House of Nassau-Dietz

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cadet branch noble house

The House of Nassau-Dietz was a cadet branch of the German-Dutch Nassau dynasty that provided several stadtholders in the northern Netherlands and later merged into the House of Orange-Nassau.

Aliases (2)

arms of Nassau-Dietz ×1
van Nassau ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cadet branch → noble house →
coatOfArms	quartered arms combining Nassau and Dietz symbols →
country	Dutch Republic → Holy Roman Empire →
dynasticUnionWith	House of Orange-Nassau →
follows	Ottonian line of the House of Nassau →
foundedBy	Ernest Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz →
hasMainSeat	Leeuwarden →
hasMainTerritory	County of Nassau-Dietz → Drenthe → Friesland → Groningen → Principality of Orange →
hasMember	Albertine Agnes of Nassau → Amalia of Solms-Braunfels → Ernest Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz → Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz → Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz → John William Friso of Nassau-Dietz → Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel → Wilhelmina of Prussia → surface form: "Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange" William Frederick of Nassau-Dietz → William IV, Prince of Orange → William V, Prince of Orange →
hasSeat	Leeuwarden City Palace → Oranjewoud → Schloss Oranienbaum → Schloss Oranienstein →
hasTitle	County of Nassau-Dietz → surface form: "Count of Nassau-Dietz" Prince of Orange → Stadtholder of Drenthe → Stadtholder of Friesland → Stadtholder of Groningen →
heritage	German-Dutch →
languageOfName	Dutch → German →
memberOf	Dutch nobility → German high nobility →
mergedInto	House of Orange-Nassau →
namedAfter	County of Nassau-Dietz → surface form: "Nassau-Dietz"
notableRole	predecessor line of the later Dutch royal house → stadtholder dynasty in the northern Netherlands →
partOf	House of Nassau →
religion	Calvinism →
significantEvent	inheritance of the Principality of Orange by John William Friso in 1702 → succession of William IV as hereditary stadtholder in 1747 →
timePeriod	early modern period →

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County of Nassau-Dietz → coatOfArms → House of Nassau-Dietz →

this entity surface form: "arms of Nassau-Dietz"

Willem van Nassau → familyName → House of Nassau-Dietz →

this entity surface form: "van Nassau"

House of Orange-Nassau → hasBranch → House of Nassau-Dietz →

Stadtholder of Friesland → typicallyHeldBy → House of Nassau-Dietz →