Gerlach V of Isenburg-Limburg - Family and Descendants

Family and Descendants

Gerlach’s first marriage was to Agnes of Nassau-Siegen. The wedding took place between 1312 and 1314. Three children were produced by this union:

  • John II (died August 21, 1336); married Anna of Katzenelnbogen (died before 1353), daughter of William I of Katzenelnbogen, in 1329.
  • Jutta (died March 12, 1336); married John of Katzenelnbogen.
  • Uda (died 1361); in 1338, married Waldgrave Gerhard II of Kyrburg (a castle in present-day Kirn near Bad Kreuznach) and Schmidtburg (died 1356).

After the death of his first wife, Gerlach married Kunigunde of Wertheim. At least the following children are attributable to this marriage:

  • Gerlach III (died 1365); followed his father as Lord of Limburg.
  • Hermann (died 1365)
  • John III (died 1406); a canon in Cologne and Trier, followed his brother Gerlach III (as John II) as last Count of Limburg from the House of Isenburg; married Hildegard (died 1419) of Saarwerden (a countship centered at present-day Sarre-Union, France).
  • Otto; knight of the Teutonic Order; listed in 1400.
  • Gerlach (died 1414); a canon in Trier
  • Rudolph (died before October 7, 1374); a canon in Cologne and Trier and archdeacon in Würzburg.
  • Kunigunde (died October 8, 1386); unmarried
  • Elizabeth; abbess of Kaufungen Abbey

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