John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen
Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen, German: Johann IV. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Breda, was since 1442 Count of Nassau-Siegen, of Vianden and of half Diez, and Lord of Breda and of the Lek. He descended from the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.
Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen, detail of the epitaph in the Grote Kerk in Breda. Photo: Paul M.R. Maeyaert, 2011.
Image: Wapen van Johan IV van Nassau Siegen
Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy. Portrait after Rogier van der Weyden, after 1450. Groeningemuseum, Bruges.
Siegen Castle, 2011.
The County of Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later part of the German Confederation. Its ruling dynasty, the male line of which is now extinct, was the House of Nassau.
County of Nassau in 1547
Nassau Castle
Image: Die deutschen Kaiser Adolf von Nassau
Image: Bernard van Orley 011