Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the German Confederation. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Holy Roman Empire ( HRE; German Heiliges Römisches Reich (HRR, Latin Sacrum Romanum Imperium (SRI was a union of territories in The German Confederation (Deutscher Bund was the association of Central European states created by the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to serve as the successor to Its ruling dynasty, now extinct in male line, has been the House of Nassau. The House of Nassau is a diversified dynasty in Europe It is named after the German lordship associated with the castle of Nassau, which is today located in the
Nassau, originally a county, emerged on the lower Lahn river in what is today Rhineland-Palatinate. The Lahn is a River in Germany, a right tributary of the Rhine. Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz is one of the 16 federal states (German Bundesländer) of Germany. The town of Nassau was founded in 915. For further meanings of "Nassau" see Nassau. Nassau is a town located in the German Land (State of Rhineland-Palatinate Events By Place Europe Battle of Garigliano: The Christian League defeats the Saracens The castle of Nassau was built in 1125, and since 1160 the county was named after the town where the castle was located. The Ruins of Burg Nassau, a Castle in Nassau, Germany, are on a rock cone 120 meters over the Lahn River in Rhineland-Palatinate A county is a Land area of Regional Government within a larger State. In 1255 Nassau was divided for the first time. During the next centuries several states named Nassau emerged. One of those counties was Nassau-Dillenburg, from where the House of Orange-Nassau originated. Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis The House of Orange-Nassau (in Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau) a branch of the German House of Nassau, has played a central role in the political life Another was Nassau-Weilburg, whose reigning house now reigns in Luxembourg. Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by
Through the extinction of most lines, Nassau became a united duchy again in 1806. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1866 it was annexed by Prussia and incorporated into the Province of Hesse-Nassau. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state The Province of Hesse-Nassau (Provinz Hessen-Nassau was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1868-1918 then a province of the Free State of Prussia Today, all legitimate Houses of Nassau are extinct in their original male line.
See also
- List of rulers of Nassau
- House of Nassau
- House of Orange-Nassau
- House of Nassau-Weilburg
- House of Nassau-Siegen
- Nassau Family Pact
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