Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1561–1622)


Johanetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein was a daughter of Count Louis I of Sayn-Wittgenstein and his first wife, Anna of Solms-Braunfels, who was a relative of Amalia of Solms-Braunfels.

Marriage and issue

Johanetta was the third wife of Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, a son of William the Rich and Juliana of Stolberg. John and Johanetta married on 14 June 1586 and had the following children:
  1. George Louis.
  2. Prince John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar.
  3. Johannette Elisabeth, married on 16 December 1616 to Count Conrad Gumprecht of Bentheim-Limburg.
  4. Anna, married on 19 June 1619 to Count Philip Ernest of Isenburg-Birstein.
  5. Magdalene, married on 29 May 1624 to Count George Albert I of Erbach.
  6. Anna Amalie, married on 25 November 1648 to Count William Otto of Isenburg-Birstein.
  7. Juliane.