West-Europese adel » Johan V Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg (1455-1516)

Personal data Johan V Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg 

  • He was born on November 9, 1455 in Breda, N.B..
  • Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg, Vianden, Dietz, Siegen en Hadamar Baron van Beilstein en Diest Heer van Herborn, Grimbergen, St. Vith, Bütgenbach, Daasburg, Polanen, Niervaart, Klundert, Geertruidenberg, Breda, de Lek, Hoge- en Lage Zwaluwe, Gageldonk, Hambroek, Cranendonck, Eindhoven, Herstal, Gaasbeek, Montfoort en Naaldwijk Burggraaf van Antwerpen
  • He died on July 30, 1516 in Dillenburg, Hessen, he was 60 years old.
  • He is buried in Franciscanerklooster, Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
  • A child of Johan IV Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg and Maria van Sponheim Gravin van Loon
  • This information was last updated on February 3, 2022.

Household of Johan V Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg

He is married to Elisabeth van Hessen-Marburg Gravin van Katzenelnbogen.

They got married on November 11, 1482 at Marburg, Hessen, he was 27 years old.


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Notes about Johan V Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg

Hij ziet zich, bij de door zijn vader getroffen Eerste Erbverbrüderung, alle rechts van de Rijn gelegen bezittingen toegewezen (1472). Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg, Siegen, Vianden en ½ Dietz en 1/3 Hadamar (3 feb 1475) burggraaf en drost van Limburg (1487). Hij neemt de titel graaf van Katzenelnbogen aan in 1501, waarmee de tot 1557 durende opvolgingsstrijd met het huis Hessen-Darmstadt aanvangt. Hij erft op grond van de Erbverbrüderung ook de Nederlandse bezittingen Breda, de Lek (1504), waarvoor hij zijn zoon Hendrik III als regent aanwijst. Stadhouder van Gelre en Zutphen (1504-1505). Hij werd op 17 juli 1505 door keizer Maximiliaan tot zijn geheimraad benoemd.
Hij stichtte het Franciscanerklooster te Siegen.

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Birthday November 9, 1455

  • Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1455: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 23 » Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
    • May 1 » Battle of Arkinholm, Royal forces end the Black Douglas hegemony in Scotland.
    • May 22 » Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.

Day of marriage November 11, 1482

  • Gravin Maria de Rijke (Bourgondisch Huis) was from 1477 till 1482 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1482: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 15 » Muhammad XII is crowned the twenty-second and last Nasrid king of Granada.
    • August 24 » The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army.

Day of death July 30, 1516

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1516: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 23 » The Munich Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria.
    • May 8 » A group of imperial guards, led by Trịnh Duy Sản, murdered Emperor Lê Tương Dực and fled, leaving the capital Thăng Long undefended.
    • August 13 » The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
    • August 24 » The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.
    • October 28 » Ottoman–Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan.


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