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Adolf (c. 1255 – 2 July 1298) was the count of Nassau from about 1276 and the elected king of Germany from 1292 until his deposition by the prince-electors in 1298. [1] [2] He was never crowned by the pope, which would have secured him the imperial title.
In 1355, the County of Nassau-Weilburg was divided among the sons of Gerlach. The County of Nassau's holdings would be subdivided many times among heirs, with the parts being brought together again whenever a line died out. Wiesbaden became the seat of the County of Nassau-Wiesbaden under Count Adolf I (1307–1370), eldest son of Gerlach.
- 1093; 930 years ago
This line also included Adolph of Nassau, who was elected King of the Romans in 1292. The descendants of Otto became known as the Ottonian Line, and they inherited parts of the County of Nassau, as well as properties in France and the Netherlands. [citation needed] The House of Orange-Nassau stems from the younger Ottonian Line.
- 1544; 479 years ago
- William the Silent
Jun 5, 2021 · ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795–1862), English lawyer and author, was the son of John Adolphus (1768–1845), a well-known London barrister who wrote a History of England to 1783 (1802), a History of France from 1790 (1803) and other works. He was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School and at St. John’s College, Oxford.
Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel and Adolph of Nassau issued the necessary instructions soon after the annexations became formalized, as did Georg V with some delay in December 1866. Defiance would have achieved little except to endanger the careers of their subordinates and to jeopardize the return of family assets seized by Prussia.
Jun 9, 2020 · Nassau Farm, founded in 1843, was on the William Jack league in northeast Fayette County near Round Top. The plantation was owned by the Adelsverein, a society organized by German noblemen to promote immigration to Texas. Representatives of the society, Count Joseph of Boos-Waldeck and Count Victor of Leiningen, purchased the undeveloped league ...
CLEMENT V AND EMPEROR HENRY VII.—In pursuance of the vast ambitions of the French monarchy (Pierre Dubois, “De recuperatione terrae sanctae”, ed. Langlois, Paris, 1891), King Philip was anxious to see his brother Charles of Valois chosen King of Germany in succession to the murdered Adolph of Nassau, of course with a view of obtaining ...
