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Nassau

The House of Nassau descended from the ancient immediate Counts of Laurenburg [10: Neue Folge; Band I.1; t.60-80] [9: 1919; p.59-60, 67-68].

In 1255, Walram II, and Otto I, sons of Heinrich "the Rich" (+ ca. 1251), Count of Nassau, divided their father's possessions and founded two major branches of the House of Nassau.




1. The Walramian Line

By the division of his father's possessions Count Walram / Waleran II (+1276), the founder of the Walramian line of the House of Nassau, received Weilburg, Idstein, Wiesbaden, etc.

In 1292, Adolf (+1298), son of Walram II, was elected King of the Romans.

Adolf (+1370) and Johann I (+1371), sons of Count Gerlach I and grandsons of King Adolf, founded two branches of the Walramian line.

The branch, which was founded by Adolf, ruled in Wiesbaden and Idstein, and became extinct in the male line in 1605; its possessions passed to the descendants of his brother Johann I.

Count Johann I of Nassau (+1371) founded the branch of Weilburg.

In 1381, Philipp I (+1429), son of Johann I, succeeded his mother Johanna of Commercy (+1381), in the County of Saarbrücken.

Philipp II (+1492) and Johann II (+1472), sons of Count Philipp I of Nassau & Saarbrücken, divided their father's possessions and founded, respectively, the branches of Weilburg and Saarbrücken.
The branch of Saarbrücken acquired the County of Saarwerden, and became extinct in 1574, and its possessions passed to the branch of Weilburg.

By 1605, Count Ludwig II (+1627), had united all possessions of the Walramian line of the House of Nassau.

In 1629, Wilhelm-Ludwig (+1640), Johann (+1677) and Ernst-Kasimir (+1655), sons of Count Ludwig II, divided their father's possessions and founded, respectively, the branches of Saarbücken, Wiesbaden-Idstein and Weilburg. The branch of Wiesbaden-Idstein became extinct in the male line in 1721, and its possessions passed to the branch of Saarbücken.





1.1. Saarbücken

Wilhelm-Ludwig (+1640), who received the County of Saarbücken, founded the branch of Saarbücken. His sons divided his possessions.
Walrad (+1702), younger son of Wilhelm-Ludwig, received Usingen.
In 1688, the Roman Emperor granted to Count Walrad of Nassau-Usingen the title of Prince [8: Band 3; p.284].

By 1728, Karl (+1775) and Wihelm-Heinrich II (+1768), sons of Prince Wihelm-Heinrich I of Nassau-Usingen (+1718), had united all of the possessions of the branch of Saarbücken.

In 1735, Karl and Wihelm-Heinrich II re-divided their possessions and founded, respectively, the branches of Usingen and the Younger Saarbücken.




1.1.1. Usingen +1816

Prince Karl (+1775), son of Prince Wihelm-Heinrich I (+1718), continued the branch of Usingen.

In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation, the Prince of Nassau-Usingen received an individual voice in the Council of Princes of the Imperial Assembly [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.358-360].

In July 1806, the Prince of Nassau-Usingen became a sovereign ruler and received the title of Duke when he left the Holy Roman Empire and joined the Confederation of the Rhine as founding member [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.157].

In 1815, the Duke of Nassau-Usingen joined the German Confederation.

In 1816, with the death of Duke Friedrich-August, the Usingen branch of the House of Nassau became extinct.




List of the Rulers

Karl-Wilhelm (1735- May 1803) [1775-1803]
Friedrich-August (1738-1816) [1803-1816]




Titles

1803-1806

Prince of Nassau;
Count Palaine of the Rhine;
Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelnbogen, Diez,
Burgrave of Hammerstein;
Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg [an der Lahn], Epstein;


1806-1816

Duke of Nassau;
Count Palatine of the Rhine;
Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelbogen, Diez;
Burgrave of Hammerstein;
Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg [an der Lahn], Epstein;




Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in 1789 [6: p.695-699] [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.295]

