Adolf (Nassau-Schaumburg)

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Peter Boy : Miniature of Adolf Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg-Schaumburg in the Reichsmuseum Amsterdam
Nassau-Schaumburg Coat of Arms

Adolf von Nassau-Schaumburg (also: Nassau-Dillenburg , * January 23, 1629 - December 19, 1676 ) was the founder of the short-lived Nassau-Schaumburg line .

He was the son of Ludwig Heinrich (* 1594; † 1662), count, from 1654 Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg , and his first wife Katharina von Sayn-Wittgenstein (* 1588; † 1651).

As a later son, he only received the Driedorf office from his father's inheritance .

Through his marriage in 1653 with Charlotte von Holzapfel (* 1640, † 1707) the daughter of General Peter Melander of Holzappel he obtained from the law of succession, the investiture of the county Holzappel and the glory of Schaumburg , after which he henceforth be Count of Nassau-Schaumburg called and founded the line of the same name of his family. When his father was given the hereditary title of prince in 1654, Adolf also took on the title of Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg. Since all his sons died before him, the Nassau-Schaumburg line was extinguished when he died in 1676. After his death, Holzappel and Schaumburg fell to Lebrecht von Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym , the husband of his youngest daughter, who ran the Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg line. Hoym reasoned.

The couple had the following children:

  • Catharina (* 1659)
  • Agnes (* 1660)
  • Wilhelm Ludwig (* 1661)
  • Ernestina Charlotte (* 1662; † 1732), ⚭ I) 1678 Wilhelm Moritz von Nassau-Siegen (* 1649; † 1691), ⚭ II) Friedrich Philipp von Geuder called von Rabensteiner († 13 May 1727), councilor and court master too Bernburg
  • Johanna Elisabeth (* 1663; † February 9, 1700), ⚭ 1692 Friedrich Adolf von Lippe-Detmold
  • Louise Henriette (* / † 1665)
  • Karl Heinrich (* 1670)
  • Charlotte (* 1673; † 1700), ⚭ 1692 Lebrecht von Anhalt-Bernburg-Hoym

literature

  • Johann Samuelersch, Johann Gottfried Gruber: General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts in alphabetical order. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig 1818, p. 430 ( digitized version ).

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SURNAME Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adolf of Nassau-Dillenburg; Adolf von Nassau-Schaumburg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Nassau-Schaumburg, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1629
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 1676