Unified Ottonian Countries
This page covers the countries under which all Ottonian Nassuvian lands were unified in a single country—one created upon the initial partition of Nassuvian lands between the Ottonian and Walramian lines (not covered by the database), one the result of a 1561 reunification (repartitioned in 1607), and one the result of a 1743 reunification that lasted until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. The fragments that were reunited are recognized as Landesteile of the unified countries.
Index of simplified country names referenced on this page
County of Nassau-Dillenburg
- Simplified country name: Dillenburg (1)
- Nation: Nassuvian Germany [Ottonian line]
- Chronology
- 1255: Founded upon the partition of Nassau between the Ottonian line (Dillenburg) and Walramian line (Weilburg)
- 1303: Partitioned into three countries—Dillenburg, Siegen, and Hadamar
- 1328: Inherited by Siegen, but retained Dillenburg name
- 1343: Spun off Beilstein
- 1394: Reacquired Hadamar
- 1561: Reacquired Beilstein, thereby reuniting all Ottonian lands\beginning of database
- 1564: Entered into a personal union with the County of Diez
- 1607: Partitioned among five countries
- Successors
- Personal unions
- Nassau-Dillenburg as primary
- County of Diez (1564-1607)
- Nassau-Dillenburg as primary
(1) I omit “Nassau-” from the simplified name because it is redundant with the nation name. All countries with simplified names beginning with “Dillenburg” should be understood to belong to the Ottonian line.
Subdivisions of the County of Nassau-Dillenburg before the 1607 partition
- Landesteil Beilstein
- Herrschaft Beilstein1561 - 1607
- Amt Driedorf1561 - 1607
- Herrschaft zum Westerwald1561 - 1607
- Amt Löhnberg (75%)1561 - 1607
- Freier Grund (50%)1561 - 1607
- Amt Wehrheim (50%)1561 - 1607
- Landesteil Dillenburg
- Stadt and Amt Dillenburg1561 - 1607
- Amt Ebersbach1561 - 1607
- Stadt and Amt Haiger1561 - 1607
- Stadt and Amt Herborn1561 - 1607
- Amt Tringenstein1561 - 1607
- Landesteil Hadamar
- Amt Ellar1561 - 1607
- Stadt and Amt Hadamar1561 - 1607
- Vogtei Isselbach1561 - 1607
- Gericht Esterau (75%)1561 - 1607
- Herrschaft Altweilnau (50%)1561 - 1607
- Amt Kirberg (50%)1561 - 1607
- Amt Camberg (25%)1561 - 1607
- Landesteil Siegen
- Amt Ferndorf-Krombach1561 - 1607
- Amt Freudenberg1561 - 1607
- Gericht vorm Hain1561 - 1607
- Amt Hilchenbach1561 - 1607
- Amt Netphen1561 - 1607
- Stadt Siegen1561 - 1607
Principality of Orange-Nassau
- Simplified country name: Orange-Nassau (2)
- Nation: Nassuvian Germany [Ottonian line]
- Predecessors:
- Chronology
- 1743: Created upon the termination of the Catholic Siegen line, thereby reuniting all Ottonian lands (3)
- 1747: Entered into personal union with the Netherlands
- 1795: Personal union ended upon French invasion of the Netherlands
- 1806: Terminated upon demise of the Holy Roman Empire/end of database
- Successor: Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda (Napoleonic client)
- Personal unions
- Orange-Nassau as primary
- County of Spiegelberg (1743-1806)
- Orange-Nassau as secondary
- Netherlandic Republic (1747-1795)
- Orange-Nassau as primary
(2) Adopting the Orange-Nassau name in 1743 is somewhat arbitrary. The Prince inherited Orange in 1702, but there was no official date of transition between the names “Nassau-Dillenburg-Diez” and “Orange-Nassau”. 1743 is a convenient date because it marks the reunification of Ottonian lands in a single country.
(3) Nassau-Dillenburg-Diez had already absorbed territory from Beilstein, Hadamar, and Siegen (Calvinist line). The Dillenburg had died out in 1739, but Diez did not assert control until the last competing line—the Catholic Siegen line—had died out.
Subdivisions of the Principality of Orange-Nassau after the 1743 reunification
- Landesteil Diez
- Amt Dauborn1743 - 1806
- Amt Diez1743 - 1806
- Amt Beilstein, Herrschaft Beilstein1743 - 1782
- Amt Beilstein, Herrschaft zum Westerwald1743 - 1782
- Amt Marienberg1782 - 1806
- Landesteil Hadamar
- Stadt and Amt Hadamar1743 - 1744
- ___and again1775 - 1806
- Amt Mengerskirchen-Ellar1743 - 1744
- Amt Ellar-Mengerskirchen1775 - 1790
- Amt Ellar1790 - 1806
- Amt Mengerskirchen1790 - 1806
- Amt Stuhlgebiet1743 - 1744
- Amt Rennerod1775 - 1806
- Amtskollegium Hadamar1744 - 1775
- Landesteil Dillenburg
- Stadt and Amt Dillenburg1743 - 1806
- Amt Driedorf1743 - 1806
- Amt Ebersbach1743 - 1806
- Stadt and Amt Haiger1743 - 1806
- Stadt and Amt Herborn1743 - 1806
- Amt Tringenstein1743 - 1806
- Landesteil Siegen
- Amt Ferndorf-Krombach1743 - 1806
- Amt Freudenberg1743 - 1806
- Amt Hilchenbach1743 - 1806
- Amt Netphen1743 - 1806
- Stadt Siegen1743 - 1806
- Amt der Vierdorfschaften1743 - 1806
- Gericht vorm Hain1743 - 1806
- Condominia
- Amt Löhnberg (75%)1743 - 1773
- Gericht der Vierherrischen, Marienfels Viertel1743 - 1774
- Amt Nassau (50%)1743 - 1806
- Vogtei Ems (50%)1743 - 1806
- Amt Camberg (50%)1743 - 1806
- Amt Kirberg (50%)1743 - 1806
- Freier Grund (50%)1743 - 1806
- Amt Wehrheim (50%)1743 - 1806
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