Adelaide and her husband Count Otto II. Design drawing by Bernard van Orley for the tapestry from the series with the genealogy of the House of Nassau, 1530–1535
Countess Regent of Nassau-Siegen
Coat of arms
Reign
1351–1362
Full name
Adelaide Countess of Vianden
Native name
Adelheid Gräfin von Vianden
Born
?
Died
30 September 1376
Noble family
House of Vianden
Spouse(s)
Otto II of Nassau-Siegen
Issue Detail
John I
Henry
Otto
Father
Philip II of Vianden
Mother
Adelaide of Arnsberg
Countess Adelaide of Vianden (d. 30 September 1376; German: Adelheid Gräfin von Vianden) was a countess from the House of Vianden, the cadet branch of the House of Sponheim that ruled the County of Vianden, and through marriage Countess of Nassau-Siegen. She acted as regent of the County of Nassau-Siegen for her eldest son in the period 1351–1362.
Adelaide is described as a clever and energetic woman, endeavoured to gradually settle the numerous feuds inherited by her and her son with the local noble families, the powerful lords of Bicken [de], Walderdorff [de] and Haiger [de], although she herself did not disdain to take up the gauntlet forced upon her on one occasion or another. On the other hand, she also resolved many of the pledges entered into by her husband.[1] In the underdeveloped County of Nassau-Siegen, where the local nobility thought they had a free hand, she kept the reins tight.[2]
^Joachim, Ernst (1881). "Johann I. (Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg)". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. Band 14. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 250.
^Lück (1981), p. 22.
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