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| | Adolf -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
 | | Adolf of Nassau (centre), ivory carving, 13th century; in the Germanic National Museum,
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 | | also called Adolf, Count (Graf) Von Nassau German king from May 5, 1292, to June 23, 1298, when he was deposed in favour of his Habsburg opponent, Albert I. |
 | | Adolf, who was count of Nassau from 1277 and a mercenary soldier of repute, was chosen king at Frankfurt by the German electors, who preferred him to Albert as successor to Albert's father, Rudolf I, the first Habsburg king. |
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