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 Genealogy of the British Royal Family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adolf, Count of Palatine of the Rhine, son of Rudolf I, Duke of Upper Bavaria and Mathilde of Nassau, daughter of Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
Rupert II, Count of Palatine of the Rhine, son of Adolf, Count of Palatine of the Rhine and Irmengarde of Oettingen.
Rupert III, Elector of Palatine, son of Rupert II, Count of Palatine of the Rhine and Beatrice of Sicily, daughter of King Peter II of Sicily.
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 Adolf of Nassau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans (1291–98) and Count of Nassau (1277–98)
Adolf of Nassau, brother of Louis of Nassau and William I of Orange, killed in the Battle of Heiligerlee on May 23, 1568.
Among various individuals with the name Adolf of Nassau are:
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 Knowledge King - Albert I of Habsburg
The armies of the rival kings met at Gollheim near Worms, where Adolf was defeated and slain, and Albert submitted to a fresh election.
Albert had failed in his attempt to seize Holland and Zeeland, as vacant fiefs of the Empire, on the death of Count John I in 1299, but in 1306 he secured the crown of Bohemia for his son Rudolph on the death of King Wenceslaus III.
A rising among his Swabian dependants compelled Albert to recognize the sovereignty of his rival, and to confine himself to the government of the Habsburg territories.
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 CalendarHome.com - 1255 - Calendar Encyclopedia
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans (approximate date; died 1298)
The German state of Nassau is divided, not to be reunited until 1806.
Hulagu Khan is dispatched by his brother Möngke Khan to destroy the remaining Muslim states in southwestern Asia.
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 Nassau
Adolf of Nassau was chosen Holy Roman Emperor (1292-1298).
In 1805 the two parts of Nassau were attached to the French-sponsored Confederation of the Rhine.
Maurice, son of William of Orange, the stadholder of Holland (1555-1584), held the title of Nassau.
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 Nassau-Weilburg Royal Family
See 34 and 45.21 - Adolf became Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxemburg on 23 November 1890 having previously lost his throne of Nassau on 20 September 1866 when it was annexed to Prussia.
See 34 and 4.J2 - Adolf became Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxemburg on 23 November 1890 having previously lost his throne of Nassau on 20 September 1866 when it was annexed to Prussia.
See 22.144 - Wilhelm inherited the principality of Nassau-Weilburg from his father on 9 January 1816 and the Duchy of Nassau-Usingen from a distant relative only two months later on 24 March 1816.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 10123
She married Adolf Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, son of Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus Herzog von Nassau-Weilburg and Luise Prinzessin von Sachsen-Altenburg, on 23 April 1851.
He was the son of Adolf Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg and Adelheid Marie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Dessau.
She married Wilhelm IV von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, son of Adolf Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg and Adelheid Marie Prinzessin von Anhalt-Dessau, on 21 June 1893 in Schloss Fischhorn, Zell am See, Germany.
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 NASSAU FACTS AND INFORMATION
Nassau (bet): a type of bet between golfers that is essentially three separate bets.
Nassau Stakes: a horse race in the UK Nassau Sound: a body of water in the U.S. state of Florida
Nassau agreement: a treaty between the United States and Britain trading US-built Polaris missiles for rights to lease a nuclear submarine base in the Holy Loch, near Glasgow
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 11502
     Walram II Graf von Nassau-Weilburg was the son of Heinrich II von Nassau.
     Rupert IV von Nassau is the son of Walram I Graf von Nassau.
     Rupert II von Nassau is the son of Rupert I von Nassau.
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 Adolf --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The son of Duke William of Nassau-Weilburg and Charlotte of Saxony, Adolf became duke of Nassau upon his father's death (1839).
also called Adolf, Duke (Herzog) von Nassau, in full Adolf Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich duke of Nassau from 1839 to 1867, who, as grand duke of Luxembourg from 1890 to 1905, was the first ruler of that autonomous duchy.
The rise of Adolf Hitler to the position of dictator of Germany is the story of a frenzied ambition that plunged the world into the worst war in history.
