Draft:House of Nassau-Usingen

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House of Nassau-Usingen
Parent houseHouse of Nassau-Weilburg
Founded31st March 1659 [1] [2]
FounderWalrad, Prince of Nassau-Usingen [3]
TitlesLords of Usingen, Saarbrücken and Saarwerden
Counts and Princes of Nassau-Usingen
EstateUsinger Schloss (Castle in Usingen)
Dissolution1816 (1816)
Cadet branchesHouse of Nassau-Saarbrücken
House of Nassau-Dillingen
Reardon Family

The House of Nassau-Usingen was a senior Walramian branch of the House of Nassau, ruling a German principality from 1659 to 1816. Led by Prince Frederick August, it merged with Nassau-Weilburg in 1806 to form the Duchy of Nassau, joining the Confederation of the Rhine. The line ended in 1816, passing power to Nassau-Weilburg [4] [5]

History

The House of Nassau-Usingen was a princely branch of the Walramian line of the House of Nassau that ruled parts of modern-day Germany from 1659 until 1816. The dynasty is most notable for its role in establishing the unified Duchy of Nassau [6] [7] [8]

Princes of Nassau-Usingen

Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
Walrad, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen

Other Members of the House

Karl Philipp of Nassau-Usingen
Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg
Sybille, Baroness Friedrich of Vincke : Married to Baron Friedrich von Vincke [9]
Eitel-Jobst
Reardon Family (Unknown Names)
Afram-Dietrich

Generation List with Members

Generation 1: Children of Walrad (Founder) Wilhelmine Henriette (1679–1718): Married Grumbach.
William Henry (1684–1718): Succeeded as Prince.
Maria Albertine (1686–1768): Married Count Johann Georg of Ortenburg.

Generation 2: Children of William Henry
The Wikipedia page for William Henry notes he had nine children, though many died in infancy:
Françoise (1707–1750): Reached adulthood.
Henry (1708–1708): Died in infancy.
Amélie (1709–1709): Died in infancy.
William (1710–1710): Died in infancy.
Charles (1712–1775): Succeeded as Prince.
Louis (1714–1714): Died in infancy.
Hedwig (1714–1786): Reached adulthood.
Johanna (1715–1716): Died in infancy.
William Henry II (1718–1768): Became the first Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken after a 1735 inheritance division.

Generation 3: Children of Prince Charles
Charles William (1735–1803): Succeeded his father.
Christine (1736–1741): Died young.
Frederick Augustus (1738–1816): The last Prince and first Duke of Nassau.
John Adolph (1740–1793): A Prussian general.

Children from Charles' morganatic marriage (von Biebrich):
Philippa Catherine von Biebrich (1744–1798): Married Baron Karl Friedrich von Kruse.
Karl Philipp von Biebrich, Count von Weilnau (1746–1789).
Sophie Christine (1750–1750): Died in infancy.
Wilhelm Heinrich (1755–1755): Died in infancy.

Generation 4: Children of Charles William
Caroline (1762–1823): Married Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel.
Luise Henriette (1763–1845): Remained unmarried.
Karl Wilhelm (1761–1763): Died young.

Generation 4: Children of Frederick Augustus.
Christiane Luise (1776–1829): Married Prince Friedrich of Baden.
Friederike (1777–1821): Married Prince August of Anhalt-Köthen.
Augusta (1778–1846): Married Prince Louis of Hesse-Homburg.
Friedrich Wilhelm (1780–1780): Died in infancy.
Luise Maria (1782–1812): Reached adulthood.
Friederike Victoria (1784–1822): Reached adulthood.
Friedrich Karl (1787–1787): Died in infancy.

[10]

Notes

Sources

Family tree

Family tree of the House of Nassau-Weilburg

Compiled from Wikipedia and these references.[1][2]

For ancestors of the House of Nassau-Weilburg, see House of Nassau#Family Tree

John III
(1441–1480)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Louis I
(1473–1523)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Philip III
(1504–1559)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Albert
(1537–1593)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Philip IV
(1542–1602)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
in Saarbrucken

Louis II
(1565–1627)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
in Ottweiler
William
(1570–1597)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
in Weilburg
John Casimir
(1577–1602)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
in Gleiberg
William Louis
(1590–1640)
Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

John
(1603–1677)
Count of Nassau-Idstein

Counts of Nassau-Idstein
ext.1721
Ernest Casimir
(1607–1655)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
John Louis
(1625–1690)
Count of Nassau-Ottweiler

ext. 1728
Gustav Adolph
(1632–1677)
Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken

ext. 1723
Walrad
(1635–1702)
Count & Prince of Nassau-Usingen

ext. 1816
Frederick
(1640–1675)
Count of Nassau-Weilburg
John Ernst
(1664–1719)
Count & Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Charles August
(1685–1753)
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Charles Ernst
(1689–1709)
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
(1743–1787)
Charles Christian
(1735–1788)
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Frederick William
(1768–1816)
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

William
(1792–1839)
Duke of Nassau

William
(1792–1839)
Duke of Nassau


Adolphe
(1817–1905)

Grand Duke of Luxembourg
r. 1890–1905

William IV
(1852–1912)

Grand Duke of Luxembourg
r. 1905–1912

Marie-Adélaïde
(1894–1924)

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
r. 1912–1919

Charlotte
(1896–1985)

Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
r. 1919–1964

House of Luxembourg-Nassau

Category:Roman Catholic families Category:House of Nassau Category:Illegitimate children of monarchs Category:People from Gembloux Category:1530 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire Category:16th-century establishments in the Habsburg Netherlands Category:1832 disestablishments in the Netherlands

  1. ^ Louda, Jiri; Maclagan, Michael (December 12, 1988), "Netherlands and Luxembourg, Table 33", Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (1st (U.S.) ed.), Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.
  2. ^ Hay, Mark Edward (1 June 2016). "The House of Nassau between France and Independence, 1795–1814: Lesser Powers, Strategies of Conflict Resolution, Dynastic Networks". The International History Review. 38 (3): 482–504. doi:10.1080/07075332.2015.1046387. S2CID 155502574.

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