Background
He was the son of January IV of Nassau and his wife Maria of Loon-Heinsberg.
He was the son of January IV of Nassau and his wife Maria of Loon-Heinsberg.
He was the paternal grandfather of William the Silent. Johann V was in 1504 and 1505 stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen. They had 6 children:
Henry III of Nassau-Breda (1483–1538)
Johann of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz (1484–1504)
Ernst (1486)
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487–1559), father of William the Silent.
Elisabeth of Nassau (1488–1559)
Maria of Nassau (1491–1547)
Count Johann V was buried at Siegen.