County of Nassau-Weilburg

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county former country state of the Holy Roman Empire

The County of Nassau-Weilburg was a medieval and early modern German territorial state ruled by a branch of the House of Nassau, centered around Weilburg in the Holy Roman Empire.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
former country ⓘ
state of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
associatedHouse House of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
capital Weilburg ⓘ
coatOfArms arms of Nassau with Weilburg differencing ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
elevatedTo principality ⓘ
elevationToPrincipalityDate 17th century ⓘ
endTime 1816 ⓘ
followedBy Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
hasCentralSettlement Weilburg ⓘ
hasSuccessorState Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
hasTitleHolder House of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
surface form: Count of Nassau-Weilburg
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
language German ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Germany ⓘ
locatedInRegion Hesse ⓘ
Rhineland ⓘ
mergedInto Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
namedAfter Weilburg ⓘ
nobleRankOfRulers counts ⓘ
princes ⓘ
notableRuler Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
partOf German states of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Nassau territories ⓘ
Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ
politicalStatus immediate territory of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy House of Nassau shared possessions ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rulingDynasty House of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
surface form: Nassau-Weilburg branch of the House of Nassau
rulingHouse House of Nassau ⓘ
sovereignty imperial immediacy ⓘ
startTime 1344 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
territorialFragmentation part of the fragmented Nassau lands ⓘ
territorialType German territorial state ⓘ

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

County of Nassau → dividedInto → County of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
House of Nassau-Weilburg → historicalTerritory → County of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
Duchy of Nassau → predecessor → County of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg → realm → County of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