Albrecht, Graf von Nassau-Weilburg,
(1537-1593)
born 26 December 1537
died 11 November 1593 Castle Ottweiler
married 16 June 1559 Dillenburg
Countess Anna von Nassau-Dillenburg
born 21 September 1541 Dillenburg
died 12 February 1616 Weilburg
On 16 June 1559 he married his cousin Anna von Nassau-Dillenburg and
by her became the father of fourteen children. With his younger brother
Philipp, he divided his family's lands on 7 December 1574, by which division
Albrecht came into possession of Ottweiler, Hohenburg,
Kirchheim, Lahr and Mahlberg. In 1576 he closed the convent in Neumuenster.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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