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House of Nassau-Weilburg
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Parent house
House of Nassau[1][2]
Founded1344; 682 years ago (1344)
FounderJohn I of Nassau-Weilburg
Current headHenri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (in cognatic line)
Titles
StyleHis/Her Royal Highness
Estates
Dissolution1985 (1985) (in agnatic line after death of Grand Duchess Charlotte)
Cadet branches Luxembourg-Nassau
House of Nassau-Usingen (Later Merged with Nassau-Weilbourg

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 principalities of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg both joined the Confederation of the Rhine. Under pressure from Napoleon, both principalities 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

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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 Catholic.[2]

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Sovereigns from the House of Nassau-Weilburg

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Nassau

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Counts of Nassau-Weilburg

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Princely counts of Nassau-Weilburg

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Dukes of Nassau

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Grand Dukes of Luxembourg

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Guillaume V, Grand Duke of LuxembourgHenri, Grand Duke of LuxembourgJean, Grand Duke of LuxembourgCharlotte, Grand Duchess of LuxembourgMarie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of LuxembourgWilliam IV, Grand Duke of LuxembourgAdolphe, Grand Duke of LuxembourgImage

Family tree

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Family tree of the House of Nassau-Weilburg

Compiled from Wikipedia and these references.[3][4]

For ancestors of the House of Nassau-Weilburg, see House of Nassau#Family Tree

John III
(1441–1480)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
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Louis I
(1473–1523)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
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Philip III
(1504–1559)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
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Albert
(1537–1593)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
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Philip IV
(1542–1602)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
in Saarbrucken
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Louis II
(1565–1627)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
in Ottweiler
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William
(1570–1597)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
in Weilburg
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John Casimir
(1577–1602)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
in Gleiberg
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William Louis
(1590–1640)
Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
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John
(1603–1677)
Count of Nassau-Idstein
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Counts of Nassau-Idstein
ext.1721
Ernest Casimir
(1607–1655)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
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John Louis
(1625–1690)
Count of Nassau-Ottweiler
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ext. 1728
Gustav Adolph
(1632–1677)
Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken
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ext. 1723
Walrad
(1635–1702)
Count & Prince of Nassau-Usingen
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ext. 1816
Frederick
(1640–1675)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
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John Ernst
(1664–1719)
Count & Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
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Charles August
(1685–1753)
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
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Charles Ernst
(1689–1709)
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
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Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
(1743–1787)
Charles Christian
(1735–1788)
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
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Frederick William
(1768–1816)
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
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William
(1792–1839)
Duke of Nassau
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William
(1792–1839)
Duke of Nassau

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Adolphe
(1817–1905)

Grand Duke of Luxembourg
r. 1890–1905
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William IV
(1852–1912)

Grand Duke of Luxembourg
r. 1905–1912
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Marie-Adélaïde
(1894–1924)

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
r. 1912–1919
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Charlotte
(1896–1985)

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
r. 1919–1964
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House of Luxembourg-Nassau

References

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  1. ↑ "Inoformation of the reigning House of Nassau-Weilburg". luxembourg.public.lu/en/index.html. Archived from the original on 2019-10-22. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  2. 1 2 "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. S2CID 155502574.