County of Nassau-Dillenburg

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county former state imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire territorial state

The County of Nassau-Dillenburg was a medieval and early modern German territorial state ruled by a branch of the House of Nassau, centered on the town of Dillenburg in present-day Hesse.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dillenburg, County of Nassau-Dillenburg 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
former state ⓘ
imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
territorial state ⓘ
associatedWith Eighty Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Revolt

House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
capital Dillenburg ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasty House of Nassau ⓘ
surface form: Ottonian line of the House of Nassau
era Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
governmentForm feudal monarchy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms arms of Nassau with variations used by the Dillenburg line ⓘ
hasPart Dillenburg ⓘ
surrounding territories in the Lahn-Dill region ⓘ
historicalRegion Hesse ⓘ
Rhineland ⓘ
historicalSignificance power base of the Nassau-Dillenburg branch that produced the Dutch stadtholders ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
locatedIn Hesse ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
present-day Germany ⓘ
namedAfter Dillenburg ⓘ
nobleTitleOfRuler count ⓘ
notablePersonAssociated John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
surface form: John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg

Maurice of Nassau ⓘ
Willem van Nassau ⓘ
surface form: William the Silent
notableRulingFamilyBranch Nassau-Dillenburg line ⓘ
partOf Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle ⓘ
Nassau ⓘ
politicalStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
politicalSystem estate-based society ⓘ
presentLocationIncludes Lahn-Dill-Kreis ⓘ
state of Hesse ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ
rulingHouse House of Nassau ⓘ
successor Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda ⓘ
todayWithinBordersOf Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
typeOfSubdivision imperial county ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Maurice of Nassau → birthPlace → County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
Willem van Nassau → birthPlace → County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
County of Nassau-Siegen → borderedBy → County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
County of Nassau → dividedInto → County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
William I of Orange → placeOfBirth → County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
Juliana of Stolberg → placeOfDeath → County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dillenburg, County of Nassau-Dillenburg
County of Nassau-Hadamar → predecessor → County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
County of Nassau-Hadamar → successor → County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