House of Nassau-Weilburg

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House of Nassau-Weilburg
Parent house	House of Nassau[1][2]
Founded	1344; 677 years ago (1344)
Founder	John I of Nassau-Weilburg
Current head	Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (in cognatic line)
Titles	Grand Duke of Luxembourg Prince of Nassau-Weilburg Duke of Nassau Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Style(s)	His/Her Royal Highness
Estate(s)	Grand Ducal Palace, Luxembourg City Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg Fischbach Castle, Fischbach
Dissolution	1985 (in agnatic line)

The House of Nassau-Weilburg, a branch of the House of Nassau, ruled a division of the County of Nassau, which was a state in what is now Germany, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1344 to 1806.

On 17 July 1806, upon the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, the counties of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg both joined the Confederation of the Rhine. Under pressure from Napoleon, both counties merged to become the Duchy of Nassau on 30 August 1806, under the joint rule of Prince Frederick August of Nassau-Usingen and his younger cousin, Prince Frederick William of Nassau-Weilburg. As Frederick August had no heirs, he agreed that Frederick William should become the sole ruler after his death. However, Frederick William died from a fall on the stairs at Schloss Weilburg on 9 January 1816 and it was his son William who later became duke of a unified Nassau.

The sovereigns of this house afterwards governed the Duchy of Nassau until 1866. Since 1890, they have reigned over the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Religion[]

The first two Grand Dukes of Luxembourg, Adolphe and Guillaume IV, were Protestants, however, the Christian denomination of the house changed after Grand Duke Guillaume IV's marriage to Marie Anne de Braganza, who was Roman Catholic.^[2]

Gallery[]

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  Weilburg

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  Weilburg Castle

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  Biebrich Palace

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  Grand Ducal Palace, Luxembourg

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  Berg Castle, Luxembourg

Sovereigns from the House of Nassau-Weilburg[]

(Princely) County of Nassau-Weilburg (Gefürstete) Grafschaft Nassau-Weilburg
1344–1806
Flag Coat of arms
Nassau-Weilburg as in 1789
Status	County
Government	County
Historical era	Middle Ages Early modern
• Established	1344
• Raised to princely county	1366
• Seized Electoral Trier     (east of Rhine)	1803
• Merged w. N.-Usingen     into Nassau	30 August 1806
Preceded by Succeeded by County of Nassau Electorate of Trier Duchy of Nassau

Nassau[]

Counts of Nassau-Weilburg[]

• 1344–71: John I
• 1371–1429: Philip I
• 1429–42: Philip II and John II
• 1442–92: Philip II
• 1492–1523: Louis I
• 1523–59: Philip III
• 1559–93: Albrecht
• 1559–1602: Philip IV
• 1593–1625: Louis II
• 1625–29: William Louis, John IV and Ernst Casimir
• 1629–55: Ernst Casimir
• 1655–75: Frederick
• 1675–88: John Ernst

Princely counts of Nassau-Weilburg[]

• 1688–1719: John Ernst
• 1719–53: Charles August
• 1753–88: Charles Christian
• 1788–1816: Frederick William
• 1816: William

Dukes of Nassau[]

• 1816–39: William
• 1839–66: Adolphe

Grand Dukes of Luxembourg[]

• 1890–1905: Adolphe
• 1905–12: William IV
• 1912–19: Marie-Adélaïde
• 1919–64: Charlotte
• 1964–2000: Jean
• 2000–present: Henri

Family Tree[]

Compiled from Wikipedia and:^[3][4]

For ancestors of the House of Nassau-Weilburg (House of Nassau family tree)

John III (1441 +1480) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Louis I (1473 +1523) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Philip III (1504 +1559) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Albert (1537 +1593) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Philip IV (1542 +1602) Count of Nassau-Weilburg in Saarbrucken

Louis II (1565 +1627) Count of Nassau-Weilburg in Ottweiler

William (1570–1597) Count of Nassau-Weilburg in Weilburg

John Casimir (1577 +1602) Count of Nassau-Weilburg in Gleiberg

William Louis (1590 +1640) Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

John (1603 +1677) Count of Nassau-Idstein Counts of Nassau-Idstein ext.1721

Ernest Casimir (1607 +1655) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

John Louis (1625 +1690) Count of Nassau-Ottweiler ext. 1728

Gustav Adolph (1632 +1677) Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken ext. 1723

Walrad (1635 +1702) Count & Prince of Nassau-Usingen ext. 1816

Frederick (1640 +1675) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

John Ernst (1664 +1719) Count & Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Charles August (1685 +1753) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Charles Ernst (1689–1709) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Charles Christian (1735 +1788) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743 +1787)

Frederick William (1768 +1816) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

William (1792 +1839) Duke of Nassau

Adolphe (1817 +1905) Duke of Nassau 1839-1866 Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1890-1905

Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg

References[]

1. ^ "Inoformation of the reigning House of Nassau-Weilburg". luxembourg.public.lu/en/index.html.
2. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b} "Inoformation of the reigning House of Nassau-Weilburg which explicitly states the House of Nassau as its parent house" (PDF). sip.gouvernement.lu/en.html.
3. ^ Louda, Jiri; Maclagan, Michael (December 12, 1988), "Netherlands and Luxembourg, Table 33", Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (1st (U.S.) ed.), Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
4. ^ Hay, Mark Edward (1 June 2016). "The House of Nassau between France and Independence, 1795–1814: Lesser Powers, Strategies of Conflict Resolution, Dynastic Networks". The International History Review. 38 (3): 482–504. doi:10.1080/07075332.2015.1046387.

— Royal house — House of Nassau-Weilburg
New dynasty partitioned from Cty. of Nassau	Ruling house of Nassau-Weilburg 1344–1806	Nassau-Weilburg merged in Ducal Nassau ruled by the House of Nassau-Usingen
Preceded by House of Nassau-Usingen	Ruling house of the Duchy of Nassau 1816–1866	Nassau annexed by Prussia
Preceded by House of Orange-Nassau	Ruling house of Luxembourg 1890–present	Succeeded by Incumbent