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In 1783, the heads of various branches of the House of Nassau sealed the Nassau Family Pact (Erbverein) to regulate future succession in their states, and to establish a dynastic hierarchy whereby the Prince of Orange-Nassau-Dietz was recognised as President of the House of Nassau.
- Principality of Nassau-Diez
Principality of Orange-Nassau. Today part of. Germany. The...
- Principality of Nassau-Diez
In 1783, the heads of various branches of the House of Nassau sealed the Nassau Family Pact ( Erbverein) to regulate future succession in their states, and to establish a dynastic hierarchy whereby the Prince of Orange-Nassau-Dietz was recognised as President of the House of Nassau. [7] Henry Louis. 9 March 1768.
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Family life
William Frederick was the second son of Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz and Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg. He married Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, the fifth daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange on 2 May 1652 in Cleves. They had three children: 1. Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, married to John William III of Saxe-Eisenach 2. Henry Casimir II, Count of Nassau-Dietz, married to Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau 3. Wilhelmina Sophia Hedwig (1664–1667) The fact that...
Career
As a second son, William Frederick did not seem destined for the career he eventually would follow. He studied at Leiden University and the University of Groningen and subsequently took a commission in the army of the Dutch Republic, like his male ancestors and his brother. As such he was a junior partner of his future father in law and brother in law William II, Prince of Orange. However, his elder brother died in action near Hulstin 1640. As Henry Casimir was unmarried, and did not have chi...
(in Dutch) "Willem Frederik" in De Nederlandsche Leeuw; Maandblad van het Genealogisch-Heraldiek Genootschap. Jrg. 7, No. 12(1889), p. 91
(in German) Wilhelm Friedrich (Fürst von Nassau-Diez, Müller, P. L., in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Bd. 43, Leipzig 1898, p. 133 ff.
The House of Orange-Nassau ( Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau, pronounced [ˈɦœys fɑn oːˌrɑɲə ˈnɑsʌu] [a]) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands. A branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, particularly since William the Silent organised the Dutch Revolt against ...
Sitting on the confluence of the Lahn and Aar rivers, the town and the area have been inhabited by humans since the Stone Age. The old town is dominated by an eleventh century castle, now a youth hostel and museum. It is the ancestral home of the House of Nassau-Dietz, which in 1815 became the Dutch royal family .
Casa de Nassau (en luxemburgués: Haus vun Nassau; en alemán: Haus Nassau) es una familia nobiliaria de Alemania, descendiente de los condes de Laurenburgo, originada hacia 1100. Ese año, dichos nobles construyeron el castillo de Nassau y luego adquirieron posesiones al este del Rin . Desde 1255 se dividió en dos líneas: la de Walram y la de Otón .