The Upper Rhine:
= The Bench of the Secular Princes:
- Nassau-Usingen;
- Nassau-Idstein;

= The Bench of Counts & Lords:
- % Münzfelden;




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789

Curial voices in the Council of Princes:
= the Counts of Wetterau =
- Nassau-Usingen (? [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.37]);




Territorial Possessions in 1789 [2: p.49] [6: p.695-699] [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.331-332]

The Imperial Circle of the Upper Rhine:
- % Nassau with Usingen;
- % Münzfelden / Mensfelden [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.348];
- Wiesbaden / Wisbaden;
- Idstein;
- Lahr;
- % Kirberg / Kirchberg;




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803 [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.358-360]
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation)

Individual voices in the Council of Princes:
- Nassau-Usingen;




Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since 1789 [13: tome III (1981); p.409-410] [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.192]

- In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation, the Prince of Nassau-Usingen ceded Lahr to Baden, and acquired Sayn-Altenkirchen, some lands of Hesse-Darmstadt (Katzenelnbogen, Braubach, Wallau, Epstein / Eppstein, etc.), the Imperial Villages of Sulzbach and Soden, some lands of the secularized Archbishoprics of Mainz (Höchst, Königstein, Kronenberg, Oberlahnstein, Eltville, Hochheim, Flörsheim, Eddersheim, Heddernheim, Kastel, Kostheim, Hofheim, Oberursel, etc.) and of Köln (Linz, Königswinter, Schönstein, Lahr, Vilich and Deuz), etc.,

- In July 1806, by the Confederation of the Rhine Act, Duke of Nassau-Usingen and the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg ceded Kastel, Kostheim, Königswinter, Vilich, Deuz, Linz, and mediatized the lands of the Houses of Nassau-Diez ( % Diez, Dauborn, Marienberg, % Nassau, % Camberg, % Wehrheim, % Münzfelden, % Eisenach, % Badems, % Kirberg, Burbach and Neunkirchen), of Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym (Holzappel and Schaumburg), of Solms (Hohensolms, Braunfels and Greifenstein), of Waldbott-Bassenheim (Kranzberg and Reifenberg), of Wied (Dierdorf, Altenwied, Neuerburg, Grenzhausen, Heddesdorf and Neuwied), and some possessions of the Imperial Knights.

- In 1813, the Duke of Nassau-Usingen and the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg restored to the Prince of Nassau-Diez some of his former possessions (Diez, etc.).

- In 1815, the Duke of Nassau-Usingen and the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg exchanged territories with the King of of Prussia: the Duke of Nassau-Usingen and the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg acquired Dillenburg, Diez, Hadamar, Beilstein, % Siegen, Westerburg, % Runkel, etc. and ceded Linz, Altenwied, Altenkirchen, Hammerstein, Neuwied, Braunfels, Hohensolms, etc.








1.1.2. The Younger Saarbücken -1793]; +1797

Wihelm-Heinrich II (+1768), son of Prince Wihelm-Heinrich I of Nassau-Usingen (+1718), who received the Counties of Saarbücken and Saarwerden, the Lordship of Ottweiler, etc., founded the Younger Saarbücken branch.

In 1793, the French Army occupied all of the possessions of the Prince of Nassau-Saarbücken.

In 1797, with the death of Prince Heinrich-Ludwig, the Saarbücken branch of the House of Nassau became extinct.




List of the Rulers

Ludwig (1745-1794) [1768-1793]




Titles

>-1793

Prince of Nassau;
Count of Saarbrücken, Saarwerden;
Lord of Lahr, Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein;




Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in 1789 [6: p.695-699] [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.295]

The Upper Rhine:
= The Bench of the Secular Princes:
- Nassau-Saarbrücken;
- Nassau-Ottweiler;




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789

Curial voices in the Council of Princes:
= the Counts of Wetterau =
- Nassau-Saarbrücken (? [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.37]);




Territorial Possessions in 1789 [2: p.49] [6: p.695-699] [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.332]

The Imperial Circle of the Upper Rhine:
- Saarbrücken;
- 2/3 Saarwerden;
- Ottweiler;
- % Homburg im Wasgau;








1.2. Weilburg -1964]

Ernst-Kasimir (+1655), son of Count Ludwig II, founded the branch of Weilburg.

