Duke of Nassau

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hereditary noble title sovereign ruler

The Duke of Nassau was the sovereign ruler of the small German duchy of Nassau, historically held by the Nassau-Weilburg branch of the House of Nassau until its annexation by Prussia in 1866.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Duke of Nassau canonical 13
William, Duke of Nassau 5
Dukes of Nassau 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary noble title ⓘ
sovereign ruler ⓘ
annexationYear 1866 ⓘ
annexedBy Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
associatedWith House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
branchOfHouse Weilburg ⓘ
surface form: Nassau-Weilburg
capital Wiesbaden ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature blue shield with golden billets and lion ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Duchy of Nassau ⓘ
createdFrom County of Nassau ⓘ
Principality of Nassau-Usingen ⓘ
Principality of Nassau-Usingen ⓘ
surface form: Principality of Nassau-Weilburg
dynasticHouseReligion Calvinism ⓘ
dynastyContinuedAs Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
heldByBranch House of Nassau-Weilburg ⓘ
surface form: Nassau-Weilburg line
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
house House of Nassau ⓘ
language German ⓘ
locatedIn German Confederation ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
lostSovereigntyIn 1866 ⓘ
memberOf Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
German Confederation ⓘ
nobleRank duke ⓘ
notableTitleHolder Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
politicalStatus mediatized German state ruler ⓘ
predecessorState Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
rankWithinGermanStates middle-sized principality ruler ⓘ
reasonForAnnexation Austro-Prussian War ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
sovereignTitleAbolished yes ⓘ
sovereignUntil 1866 ⓘ
style His Ducal Serene Highness ⓘ
successorState Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
territoryNowPartOf Hesse ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
titleCreationDate 1806 ⓘ
titleHolder Adolf of Nassau ⓘ
Frederick William, Duke of Nassau ⓘ
William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen ⓘ
Duke of Nassau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William, Duke of Nassau
titleTerritorialBase Nassau ⓘ
surface form: Nassau (region)

Referenced by (22)

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

House of Nassau-Weilburg → titles → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Duchy of Nassau → headOfStateTitle → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → father → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: William, Duke of Nassau
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → title → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Duke of Nassau → titleHolder → Duke of Nassau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William, Duke of Nassau
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → title → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duke of Nassau (titular)
Orange-Nassau → positionHeld → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Orange-Nassau
Nassau family → hasTitle → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Biebrich → historicallySeatOf → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dukes of Nassau
Walramian line → hasTitleHolder → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dukes of Nassau
Duchy of Nassau (annexed by Prussia, then part of Prussia) → headOfStateTitle → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
subject surface form: Duchy of Nassau
Duchy of Nassau (annexed by Prussia, then part of Prussia) → notableRuler → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
subject surface form: Duchy of Nassau
this entity surface form: William, Duke of Nassau
Adolphe, Duke of Nassau → positionHeld → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Adolphe, Duke of Nassau → nobleTitle → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Adolphe, Duke of Nassau → father → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: William, Duke of Nassau
Adolphe, Duke of Nassau → predecessorAsDukeOfNassau → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: William, Duke of Nassau
William Alexander → title → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
subject surface form: William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Order of Adolphe of Nassau → namedForTitle → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Count of Nassau → successor → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Biebrich Palace → formerOwner → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dukes of Nassau
Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau → nobleTitle → Duke of Nassau ⓘ
Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau → positionHeld → Duke of Nassau ⓘ