John III, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken | |
Noble Family: | House of Nassau |
Father: | John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken |
Mother: | Catherine of Moers and Saarwerden |
Spouse: | Adelaide of Kronenkracht Elisabeth Selz |
Death Place: | Saarbrücken |
John III, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (5 April 1511 - 23 November 1574) was a son of Count John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken and his second wife Catherine of Moers. He succeeded his childless brother Philip II in 1554 as Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken. He married Adelaide of Kronenkracht and Elisabeth Selz. However, his children predeceased him. When he died in 1574, Nassau-Saarbrücken fell to Nassau-Weilburg.