In 1688, the Roman Emperor granted Johann-Enst (+1719), Count of Nasssau-Weilburg, the title of Prince [8: Band 3; p.284].

In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation, the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg received an individual voice in the Council of Princes of the Imperial Assembly [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.358-360].

In July 1806, the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg became a sovereign ruler, when he left the Holy Roman Empire and joined the Confederation of the Rhine as founding member [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.157].
The Duke of Nassau-Usingen and the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg established a joint rule in their possessions.

In 1815, the Prince of Nassau-Usingen joined the German Confederation.

In 1816, after the extinction of the branch of Usingen the Prince of Nassau-Usingen inherited its lands and accepted the title of Duke of Nassau.

In 1866, Duke Adolf of Nassau (+1905) sided with the Austrian Empire in the Austro-Prussian War, and after the Prussian victory, he was dispossessed, and his lands were annexed by Prussia.

In 1890, with the death of Wilhelm / Willem III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau became extinct in the male line. According to the Nassau Family Pact, which provided mutual inheritance between the Ottonian and Walramian Lines in the Nassau hereditary lands, Adolf (+1905), the former Duke of Nassau, succeeded in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

In 1912, with death of Grand Duke Wilhelm IV, the House of Nassau became extinct in the male line, and his daughter Marie-Adélaïde, succeeded in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Note 1).

In 1919, Charlotte (+1985), Grand Duchess of Luxembourg since 1919, and the second daughter of Grand Duke Wilhelm IV, married Felix of Bourbon (+1970), son of Roberto, the last reigning Duke of Parma.

In 1964, the reign of the House of Nassau in Luxembourg ended, when Grand Duchess Charlotte, abdicated in favor of her son Jean / Johann of Bourbon-Parma (born in 1921) [13: tome III (1981); Nassau XXV].

Notes:
1. In 1907, Grand Duke Wilhelm IV of Luxembourg (+1912), who had only daughters, named his own eldest daughter Marie-Adélaïde (+1924) as heir to the Crown of Luxembourg. Wilhelm IV (+1912) did not recognized the Counts of Merenberg, morganatic descendants of his uncle Nikolaus (+1905) as dynastic members of the House of Nassau.





List of the Rulers

Friedrich-Wilhelm (1768-1816) [1788-1816]
~ 1788 Luise-Isabelle of Kirchberg (1772-1827), Countess of Sayn-Hachenburg 1799.
Wilhelm (1792-1839) [1816-1839]
Adolf (1817-1905) [1839-1866; 1890-1905]
// 1839-1866 in Nassau; 1890-1905 in Luxembourg
Wilhelm IV (1852-1912) [1905-1912]
Marie-Adélaïde (1894-1924) [1912-1919]
Charlotte (1896-1985) [1919-1964]




Titles

1803-1816 [14: Jahrgang 1804; Band I; p.263]

Prince of Nassau;
Count Palatine of the Rhine;
Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelbogen, Diez;
Burgrave of Hammerstein;
Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg [an der Lahn], Epstein;


1816-1866 [12: p.369] [16: Band I; p.708] [15: p.151]

Duke of Nassau;
Count Palatine of the Rhine;
Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelbogen, Diez;
Burgrave of Hammerstein;
Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg [an der Lahn], Epstein;


1890-1961 [9: 1919; p.60]

Grand Duke of Luxembourg;
Duke of Nassau;
Count Palatine of the Rhine;
Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenelbogen, Diez;
Burgrave of Hammerstein;
Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg [an der Lahn], Epstein;




Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in 1789 [6: p.695-699] [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.295]

The Upper Rhine:
= The Bench of the Secular Princes:
- Nassau-Weilburg;




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789

Curial voices in the Council of Princes:
= the Counts of Wetterau =
- Nassau-Weilburg (? [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.37]);




