Nassau (state)

Nassau (state)

Duchy of Nassau
State of the Confederation of the Rhine
State of the German Confederation





1806–1866
Flag Coat of arms
The duchy within the German Confederation in 1815
Capital Weilburg
Wiesbaden (after 1816)
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