List of rulers of Nassau
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This is a list of rulers (counts, princes, dukes etc) of Nassau and its subdivisions.
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[edit] Nassau-Siegen
- 1606-1611 John I
- 1611-1623 Henry
- 1623-1638 John II
- 1638-1674 George Frederick
- 1674-1679 John Maurice
- 1679-1691 William Maurice
- 1691-1699 John Francis Desideratus
- 1699-1707 William Hyacinth
- 1707-1722 Frederick William Adolf
- 1722-1734 Frederick William
[edit] Nassau-Weilburg
Nassau-Weilburg was a state in what is currently Germany, a state that existed from 1344 to 1816. The sovereigns of this house afterwards governed Nassau until 1866 and from 1890 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. This branch of Nassau-Weilburg ultimately became rulers of Luxembourg.
[edit] Counts of Nassau-Weilburg
- 1344-1371: John I
- 1371-1429: Philipp I
- 1429-1442: Philipp II and John II
- 1442-1492: Philipp II
- 1492-1523: Louis I
- 1523-1559: Philipp III
- 1559-1593: Albrecht
- 1559-1602: Philipp IV
- 1593-1625: Louis II
- 1625-1629: William Louis, John IV and Ernst Casimir
- 1629-1655: Ernst Casimir
- 1655-1675: Frederick
- 1675-1688: John Ernst
[edit] Princely counts of Nassau-Weilburg
- 1688-1719: John Ernst
- 1719-1753: Charles August
- 1753-1788: Charles Christian
- 1788-1816: Frederick William
- 1816: Wilhelm
[edit] Dukes of Nassau
From 1806, Nassau was an united duchy, its residence was Wiesbaden.
1866 Prussia annexed the Duchy of Nassau as the duke had been an ally of Austria in the Second Austro-Prussian War.
From a morganatic marriage, contracted in 1868, descends a family, see Count of Merenberg, which in 1907 was declared non-dynastic. Had they not been excluded from the succession, they would have inherited the headship of the house in 1912.
