Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Spouse(s)	Christiane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg
Noble family	House of Nassau
Father	Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Mother	Anna Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg
Born	26 April 1640 Metz
Died	8 September 1675 (aged 35)

Frederick of Nassau-Weilburg (born 26 April 1640 in Metz; died: 8 September 1675) was the ruling Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1655 to 1675.

He was the son of Ernest Casimir (1607–1655) and his wife Anna Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (1610–1656).

His parents fled to Metz during the Thirty Years' War. Frederick was born in Metz and spent his early years there. After the end of the war, the family returned to a devastated country. Frederick inherited Nassau-Weilburg in 1655. As he was still a minor at the time, his uncle John acted as regent. When he married in 1663, he was declared an adult and took up government himself.

In 1672, the Franco-Dutch war broke out. Nassau-Weilburg remained neutral, but suffered nevertheless from troops passing through.

Frederick died in 1675 of a riding accident. Count John Louis acted as regent for Frederick's children, who were still minors.

Marriage and issue

Frederick married on 26 May 1663 with Christiane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg (1646–1678). She was the daughter of Count Ernest of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg (1599–1649). They had the following children:

• John Ernst (born: 13 June 1664; died: 27 January 1719), married in 1683 with Marie Polyxena of Leiningen-Hartsburg (1662–1725)
• Frederick William Louis (born: 21 August 1665; died: 14 August 1684, fell in battle before Buda)
• Marie Christiane (born: 6 November 1666; died: 18 December 1734)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

16. Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg               8. Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg                       17. Anna of Mansfeld-Hinterort               4. Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg                             18. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg               9. Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg                       19. Juliana of Stolberg               2. Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Weilburg                                   20. Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse               10. William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel                       21. Christine of Saxony               5. Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel                             22. Christopher, Duke of Württemberg               11. Sabine of Württemberg                       23. Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Ansbach               1. Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg                                         24. William I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein               12. Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein                       25. Johanetta of Isenburg-Neumagen               6. William II of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg                             26. Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach               13. Elisabeth of Solms-Laubach                       27. Agnes of Wied               3. Anna Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg                                   28. Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (= 16)               14. Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (= 8)                       29. Anna of Mansfeld-Hinterort (= 17)               7. Anna Ottilie of Nassau-Weilburg                             30. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (= 18)               15. Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg (= 9)                       31. Juliana of Stolberg (= 19)

References

• Christian Daniel Vogel, Beschreibung des herzogthums Nassau, p. 355 Online
• Fried Köllner, Geschichte des vormaligen Nassau-Sarbrück'schen Landes und seiner Regenten, p. 338 ff Online

External links

• Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of Nassau". Genealogy.EU.