Frederick Louis of Nassau-Ottweiler (13 November 1651 – 25 May 1728) was a member of the

House of Nassau The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled "Count o ...

Biography

He was born in

Ottweiler Ottweiler () is a municipality, former seat of the district of Neunkirchen, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated on the river Blies The Blies () is a right tributary of the Saar in southwestern Germany (Saarland) and northeastern France (Mosel ...

, the son of

John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler (23 May 1625, Saarbrücken – 9 February 1690, Reichelsheim, was first Count of Nassau-Ottweiler. At times, he was Major General, Regent of the other Nassau territories and chief of the House of Nassa ...

and

Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (3 July 1634 – 7 December 1715) was a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler by birth and, by marriage, Countess of Nassau-Ottweiler. Life Dorothea Catherine ...

. He was count of Nassau-Ottweiler from 1680 until his death. From 1721, he was also Count of Nassau-Idstein; from 1723 also Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken. When he died in

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

, without a male heir, his territories fell to his cousin

Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...

of Nassau-Usingen after his death in 1728.

Family

Frederick Louis married on 28 July 1680 with Countess Christiane von

Ahlefeldt The House of Ahlefeldt is an ancient German nobility, German and Danish nobility, Danish nobility, noble family. It has similar coat of arms with the :de:Rumohr (Adelsgeschlecht), von Rumohr family, which indicates that they have descended from o ...

(1659–95), the daughter of Count Friedrich von Ahlefeldt and his first wife Countess Margarethe Dorothea zu Rantzau (1642-1665). They had eight daughters: * Dorothea Friederike (1681–1691) * Charlotte Marie (1684–1690) * Christiane Charlotte (1685–1761), married first

Charles Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken Charles Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (6 January 1665 – 6 December 1723) was the son of Count Gustav Adolf of Nassau-Saarbrücken and Countess Clara Eleanor of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein. He was born in Saarbrücken, but was brought up b ...

; secondly

Frederick III, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Frederick III James of Hesse-Homburg (19 May 1673, in Cölln – 8 June 1746, in 's-Hertogenbosch) was a Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Life Frederick III James was the second son of Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg (1633–1708), the famou ...

* Louise (1686–1773), married

Charles, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun Wild- and Rhinegrave Charles of Salm-Dhaun (21 September 1675 – 26 March 1733) was Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun from 1693 to 1733. He was born in Hochstetten-Dhaun, the son of Wild- and Rhinegrave John Philip II of Salm-Dhaun and hi ...

(1675–1733) * Sophia Amalia (1688–1753), married Georg Friedrich, Burggraf von Kirchberg zu Hachenburg (1683–1749) * Maria (1690–1714) * Dorothea (1692–1740), married Walrad,

Wild- and Rhinegrave (feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "coun ...

of Salm-Dhaun (1686–1730) * Elenore (1693–1693) After Christiane's death, Frederick Louis married on 27 September 1697 Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 9 April 1751 in

), the daughter of

Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg Count Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg ( in Bouxwiller – 25 April 1666 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg) was a younger son of Count Philipp Wolfgang of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1595–1641) and Countess Johanna of Oettingen-Oettingen (d. 16 ...

and

Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (14 February 1640 – 12 December 1693) was a daughter of Christian I, Count Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (1598–1654) and his first wife, Countess Palatine Magdalene Catherine ...

. This marriage remained childless.

Ancestry

Counts of Nassau House of Nassau 1651 births 1728 deaths 17th-century German people 18th-century German people Counts of Nassau-Saarbrücken {{Germany-count-stub