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] List of Counts and Princes of 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] Sovereigns from the House of Nassau-Weilburg
[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: William
[edit] Dukes of Nassau
1866 Prusia 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.
