Unified Walramian Countries
This page covers the countries under which all Walramian 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), and one the result of a 1605 reunification (repartitioned in 1629).
County of Nassau-Weilburg
- Chronology
- 1255: Founded upon the partition of Nassau between the Ottonian line (Dillenburg) and Walramian line (Weilburg)
- 1355: Partitioned into three countries—Weilburg, Idstein, and Sonnenberg
- 1381: Weilburg acquired the County of Saarbrücken, with which it formed a personal union
- 1405: Sonnenberg converted into a condominium between Weilburg and Idstein
- 1442: Saarbrücken line spun off from Weilburg
- 1561: Weilnau line spun off from Weilburg
- 1574: Saarbrücken acquired by Weilnau upon extinction of its line
- 1593: Ottweiler line spun off from Weilburg
- 1597: Weilburg terminated upon extinction of its line and acquisition by Ottweiler
County of Nassau-Ottweiler/Saarbrücken
- Simplified country name: Saarbrücken
- Nation: Nassuvian Germany [Walramian line]
- Chronology
- 1602: Weilnau acquired by Ottweiler upon extinction of its line
- 1605: Idstein acquired by Ottweiler upon extinction of its line, thereby reuniting all Walramian lands under the Ottweiler line, which adopted the Saarbrücken name/beginning of database
- 1629: Partitioned among three countries
- Successors
Subdivisions of the County of Nassau-Saarbrücken after the 1605 reunification
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