Walram Line

The Walram Line
(1255-1985)

Counts of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, and Weilburg

(1255-1344)

Walram II (1220-1276), Count of Nassau

• Walram II (1220-1276), Count of Nassau.

Adolph (c. 1255-1298) Count of Nassau, King of the Romans

• Adolph (c. 1255-1298) Count of Nassau, King of the Romans from 1292.
• Gerlach I (1288- 1361) Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau. In 1344 he abdicated. Son of Emperor Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.

Sons of Gerlach I of Nassau:

• Adolf I (1307– 1370) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein from 1344.
• John I (1309-1371) Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1344.
• Ruprecht of Nassau-Sonnenberg (d. 1390) Count of Nassau-Sonnenberg, dsp

Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

(1344–1370)

Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden

(1370–1393)

Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

(1393–1480)

Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden

(1480–1509)

Counts of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

(1509–1605) to Nassau-Weilburg

Count of Nassau

• Adolf I (1307– 1370) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein from 1344. Elder son of  Gerlach I (1288- 1361) Count of Nassau.
• Gerlach II (1333–1386) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden
• Walram IV (1354 – 1393) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden
• Adolph II (1386 – 1426) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, son of Walram IV (1354 – 1393) Count of Nassau-Idstein.
• John II (1419 – 1480) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
• Adolf IV (1443 – 1511) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden, later Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
• Philip I (1490 – 1558) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
• Philip II (1516 – 1566) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
• Balthasar (1520 – 1568) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
• John Louis I (1567 – 1596) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
• John Louis II (1596 – 1605) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.

• Adolph II (or III) of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (c. 1423 – 6 September 1475) Archbishop of Mainz, son of Adolph II (1386 – 1426) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.

Count of Nassau-Idstein, Elder Line

(1370–1393) to Nassau-Wiesbaden

Counts of Nassau-Idstein, Younger Line

(1480–1509) to Nassau-Wiesbaden

Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein

• Adolf I (1307– 1370) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein from 1344.
• Walram IV (1354 – 1393) Count of Nassau-Idstein. Younger son of Adolf I (1307– 1370) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
• Adolph II (1386 – 1426) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
• John II (1419 – 1480) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.
• Philip (1450 – 1509) Count of Nassau-Idstein. Younger son John II (1419 – 1480) Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein.

Counts of Nassau-Weilburg

(1344-1627)

Count of Nassau-Weilburg

• John I (1309-1371) Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1344. Younger son of Gerlach I (1288- 1361) Count of Nassau.
• Philipp I (1368 – 1429) Count of Nassau in Weilburg, Count of Saarbrücken from 1381 and Seigneur of Commercy.
• Philip II (1418 – 1492) Count of Nassau-Weilburg. Elder son of Philipp I (1368 – 1429) Count of Nassau.
• John III of Nassau-Weilburg (1441 – 1480) Count of Nassau-Weilburg.
• Louis I (1473 – 1523) Count of Nassau in Weilburg. Younger son of Philipp I (1368 – 1429) Count of Nassau.
• Philip III (1504 – 1559) Count of Nassau in Weilburg
• Albert (1537– 1593) Count of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler.
• Philip IV or III (1542 – 1602) Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1559 and also Count of Nassau-
• Saarbrücken from 1574.

Louis II (1565 – 1627) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

• Louis II (1565 – 1627) Count of Nassau-Weilburg. Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein from 1605.  He had in 1605 re-united all the possessions of the Walram line of the House of Nassau.Married Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel (1567–1626) daughter of William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
  

Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Elder Line

(1381-1574) to Nassau-Weilburg

Count of Nassau in Weilburg

• Philipp I (1368 – 1429) Count of Nassau in Weilburg, Count of Saarbrücken from 1381 and Seigneur of Commercy.
• John II (1423– 1472) Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken. Younger son of Philipp I (1368 – 1429) Count of Nassau. Knight of the Crescent.
• John Louis (1472 – 1545) Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken.
• Philip II (1509 –1554) Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken.
• John III (1511 – 1574) Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken.

Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg lands were divided in 1629 between his sons:

• William Louis (1590–1640) Count of Saarbrücken.
• John (1603–1677) Count of Nassau-Idstein
• Ernest Casimir (1607–1655) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Younger Line

(1629-1723) to Nassau-Ottweiler

William Louis (1590–1640) Count of Saarbrücken

• William Louis (1590–1640) Count of Saarbrücken. Married Countess Anna Amalia of Baden-Durlach (1595–1651), daughter of George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

Gustav Adolph (1632–1677) Count of Saarbrücken

• Gustav Adolph (1632–1677) Count of Saarbrücken. Married Landgravine Eleonore Klara of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1632–1709) daughter of the Crato, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein.

Louis Crato (1663 – 1713) Count of Saarbrücken

• Louis Crato (1663 – 1713) Count of Saarbrücken. Married Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1679–1751) daughter of Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Charles Louis (1665 – 1723) Count of Saarbrücken later Count of Nassau-Idstein.

• Charles Louis (1665 – 1723) Count of Saarbrücken, from 1721 Count of Nassau-Idstein. Married his cousin Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler (1685 – 1761) daughter of Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler.

Counts of Nassau-Ottweiler

(1640-1728) to Nassau-Usingen

John Louis (1625 – 1690) Count of Nassau-Ottweiler

• John Louis (1625 – 1690) Count of Nassau-Ottweiler. Eldest son of William Louis (1590–1640) Count of Saarbrücken. Married Dorothea Catherine (1634-1715) daughter of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler.

Frederick Louis (1651– 1728) Count of Nassau-Ottweiler, Count of Nassau-Idstein  and Count of Saarbrücken

• Frederick Louis (1651– 1728) Count of Nassau-Ottweiler, Count of Nassau-Idstein from 1721 and Count of Saarbrücken from 1723. Married firstly Countess Christiane of Ahlefeldt (1659–1695) daughter of Frederick, Count of Ahlefeldt and secondly Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (11 April 1662 – 1751) daughter of Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg.

Counts of Nassau-Idstein

(1629-1721) to Nassau-Ottweiler

John (1603 – 1677) Count of Nassau-Idstein

• John (1603 – 1677) Count of Nassau-Idstein. Married Sibylla Magdalena of Baden-Durlach (1605 –  1644) daughter of George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

George August Samuel (1665 – 1721) Count of Nassau-Idstein

• George August Samuel (1665 – 1721) Count of Nassau-Idstein. Married Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen (1672–1728) daughter of Albert Ernest I, Prince of Oettingen

Counts of Nassau-Usingen

(1659-1688)

Princes of Nassau-Usingen

(1688-1806)

Duke of Nassau

(1806-1816) to Nassau-Weilburg

Walrad (1635– 1702) Prince of Nassau-Usingen

• Walrad (1635– 1702) Count of Nassau-Usingen from 1659, created Prince in 1688. Younger son of William Louis (1590–1640) Count of Saarbrücken. Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire and Knight of the Order of the White Eagle. Married firstly Catherine Françoise, Comtesse de Croÿ-Roeulx (1652–1686) daughter of Eustache de Croÿ-Roeulx, Duc de Croÿ and secondly Countess Magdalena Elizabeth of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1662–1733) daughter of Ferdinand Karl,  Count Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.

William Henry (1684-1718) Prince of Nassau-Usingen

• William Henry (1684-1718) Prince of Nassau-Usingen. Married Charlotte Amalia (1680–1738) daughter of Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Charles (1712–1775) Prince of Nassau-Usingen

• Charles (1712–1775) Prince of Nassau-Usingen. Inherited the counties of Nassau-Ottweiler, Nassau-Idstein and Nassau-Saarbrücken in 1728. Nassau-Saarbrücken divided to his brother in 1735. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle and Knight of the Order of the Elephant.  Married firstly Duchess Christine Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach (1711–1740) daughter of John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach and secondly morganatically Magdalene Gross (b. 1712). Created Countess von Biebrich.

Charles William (1735-1803) Prince of Nassau-Usingen

• Charles William (1735-1803) Prince of Nassau-Usingen. Titular Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken from 1797. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle and Knight of the Order of the Elephant.  Married Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1734 – 1810) daughter of Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim.

