Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Philip II of Nassau- Weilburg ( * March 12, 1418, † March 10, 1492 ) was from 1442 to 1492, Count of Nassau- Weilburg.
Family
He was the eldest son of Count Philip I and Elisabeth of Lorraine Vandemont. He married in 1440 Margaret of Loon Heinberg. With this he had two children. Among them was the son of Johann. After a long time a widower, he married his second wife Veronika von Sayn- Wittgenstein. With her he had no children.
Life
He lost his father at an early stage. The mother first took over the regency for him and his brother Johann. She could not preserve the heritage without troubles. After the maturity of Philip in 1438 the mother concluded a contract with their sons about their future befitting of life.
Until the youngest son Johann 1442, for the maturity she kept holding the provincial administration. Then the brothers entered into a sharing agreement. Philip received the right bank estates of Nassau- Weilburg and John received the county of Saarbrücken. Kirchheim and the gentlemen on the districts and before the thunder mountain remained in the possession of both brothers. So that the lines Nassau -Weilburg and Nassau -Saarbrücken emerged.
Philip took in 1450 at the futile attempt of several nobles and the cathedral chapter in part to depose the Archbishop Jakob von Trier. Philip helped his brother in his dispute with the Palatinate- Zweibrücken. He contributed in 1452 to the fact that this conflict could be resolved. In the same year a dispute with Landgrave Ludwig II of Hesse was settled. In 1455, both brothers then went into a defensive and offensive alliance with the Palatinate- Zweibrücken. The contract, however, held only five years. With his brother, he agreed on holding the rule Lowenberg in the Netherlands. Through their wives out of the house Loon both claim had raised it. Ultimately, Philip received half of this rule.
As a result, it came back to the battle of the brothers with Ludwig von Pfalz- Zweibrücken. It was about parts of the property on the rule in the provinces. After threats of Nassau Count Palatine Philip came over in 1461 in Kirchheim, and took him prisoner. An attempt to free his brother failed. Margrave Charles of Baden mediated an end to the dispute. He has also in the Bishop of Mainz feud support his relatives Graf Adolf. As counsel of the Elector Frederick the Victorious of the Palatinate, he was involved in the fighting.
After his brother's death, he took over together with Count Eberhard von Württemberg guardianship over his children. He was able to pay off the accumulated debt of his brother. The guardianship he held until 1490.
In 1470 he transferred to his son John, the co-regency. The proceeds were divided in half. Meanwhile death in 1480 forced him again to take over the entire government. He also took over the guardianship of his grandson, Louis. The reign he gave in 1490 to his grandson. He then retired to Mainz and took a prestigious office in the service of the archbishop.
He is buried in the monastery church in Eberbach. There remembers a tomb with his image on it.