Territorial Possessions in 1789 [2: p.49] [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.407-409]

The Imperial Circle of the Upper Rhine:
- % Nassau;
- Merenberg / Mehrenberg;
- Saarbrücken;
- Kirchheim & Stauff;
- 1/3 Saarwerden;
- % Kirberg / Kirchberg;




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803 [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.331]
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation)

Individual voices in the Council of Princes:
- Nassau-Weilburg;




Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since 1789 [13: tome III (1981); p.429-430] [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.192]

- In 1799, Luise-Isabelle of of Kirchberg (+1827), wife of Prince Friedrich-Wilhelm of Nasssau-Weilburg (+1816), succeeded in the County of Sayn-Hachenburg.

- In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation, the Prince of Nassau-Weiburg acquired some possessions of the secularized Archbishopric of Trier (Wellmich, Hammerstein, Engers, Ehrenbreitstein, Vallendar, Sayn, Herschbach, Grenzau, Montabaur, Limburg an der Lahn, Boppard, etc).








2. The Ottonian Line +1890

By the division of his father's possessions Count Otto I (+1290), the founder of the Ottonian line, received Siegen, Dillenburg, Beilstein, etc.

Otto's descendants divided his possessions and founded the branches of Dillenburg-Siegen, Beilstein, Liebenscheid, Hadamar, etc.

By 1561, all branches of the Ottonian line but the one of Dillenburg-Siegen had become extinct.

In the 15th century, the Counts of Nassau of the Dillenburg-Siegen branch acquired rich possessions in the Low Countries (Vianden, St. Vith, Grimbergen, Breda, Lek, etc.).

Johann V (+1516), Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, married Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg (+1523), an heir to the County of Katzenelnbogen.

In 1530, René / Renatus of Nassau (+1544), Lord of Breda, Lek, etc., grandson of Johann V, inherited the possessions of the House of Chalon that included the sovereign Principality of Orange.
In 1544, after René's death his possessions passed to his cousin Wilhelm "the Silent" (+1584), another grandson of Johann V.

Wilhelm / Willem "the Silent" (+1584) and Johann VI (+1606), sons of Count Wilhelm "the Rich" +1529), divided the family lands and founded new branches of the Ottonian line of the House of Nassau. Wilhelm received the Nassau possessions in the Low Countries and the lands of the House of Chalon (Note 1), Johann VI received the family's lands in Germany.
Johann VI united all lands of the Ottonian line in Germany under his rule. His sons divided his lands and founded the branches of Siegen, Dillenburg, Diez, and Hadamar (The branch of Siegen divided in the Catholic and Protestant sub-branches).

Ernst-Kasimir (+1632), son of Count Johann VI, founded the branch of Diez.

In 1652, the Roman Emperor granted the title of Prince to Wilhelm-Friedrich (+1664), Count of Nassau-Diez, the second son of Ernst-Kasimir [8: Band 3; p.284] (Note 2).

In 1654, the Prince of Nassau-Diez received an individual vote in the Council of Princes of the Imperial Assembly (the vote was shared with the Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg) (Note 3).

In 1702, after the extinction of the branch of Wilhelm I "the Silent", Johann-Wilhelm-Friso (+1711), Prince of Nassau-Diez, advanced claims to the branch's lands and accepted the title of Prince of Orange.

By 1743, Wilhelm (+1751), Prince of Nassau-Diez, from the Diez branch, had united all possessions of the Ottonian line.

In 1747, Wilhelm (+1751), Prince of Nassau-Diez (Dillenburg), became Hereditary Stadholder of the Unites Provinces of the Netherlands (as Wilhelm IV).

In 1795, Wilhelm V (+1806), Stadholder of the Unites Provinces of the Netherlands, Prince of Nassau-Diez, lost his position in the Netherlands when Dutch revolutionaries supported by the French Army established the Batavian Republic.

In Aug 1806, with the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire, Wilhelm-Friedrich (+1843), Prince of Nassau-Diez (Dillenburg), became a sovereign ruler in Fulda, Corvey and Dortmund.

