Nassau (state)
Duchy of Nassau |
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State of the Confederation of the Rhine State of the German Confederation |
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The duchy within the German Confederation in 1815 | ||||||
Capital | Weilburg Wiesbaden (after 1816) |
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Government | Principality | |||||
Historical era | Modern era | |||||
- | Duchy established | 1806 | ||||
- | Constitution | 1814 | ||||
- | Joined German Confederation |
1815 | ||||
- | Annexed by Prussia | 1866 | ||||
- | Adolphe became Grd Duke Luxembourg |
1890 |
Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire and later in the German Confederation. Its ruling dynasty, now extinct in male line, was the House of Nassau.
Read more about Nassau (state): Origins, County of Nassau-Weilburg, County of Nassau-Dillenburg, Duchy of Nassau