Frederick Augustus (1738-1816) Prince of Nassau-Usingen later and Duke of Nassau

• Frederick Augustus (1738-1816) Prince of Nassau-Usingen until 1806 and Duke of Nassau (1806-1816).  Married Princess Luise of Waldeck (1751-1816) daughter of Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Princes of Nassau-Saarbrücken

(1735-1797) to Nassau-Usingen

William Henry (1718 – 1768) Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken

• William Henry (1718 – 1768) Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken. Younger son of William Henry (1684-1718) Prince of Nassau-Usingen. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle and Knight of The Order of Military Merit. Married Sophie (1725–1795) daughter of George William, Count of Erbach-Fürstenau.

Louis (1745 – 1794) Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Duke of Dillingen

• Louis (1745 – 1794) Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Duke of Dillingen. Married Wilhelmine of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1751–1780) daughter of Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, Knight of the Order of the Elephant and Knight of the Order of Sincerity.

Henry Louis (1768 –1797) Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken

• Henry Louis (1768 –1797) Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken. Married Princess Marie Françoise Maximilienne of Saint Mauris-Montbarrey (1761 – 1838) daughter of Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey, Prince of Montbarrey.
• Adolf Ludwig Karl Mouritz (1789 – 1812) Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken, Duke of Dillingen, Count of Ottweiler. (Morganatic)

Counts of Nassau-Weilburg, Younger Line

(1629-1688)

Princes of Nassau-Weilburg

(1688-1816)

Duke of Nassau

(1816-1866) to Prussia

Grand Dukes of Luxembourg

(1890-1985)

Ernest Casimir (1607 –1655) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

• Ernest Casimir (1607 –1655) Count of Nassau-Weilburg. Married Anna Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (1610–1656) daughter of William II, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg.

Frederick (1640 –1675) Count of Nassau-Weilburg

• Frederick (1640 –1675) Count of Nassau-Weilburg. Married Christiane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg (1646–1678) daughter of Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg

John Ernst (1664 – 1719) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

• John Ernst (1664 – 1719) Count of Nassau-Weilburg, created Prince in 1688. Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire and Knight of The Royal Order of Saint Hubert. Married Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg (1662 – 1725) daughter of Friedrich Emich, Count of Leiningen-Hardenburg.

Charles August (1685 –1753) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

• Charles August (1685 –1753) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Married Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein (1699–1750) daughter of George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein.

Charles Christian (1735 – 1788) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

• Charles Christian (1735 – 1788) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Knight of the Order of the Elephant. Married firstly Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743 – 1787) daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and secondly morganatically Barbara Giessen of Kirchheim.

Frederick William (1768 – 1816) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg later Prince of Nassau

• Frederick William (1768 – 1816) Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, created Prince of Nassau in 1806. Knight of the Order of the Elephant. Married Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg (1772 - 1827) daughter of Willem George, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg, Burgrave of Kirchberg.

Wilhelm (1792 – 1839) Duke of Nassau

• Wilhelm (1792 – 1839) Joint sovereign Duke of Nassau from 1816 with Frederick Augustus (1738-1816) Duke of Nassau, then sole sovereign. Married firstly Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794 – 1825) daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, later Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and secondly Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810 – 1856) daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg.

Adolphe (1817 – 1905) Duke of Nassau

Adolphe (1817 – 1905) Grand Duke of Luxembourg

• Adolphe (1817 – 1905) Duke of Nassau until 1866, then Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1890. Married firstly Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826 – 1845) daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia and secondly Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (1833 – 1916) daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau. Founder of The Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau in 1858.

William IV (1852 – 1912) Grand Duke of Luxembourg

• William IV (1852 – 1912) Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Married Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (1861 – 1942) daughter of Miguel, King of Portugal.
• Marie-Adélaïde (1894 – 1924) Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 until 1919.

Charlotte (1896 – 1985) Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

• Charlotte (1896 – 1985) Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 until 1964. Married Prince Félix of Bourbon-Parma (1893 – 1970) later Prince Félix of Luxembourg, son of Robert I, Duke of Parma.

Grand Dukes of Luxembourg (Bourbon-Parma)

(1985)

 Jean (b. 1921) Grand Duke of Luxembourg

•  Jean (b. 1921) Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 until 2000. Prince of Bourbon-Parma. Married Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005) daughter of Leopold III, King of the Belgians.
• Henri (b. 1955) Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince of Bourbon-Parma. Married María Teresa Mestre y Batista (b.1956) daughter of José Antonio Mestre y Álvarez.