In Oct 1806, the Prince of Nassau-Diez, lost his lands because of the War of the Fourth Coalition.

In 1813, the Prince of Nassau-Diez (Dillenburg) was restored in some of his former possessions in Germany.

In Dec 1813, Wilhelm-Friedrich (+1843), Prince of Nassau-Diez, became Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands.

In 1815, Wilhelm-Friedrich exchanged his possessions in Germany for Luxembourg.

In 1815, Prince Wilhelm-Friedrich (+1843) assumed the title of King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg as Wilhelm / Willem / Guillaume I (Note 4).

In 1815-1866, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was member of the German Confederation.

In 1890, with the death of Wilhelm / Willem III, the Ottonian line of the House of Nassau became extinct in the male line. His daughter Wilhelmina (1888-1962), succeeded him in the Netherlands, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg passed to Adolf (+1905), the former Duke of Nassau from the Walramian Line [13: tome III (1981); p.455].

In 1948, the reign of the House of Nassau in the Netherlands ended, when Queen Wilhelmina (+1962) abdicated, and her daughter Juliana of Mecklenburg succeeded in the Netherlands.

Notes:
1. a. Willem / Wilhelm I "the Silent" (+1584) led the revolt of the Low Countries against the King of Spain that created the independent republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. He and his descendants held important offices in the new country (stadholders of various Dutch provinces, etc.).
b. Maurits (+1625), son of Willem / Wilhelm I "the Silent", acquired the County of Mörs in 1600, and the County of Lingen in 1609.
c. In 1689, Willem-Hendrik (+1702), Prince of Orange and Stadholder of Holland, Gelderland, etc., and his wife Mary Stuart (+1694), became King (William III) and Queen of England and Scotland as a result of the Revolution that deposed King James II.
d. In 1702, with the death of Willem-Hendrik (William III), the branch of Wilhelm / I "the Silent" became extinct, its possessions in the Low Countries passed to the Prince of Nassau-Diez from the branch of Johann VI; Mörs and Lingen passed to the King of Prussia. Orange was annexed to France, however, the Prince of Nassau-Diez, the Prince of Nassau-Siegen and the King of Prussia accepted the title of Prince of Orange.
2. The Roman Emperors granted the title of Prince to the Count of Nassau-Hadamar in 1650; to the Counts of Nassau-Siegen (Catholic), of Nassau-Dillenburg and of Nassau-Diez in 1652; to the Count of Nassau-Siegen (Protestant) in 1664.
3. In 1654, the Princes of Nassau-Hadamar and Nassau-Siegen received an individual vote in the Council of Princes.
4. In 1815-1830, the Kingdom of the Netherlands included the former the United Provinces and the former Austrian Low Countries (now Belgium).





List of the Rulers

Wilhelm (V) (1748-Apr 1806) [1751-1806]
// 1766-1795 Hereditary Stadholder of the United Netherlands
Wilhelm-Friedrich / Willem I (1772-1843) [1803-Oct 1806, 1813-1840]
// 1803-Oct 1806 in Corvey, Fulda, Dortmund; 1803- July 1806 in Weingarten;
// Apr 1806-July 1806, 1813-1815 in Nassau; 1815-1840 in Luxemburg, 1813-1840 in the Netherlands
Wilhelm / Willem II (1792-1849) [1840-1849]
Wilhelm / Willem III (1817-1890) [1849-1890]
Wilhelmina (1888-1962) [1890-1948]




Titles

>-1803

Prince of Orange;
Prince of Nassau;
Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam, Culemborg;
Margrave of Veere, Vlissingen;
Baron of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the City of Grave and the Land of Cuijk, IJsselstein, Cranendonck, Eindhoven, Liesveld;
Sovereign Lord of Ameland,
Lord of Borckelo, Breedevoort, Lichtenfoort, Loo, Geertruidenberg, Clundert, Zevenbergen, of the Upper & Lower Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen, St.Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn & Ter-Eem, Willemstad, Steenbergen, Montfoort, St.Vijt, Butgebach, Daasburg;
Hereditary Burgrave of Antwerpen;
Hereditary Stadtholder & Hereditary Governor of the United Netherlands;


