Friday, January 1, 2010

Nassau

NASSAU
 
 
NASSAU

Titles: Duke of Nassau, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelnbogen & Dietz, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg & Eppstein



Territorial Development & Dynastic History
915: Nassau town founded
1125: Nassau castle built
1255: Division between Ottonian and Walramian branches and thereafter underwent numerous further partitions
1515: Counts gain title of Prince of Orange
1159: County
1366: Princely County
1557: Wilhelm I renounced his claims to the county of Katzenelnbogen to the Landgrave of Hesse and received in return parts of the baillaiges of Weilnau, Driedorf, Ellar, Camberg, Wehrhein, Hadamar (Niedehadamar or Dhern) and the Esterau.
1737: Principality
1806: Duchy
1866: Annexed by Prussia

Maps
Nassau, 1547

Rulers of Nassau
NASSAU
1151-1198: Walram I
?-1167: Heinrich I
Heinrich II
the Rich
Count of Nassau, 1198-1249
1249-1255: Walram II
Otto I
Count of Nassau, 1249-1255   
Nassau-Weilburg
Walram II
Count of Nassau-Weilburg, 1255-1276
                                          
 
1276 - 1298: Adolf I (1255-1298)
1298 - 1361: Gerlach I
1355 - 1371: Johann I
1371 - 1429: Philipp I
1429 - 1492: Philipp II
? - 1480: Johann III
1492 - 1523: Ludwig I
1523 - 1559: Philipp III
1559 - 1593: Albrecht
 
1559 - 1602: Philipp IV (1542-1602)
1593 - 1625: Ludwig II
1593 - 1597: Wilhelm
1629 - 1655: Ernst Kasimir
1655 - 1675: Friedrich
1675 - 1719: Johann Ernst, Prince
1719 - 1753: Karl August
1753 - 1788: Karl Christian
1788 - 1806: Friedrich Wilhelm
Nassau-Hadamar
? - 1334: Emicho I
1334 - 1364: Johann
1334 - 1359: Emicho II
1364 - 1369: Heinrich
Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, 1298 - 1605
1298 - 1361: Gerlach I
1298 - 1324: Walram III
1361 - 1370: Adolf I
1370 - after 1386: Gerlach
1370 - 1393: Walram II
1393 - 1426: Adolf II
1426 - 1480: Johann
1480 - 1511: Adolf III
1511 - 1558: Philipp I
1558 - 1566: Philipp II in Idstein
1566 - 1568: Balthasar in Idstein
1568 - 1596: Johann Ludwig I
1596 - 1599: Johann Philipp
1596 - 1605: Johann Ludwig II
1605 - 1625: Ludwig II
1629 - 1677: Johann in Idstein
1677 - 1721: Georg August Samuel, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrucken-Idstein from 1688
1721 - 1728: Friedrich Ludwig
1721 - 1723: Karl Ludwig
1735 - 1775: Karl
Nassau-Dillenburg

Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1303: Division into Nassau-Siegen & Nassau-Hadamar
1334: Nassau-Dillenburg refounded
1654: HRE Council of Princes
1792: In Council of Princes

Rulers
* 1255 - 1290: Otto I
* 1303 - 1328: Johann
* 1328 - 1343: Heinrich
* 1343 - 1350: Otto II
* 1350 - 1416: Johann I
* 1416 - 1420: Adolf
* 1420 - 1448: Johann II
* 1420 - 1442: Engelbert I
* 1442 - 1451: Hendrik II
* 1448 - 1475: Johann IV
 
1475 - 1504: Engelbert II
1504 - 1516: Johann V
 
 1516 - 1538: Hendrik III
* 1538 - 1559: Willem I (1487-1559) the Older, the Rich
 
1559 - 1606: Johann VI
 
1606 - 1620: Willem Lodewijk
* 1620 - 1623: Georg
* 1623 - 1662: Ludwig Heinrich, Prince, 1652
* 1662 - 1701: Heinrich
* 1701 - 1724: Wilhelm
* 1724 - 1739: Christian
Nassau-Diez
* 1559 - 1584: Willem
 
1607 - 1632: Ernst Casimir 
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1632 - 1640: Hendrik Casimir I
 
1640 - 1664: Willem Frederik
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1664 - 1696: Hendrik Casimir II
To Netherlands
Nassau-Hadamar
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1620 - 1653: Johann Ludwig, Prince, 1650
* 1653 - 1679: Moritz Heinrich
* 1679 - 1711: Franz Alexander
Nassau-Siegen
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 1620 - 1623: Johann VII (1561-1623)
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1623 - 1638: Johann VIII (1583-1638) the Younger
* 1638 - 1699: Johann Franz, Prince, 1652
* 1664 - 1691: Wilhelm Moritz
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1664 - 1674: Georg Friedrich
* 1691 - 1722: Friedrich Wilhelm I
* 1722 - 1734: Friedrich Wilhelm II
* 1739 - 1742: Wilhelm Hyazint
Nassau-Saarbrucken

Titles: Princely Count of Nassau, Count of Saarbrucken

Territorial Development & Dynastic History
1442: County of Nassau
1574-1629: Personal union with Nassau-Weilburg
1648: Nassau-Saarbrucken refounded
1659: Division into Nassau-Saarbrucken, Nassau-Ottweiler & Nassau-Usingen
1723: Reunion of Nassau-Saarbrucken & Nassau-Ottweiler
1792: To France

Rulers
* 1381 - 1429: Philipp I
* 1429 - 1472: Johann II
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1472 - 1545: Johann Ludwig I
* 1545 - 1554: Philipp II
* 1559 - 1602: Philipp IV
* 1602 - 1625: Ludwig II
* 1629 - 1640: Wilhelm Ludwig
* 1640 - 1642: Kraft
* 1640 - 1690: Johann Ludwig
* 1659 - 1677: Gustav Adolf
* 1677 - 1713: Ludwig Kraft
* 1713 - 1723: Karl Ludwig
* 1735 - 1768: Wilhelm Heinrich, Prince
* 1768 - 1794: Ludwig
* 1794 - 1799: Heinrich Ludwig
Nassau-Usingen
* 1659 - 1702: Walrad, Prince
* 1702 - 1718: Wilhelm Heinrich
* 1718 - 1775: Karl
* 1797 - 1803: Karl Wilhelm
* 1803 - 1816: Friedrich August
Dukes of Nassau
* 1806 - 1816: Friedrich August in Nassau-Usingen
* 1806 - 1816: Friedrich Wilhelm in Nassau-Weilburg
* 1816 - 1839: Wilhelm
* 1839 - 1866: Adolf
To Prussia

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