| Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg | |
| Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein | |
| Noble Family: | House of Hanau (by birth) House of Nassau (by marriage) |
| Father: | Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Mother: | Anna von Lichtenberg |
| Spouse: | Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |
| Issue: | Philip I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein |
Countess Margarethe von Hanau-Lichtenberg, known upon her marriage as Margarethe, Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (15 May 1463 – 26 May 1504) was a German noblewoman who, as the wife of Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, was the Countess of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Nassau-Idstein.
Margarethe was the daughter of Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Anna von Lichtenberg.[1] Her father ruled over the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg and, after the death of her maternal grandfather, the Lordship of Lichtenberg. She was a younger sister of Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
On 20 June 1484 she married Adolf III, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden.[1] [2] They had four children:
In 1509 her husband succeeded his childless brother, Philip, Count of Nassau-Idstein, as the Count of Nassau-Idenstein, therefore making Margarethe a countess of Idenstein.
She died on 26 May 1504.