1803-1806 ( Wilhelm V )


1803-1806 ( Wilhelm-Friedrich )

Hereditary Prince (Erbprinz) of Orange, Nassau;
Prince of Fulda, Corvey;
Count of Dortmund;
Lord of Weingarten;


1806-1815

Prince of Orange, Nassau;
Prince of Fulda, Corvey;
Count of Dortmund;
Lord of Beilstein, Weingarten;


1813-1814

Prince of Orange, Nassau;
Sovereign Prince of the United Netherlands;
Prince of Fulda, Corvey;
Count of Dortmund;
Lord of Beilstein, Weingarten;


1815-1890

King of the Netherlands;
Grand Duke of Luxembourg;
Prince of Orange, Nassau;




Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in 1789 [2: p.14]

The Electoral Rhine:
- Beilstein [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.142];

The Lower Rhine-Westphalia:
- Nassau-Siegen [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.359];
- Nassau-Dillenburg [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.359];




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789 [2: p.49-50]

Individual voices in the Council of Princes:
- Nassau-Dillenburg;
- Nassau-Hadamar;




Territorial Possessions in 1789 [2: p.49] [6:p.703-705] [3: Abtheilung I; Band I; p.407-409]

The Imperial Circle of the Electoral Rhine:
- Beilstein;

The Imperial Circle of the Lower Rhine-Westphalia:
- Diez / Dietz;
- % Nassau with Dillenburg, Hadamar and Siegen;

The Imperial Circle of the Upper Rhine:
- % Kirberg / Kirchberg;


Non-immediate:
The Imperial Circle of the Lower Rhine-Westphalia:
= under the Territorial Supremacy of Brunswick-Kalenberg (Hanover) =
Spiegelberg


Non-sovereign outside the Empire:
= under Zeeland (in the Netherlands) Suzerainty =
- Veere & Vlissingen / Flushing;




Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803 [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.358-360]
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation)

Individual voices in the Council of Princes:
- Fulda;
- Corvey;
- Nassau-Dillenburg & Nassau-Diez;
- Nassau-Hadamar & Nassau-Siegen;




Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since 1789 [13: tome III (1981); p.414-415] [3: Abtheilung II; Band I; p.192]

- In 1795, the Prince of Nassau-Diez lost his possessions in the Netherlands.

- In 1803, by the Final Recess of the Imperial Deputation, Wilhelm V (+ Apr 1806), Prince of Nassau-Diez, received Fulda, Corvey, Dortmund, Weingarten with Hagnau and Blumenegg, Hofen, St. Gerold, Dietkirchen, Bendern. Wilhelm V ceded these new lands to his son and heir Wilhelm (+1843).

- In 1804, Wilhelm (+1843), Prince of Fulda and Corvey, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Diez, ceded Hofen to Austria.

- In Apr 1806, Wilhelm-Friedrich (+1843), Prince of Fulda and Corvey, succeeded his father Wilhelm V in Nassau, Dillenburg, Diez, Hadamar, Siegen, Beilstein, etc.

- In July 1806, some possessions of Wilhelm-Friedrich were mediatized : Dillenburg, Hadamar, Siegen and Beilstein by the Grand Duke of Berg, Nassau and Diez by the Duke of Nassau, Weingarten by the King of Württemberg, Hagnau by the Grand Duke of Baden.

- In Nov 1813, the Prince of Nassau-Diez restored Nassau, Dillenburg, Hadamar, Siegen, Diez and Beilstein.

- In May 1815, the Prince of Nassau-Diez ceded Dillenburg, Diez, Hadamar, Beilstein, and Siegen to the King of of Prussia, and acquired Luxembourg.

- In 1830, Belgian lands and West parts of Luxembourg broke away from the Kingdom of the Netherlands and became the independent Kingdom of Belgium.




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