County of Nassau

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former principality medieval county

The County of Nassau was a medieval principality in what is now western Germany that served as the ancestral territorial base of the House of Nassau, later the House of Orange-Nassau.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Count of Nassau 3
Nassau 2
Counts of Nassau 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former principality ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
ancestralTerritoryOf House of Nassau ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Adolf of Nassau, King of the Romans ⓘ
William I of Orange ⓘ
capital County of Nassau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nassau
coatOfArms blue shield with golden lions ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
currency various regional Holy Roman Empire coinages ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1806 ⓘ
dividedInto County of Nassau-Beilstein ⓘ
County of Nassau-Dillenburg ⓘ
County of Nassau-Hadamar ⓘ
County of Nassau-Idstein ⓘ
County of Nassau-Siegen ⓘ
County of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
endTime 1806 ⓘ
feudalStatus immediate territory of the Empire ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasTerritorialCore Hesse ⓘ
surface form: Lahn River valley

Taunus region ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
surface form: Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation

Rhineland ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
laterReligion Protestantism ⓘ
locatedIn Rhineland ⓘ
western Germany ⓘ
namedAfter County of Nassau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nassau (town)
notableDynasticBranch House of Nassau ⓘ
surface form: Ottonian line of Nassau

House of Nassau ⓘ
surface form: Walramian line of Nassau
partOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Upper Rhenish Circle ⓘ
playedRoleIn rise of the House of Orange-Nassau in the Netherlands ⓘ
presentIn modern state of Hesse ⓘ
modern state of Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
reasonForDissolution mediatization in the Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
rulingFamily House of Nassau ⓘ
sovereigntyType imperial immediacy ⓘ
startTime 12th century ⓘ
c. 1100s ⓘ
successor Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
titleHeldByRulers County of Nassau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Count of Nassau

Referenced by (19)

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

subject surface form: Adolf of Nassau
County of Nassau → capital → County of Nassau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nassau
County of Nassau-Beilstein → category → County of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Counts of Nassau
Duke of Nassau → createdFrom → County of Nassau ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau → hasMainTerritory → County of Nassau ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau → hasTitle → County of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Nassau
Upper Rhenish Circle → includesTerritory → County of Nassau ⓘ
Prince of Nassau → linkedToTerritory → County of Nassau ⓘ
County of Nassau → namedAfter → County of Nassau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nassau (town)
William I of Orange → nobleTitle → County of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Nassau
House of Nassau → originatesFrom → County of Nassau ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau → originatesFrom → County of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nassau
Orange-Nassau → originatesFrom → County of Nassau ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Orange-Nassau
County of Nassau-Siegen → partOf → County of Nassau ⓘ
County of Nassau-Beilstein → precededBy → County of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nassau (medieval county)
County of Nassau-Dietz → predecessor → County of Nassau ⓘ
Nassau → predecessor → County of Nassau ⓘ
County of Nassau-Siegen → subdivisionOf → County of Nassau ⓘ
County of Nassau → titleHeldByRulers → County of Nassau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Nassau