Philipp III, Graf von Nassau-Weilburg,
(1504-1559)
born 20 September 1504 Weilnau
died 4 October 1559
married 1536
Graefin Anna von Mansfeld
born circa 1520
died 26 December 1537
Born in 1504, he married
firstly in 1523 to Elisabeth von Sayn and
produced two sons and two
daughters who all died in infancy. Elisabeth
died in 1531 and in 1536
he married Anna von Mansfeld and they too
produced two sons and two
daughters with all four growing up and
marrying. When Anna died
in 1537, he married again in 1541 to Amalia
von Isenburg-Birnstein but
this marriage remained childless. Philipp
III eventually converted
to the Protestant religion.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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