Counts and princes of the House of Nassau

The first counts of Nassau were actually count de Laurenbourg, the first count de Nassau was Valéran Ier de Laurenbourg in Nassau.

Henri II of Nassau had two wire: Valéran II of Nassau and Othon Ier de Nassau. First of all they controlled together, then into 1255, the possessions of Nassau were divided, thus were born the Valramienne line whose founder was Valéran II of Nassau, the Ottonienne line whose founder was Othon Ier de Nassau.

The Valramienne line gave several families of which: The extinct family of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein in 1605, the extinct family of Nassau-Weilburg in 1964. The Weilburg-Saarbrucken line, in 1659 the line of Nassau-Ottweiler, Nassau-Usingen.

The Ottonienne line gave the family of Nassau-Hadamar, Nassau-Beilstein, Nassau-Dillenbourg, Orange-Nassau, Nassau-Siegen, this Ottonienne line gave later kings to the Netherlands, a king of England and Scotland.

Counts de Nassau

August 1st

Valramienne line

Count de Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

  • Philippe II of Nassau: Count de Nassau-Wiesbaden, count de Nassau-Idstein of 1558 with 1566

In 1605, the possessions of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein were integrated into the possessions of Nassau-Weilbourg-Saarbrucken.

Counts de Nassau-Weilburg

Elder branch of Nassau-Weilburg

Connect junior by Nassau-Weilburg

Princes de Nassau-Weilburg

In 1816, princes de Nassau-Weilburg became dukes of Nassau.

Dukes of Nassau

In 1866 the duchy of Nassau was annexed by the kingdom of Prussia.

Ottonienne line

count de Nassau-Dillenbourg

1351 with 1416

  • Adolphe de Nassau-Dillenbourg: Count de Nassau-Dillenbourg

1416 with 1420

  • Jean II of Nassau-Dillenburg: Count de Nassau-Dillenbourg

1420 with 1448 1420 with 1442

  • Henri II of Nassau-Dillenbourg: Count de Nassau-Dillenbourg

1442 with 1451 1448 with 1475

  • Englebert II of Nassau-Dillenbourg: Count de Nassau-Dillenbourg

1473 with 1504 1504 with 1516

  • Henri III of Nassau-Dillenbourg: Count de Nassau-Dillenbourg

1516 with 1538 1607 with 1620 1620 with 1623

In 1623 the county of Nassau-Dillenbourg was set up in principality.

Princes de Nassau-Dillenbourg

1623 with 1662 1662 with 1656 1656 with 1701 1701 with 1727

  • Christian de Nassau-Dillenbourg: Prince de Nassau-Dillenbourg

1727 with 1739

In 1739 the Maison of Orange-Nassau inherited the possessions of Nassau-Dillenbourg

Counts de Nassau-Beilstein

In 1561, the possessions of Nassau-Beilstein were integrated into Nassau-Dillenbourg.

Counts de Nassau Dietz

In 1606 Nassau-Dillenbourg was divided between Nassau-Dietz, Nassau-Siegen.

In 1702, set up in principality, the line of Nassau-Dietz became the Maison of Orange-Nassau.

Orange-Nassau princes

In 1814, the Congress of Vienna granted the principality ottonienne Nassau to the line valmérienne (Nassau-Weilbourg). In compensation, it was granted to the Orange-Nassau princes the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

See List of the sovereigns of the Netherlands

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