1438) ⚭ 1423 Anne of Solms (d. 1433) | John II of Looz-Heinsberg (d. 1438) ⚭ 1423 Anne of Solms (d. 1433) | John II of Looz-Heinsberg (d. 1438) ⚭ 1423 Anne of Solms (d. 1433) | John II of Looz-Heinsberg (d. 1438) ⚭ 1423 Anne of Solms (d. 1433) |
| Parents | John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) | John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) | John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) | John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) | John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) | John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) | John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) | John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1410–1475) ⚭ 1440 Mary of Looz-Heinsberg (1424–1502) |

## Literature

* Lübbecke, Fried (1951). Hanau. Stadt u. Grafschaft (in German). Köln: Verlag E.A. Seemann.
* Zimmermann, Ernst J. (1978) [1903]. Hanau. Stadt und Land (in German) (3rd ed.). Hanau: Hans Peters Verlag. ISBN 3-87627-243-2.