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 History of Pomerania
After the line of the dukes of Pomerania died out in 1294, strifes broke out and in 1295 Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg verified the Lehnshoheit of Brandenburg over Pomerania.
From Brandenburg it was dispensed to the sons of Barnim I, Otto I and Bogislaw IV.
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 July 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1298 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1298 - Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans
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 Walramian Nassau. (from Nassau) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Adolf's descendants, however, partitioned their lands, and by the late 18th century the Walramian inheritance was divided between the Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Usingen branches.
Walram II's son, Adolf of Nassau, was the German king from 1292 to 1298.
The present-day royal heads of The Netherlands and Luxembourg are descended from this family, called the house of Nassau.
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 Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
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 Rxpress - 1298 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
July 2 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
July 2 - Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans
End of the reign of Emperor Fushimi, emperor of Japan
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 Chronology of Luxembourg
His daughter Wilhelmina became Queen of the Netherlands, but Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg became Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Marie-Adelaide, granddaughter of Adolf, became Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
Completion of Pont Adolf joining older and newer parts of Luxembourg city.
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 adolf of nassau weilburg - OneLook Dictionary Search
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 LODEWIJK VAN NASSAU-WEILBURG
2 mrt 1548, dochter van ADOLF VAN NASSAU-WIESBADEN en MARGARETHA VAN HANAU-LICHTENBERG
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 (Anna VON NASSAU-DILLENBURG - Karl Christian VON NASSAU-WEILBURG )
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 Adolf of Nassau Weilburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Nassau
), son of Walram II, was king of Germany (1292-98); later, line divided into several branches but by 1816 all extinct except Nassau-Weilburg \-vil-burk\ ; erected into a duchy (1806); when Duke Adolf (1817-1905, q.v.
) also inherited the principality of Orange; at Rene' s death without issue, all lands went to his cousin William I, Count of Nassau, who founded first line of Orange-Nassau.
Full name Adolf ( or Adolph) William Charles Frederick Augustus.
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 Adolf of Nassau
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans (1291-98) and Count of Nassau (1277-98)
Adolf, Grand Duke of Luxemburg (1890-1905) and Duke of Nassau (1839-66)
Nassau article @ Euro Online Encyclopedia'>Adolf of Nassau
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 Family Connections of Richard Maria Wilhelm Oberwinder
Only in the year 1907, on the occasion of the inauguration of the monument for the last duke of Nassau, Adolf, both women saw each other again in the Weilburger castle park.
Karoline Oberwinder remained in Weilburg, where through decades the Weilburger youth met around her, her old Nassau narrations listened to, and the girls knitting around her learned of the past.
In the events of 1866, the Nassau duchy became a Prussian province.
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 Succession in Nassau and Luxemburg
However, the rights of the other branch of Nassau came into play, and the grand-duchy passed to the duke of Nassau (Weilburg), headed by Duke Adolf of Nassau (1817-1905).
Adolf succeeded William III: they were separated by 37 degrees of kinship (they were 17th cousins once removed, in male line), which must be a record distance between two consecutive rulers.
This law elicited a protest: Adolf had a younger brother Nikolaus (1832-1905) who married without consent and unequally, to a daughter of the Russian poet Pushkin, who was created Grafin von Merenberg in Waldeck (Jul 29, 1868), title authorized in Prussia (Jul 22, 1881) where the Merenbergs resided, in Wiesbaden.
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 Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg
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 Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg - Art & Literature : Information Portal
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg - Art & Literature : Information Portal
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 Adolf
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg Adolf of Nassau was King of the Romans 1298.
Adolf of Nassau Among various individuals with the name Adolf of Nassau are: Nassau (1277-98) Nassau (1839-66)...
Adolf Frederick of Sweden Adolf Frederick of Sweden, or Adolf Fredrik (1771).
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 Adolf
Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg Adolf of Nassau was King of the Romans 1298.
Adolf of Nassau Among various individuals with the name Adolf of Nassau are: Nassau (1277-98) Nassau (1839-66)...
Adolf Frederick of Sweden Adolf Frederick of Sweden, or Adolf Fredrik (1771).
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