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4 unusual facts about Count of Nassau


Friedrichsthal

In 1723 the place was founded with a glass foundry by Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler.

Herborn Academy

In 1584 Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg founded the Academia Nassauensis as a post secondary institution.

Sint Geertruidsgasthuis

After the capitulation of Groningen (the Spanish Occupier capitulated for the army of Maurice of Nassau and William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg) in 1594 the complex, like all Catholic buildings, got a new destination.

University of Siegen

In 1536, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg charged Saxon educator and theologian Erasmus Sarcerius with the task of establishing a Latin school.


Gerlach I, Count of Nassau

Gerlach I of Nassau (before 1288 – 7 January 1361), Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau.

John Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

John Ernst of Nassau-Weilburg (Weilburg, June 13, 1664 – Heidelberg, February 27, 1719) was an Imperial Generalfeldmarschall, from 1675 to 1688 Count and from 1688 till his death Prince (Fürst) of Nassau-Weilburg.

John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

John I of Nassau-Weilburg (1309–1371) was Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1355 to 1371.


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Albert, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Albert, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1 November 1596 in Dillenburg – 16 June 1626 in Quakenbrück) was a son of Count George of Nassau-Dillenburg and his first wife, Anna Amalia of Nassau-Saarbruucken.

Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach

Crato (1621–1642), succeeded William Louis as Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken; died in battle at Straelen

Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (7 April 1621 – 25 Juli 1642, Straelen), was the oldest son of Count William Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken and his wife, Landgravine Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach.

House of Nassau

1249–1255: Walram II; from 1255–1276: Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, and Weilburg

Robert's son Walram I (1154–1198) was the first person to be legally titled Count of Nassau.

1255–1290: Otto I, Count of Nassau in Siegen, Dillenburg, Beilstein, and Ginsberg

Louis Gunther of Nassau

Count Louis Gunther of Nassau (15 February 1575 in Dillenburg – 12 September 1604, outside Sluis) was a Count of Nassau-Katzenelnbogen and a Dutch lieutenant general of cavalry in the Eighty Years' War.

Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg (9 August 1565, Weilburg – 8 November 1627, Saarbrücken) was a count of Nassau-Weilburg.

Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Philip IV of Nassau-Weilburg, also known as Philip III of Nassau-Saarbrücken (14 October 1542 in Weilburg – 12 March 1602 in Saarbrücken) was Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1559 until his death and since 1574 also Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken.

William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (18 January 1649 in Terborg – 23 January 1691 in Siegen) was a Count of Nassau-Siegen.