Frederick of Nassau-Weilburg (born 26 April 1640 in

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; died: 8 September 1675) was the ruling Count of

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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

during the

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. Frederick was born in

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

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acted as regent. When he married in 1663, he was declared an adult and took up government himself. In 1672, the

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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

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) * Marie Christiane (born: 6 November 1666; died: 18 December 1734)

Ancestors

References

* Christian Daniel Vogel, ''Beschreibung des herzogthums Nassau'', p. 35
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* Fried Köllner, ''Geschichte des vormaligen Nassau-Sarbrück'schen Landes und seiner Regenten'', p. 338 f
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* Counts of Nassau Deaths by horse-riding accident in Germany House of Nassau 1640 births 1675 deaths 17th-century German nobility Burials in the Royal Crypt of Weilburg Schlosskirche {{Germany-count-stub