# Joanne of Nassau-Siegen

Countess Joanne of Nassau-Siegen (1444 – May 1468), German: Joanne 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 Waldeck.

## Biography

Joanne was born in 1444 as the second daughter of Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Lady Mary of Looz-Heinsberg.
Joanne married on 14 October 1464 to Count Philip I of Waldeck (1445 – 1475), the eldest son of Count Wolrad I of Waldeck and Countess Barbara of Wertheim. The parents on both sides are said to have designated their children for each other as early as 1452.
Joanne died already in May 1468.

## Issue

From the marriage of Joanne and Philip only one son was born:
* Count Henry VIII (1465 – 1513), succeeded his father or grandfather in 1475 and divided the County of Waldeck with his uncle Philip II in 1507 and founded the older line of Waldeck-Eisenberg. He married in 1492 to Anastasia, daughter of William of Runkel and Isenburg. She died in 1502.

## Ancestors

Ancestors of Joanne 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

* Varnhagen, Johann Adolf Theodor Ludwig (1853). Grundlage der Waldeckischen Landes- und Regentengeschichte (in German). Vol. Zweiter Band. Arolsen: Verlag der Speyer'schen Buchhandlung.