Walramian branch of Nassuvian Germany

The original Walramian county was seated in Weilburg and I call it the County of Nassau-Weilburg (although that name did not enter common usage for another century). Weilburg was further partitioned in 1355 between itself (Weilburg-Weilburg), Sonnenberg (which remained independent for only 50 years), and Idstein. Beginning in 1381, Weilburg-Weilburg entered into personal unions with several other countries (most prominently, the Counties of Saarbrücken and Weilnau and the Lordship of Ottweiler). Over the years, each of those countries spent some time as a self-governing country, but by 1602, all of them had reverted to personal unions with Weilburg-Weilburg. Then in 1605, the Idstein line died out, reunifying all Walramian territory in a single country. I begin the database for Walramian countries at that time.

 

To facilitate the identification of Walramian countries, I include “Nassau-Weilburg” in the fully-specified name of all such countries prior to the 1605 reunification. From 1605 onward, however, Walramian entities are prefixed with “Nassau-Saarbrücken-“. While these lines descend genealogically from Nassau-Weilburg, the 1605 inheritance unified the Walramian lands under the Saarbrücken title and seat of government. This prefix is used to distinguish the broader Walramian group from the Ottonian (Nassau-Dillenburg-) group and to reflect the primary political identity of the era. In simplified names, I retain “Saarbrücken-” in the name of Walramian countries and “Dillenburg-” in the name of Ottonian countries. I do not, however, include “Nassau” in the simplified names because it is redundant with the “Nassuvian Germany” nation name.

 

Nassau-Saarbrücken underwent a partition in 1629 into itself (Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken), a revived Weilburg, and a revived Idstein. Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken spun off a revived Ottweiler in 1640 and created Nassau-Usingen in 1659. The Idstein line died out in 1721, followed by the Saarbrücken line in 1723. Both were inherited first by Ottweiler, then by Usingen in 1728, when the Ottweiler line died out. Usingen then spun off a new Saarbrücken. The new Saarbrücken, Usingen, and Weilburg principalities thus became the three Walramian entities that survived until the French occupation (west of the Rhine) or end of the Holy Roman Empire (east of the Rhine).

 

In the following list of countries in Walramian Nassuvian Germany, countries and dates outside the chronological scope of the database are shown in italics. Countries outside the geographic scope (i.e., in France or Jointly-Ruled Germany) are shown in gray.

 

Core Walramian Nassuvian Germany
  • County of Nassau-Weilburg (1255-1355)
    • County of Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg (1355-1605)
      • County of Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg-Gleiberg (1593-1602)
    • County of Nassau-Weilburg-Sonnenberg (1355-1405)
    • County of Nassau-Weilburg-Idstein (1355-1605-1728)
      • County of Nassau-Weilburg-Idstein-Wiesbaden (1480-1509)
    • County of Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken (1381-1605)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg (1381-1442)
      • self-governing (1442-1574)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilnau (1574-1602)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg (1602-1605)
    • County of Nassau-Weilburg-Weilnau (1381-1602)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg (1381-1561)
      • self-governing (1561-1602)
    • Lordship of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler (1381-1605)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg (1381-1442)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken (1442-1545)
      • self-governing Saarbrücken spin-off (1545-1556)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken (1556-1563)
      • self-governing Saarbrücken spin-off (1563-1574)
      • self-governing Weilburg spin-off (1574-1593)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg (1593-1605)
  • County of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1605-1629)
    • County/Principality of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken (1629-1794)
      • Landesteil within Nassau-Saarbrücken (1605-1629)
      • self-governing (1629-1723)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (1723-1728)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Usingen (1728-1735)
      • self-governing (1735-1794)
    • County/Principality of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Weilburg (1629-1806)
      • Landesteil within Nassau-Saarbrücken (1605-1629)
      • self-governing (1629-1806)
    • County/Principality of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein (1629-1728)
      • Landesteil within Nassau-Saarbrücken (1605-1629)
      • self-governing (1629-1721)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken (1721-1723)
      • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (1723-1728)
      • part of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Usingen (1728-1806)
    • Lordship of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (1640-1728)
      • Landesteil within Nassau-Saarbrücken (1605-1629)
      • Landesteil within Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken (1629-1640)
      • self-governing (1640-1728)
      • part of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Usingen (1728-1735)
      • part of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken (1735-1794)
    • County/Principality of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Usingen (1659-1806)
      • part of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1605-1629)
      • part of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken (1629-1659)
      • self-governing (1659-1806)

 

Peripheral Walramian Nassuvian Germany
  • Lordship of Reichelsheim (1556-1605-1806)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg) (1556-1605)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken (1605-1629)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Weilburg (1629-1806)
  • Lordship of Lahr (1605-1728)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken (1605-1629)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken (1629-1723)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Ottweiler (1723-1728)
    • part of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Usingen (1728-1803)
  • County of Sayn-Hachenburg (in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilburg) (1799-1806)
  • County of Sayn-Altenkirchen (in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Usingen) (1803-1806)

 

German condominia between Walramian countries and non-Nassuvian countries
  • Lordship of Lahr-Mahlberg—condominium with Baden; see Jointly-Ruled Germany (1442-1605-1629)
  • Lordship of Camberg—condominium with Ottonian entities and Trier; see Jointly-Ruled Germany
    • Mensfelden
    • Hasselbach
    • Eisenbach/Haintchen

 

Walramian Nassuvian France
  • County of Nassau-Weilburg-Saarwerden (1527-1605)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken (1527-1556)
    • self-governing (1556-1557)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Saarbrücken (1559-1574)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Weilburg-Weilnau (1574-1605)
  • County of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarwerden (1605-1745)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Saarbrücken (1605-1735)
    • in personal union with Nassau-Saarbrücken-Usingen (1735-1745)

 

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