House of Nassau-Breda: Difference between revisions

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Cadet branch of the House of Nassau

Coat of Arms
House of Nassau-Siegen
Lords of Siegen, Dillenburg, Beilstein and Hadamar
Counts of Nassau-Siegen and Nassau-Dillenburg
Later also referred to as Nassau-Dillenburg and Nassau-Breda
House of Nassau-Breda
Lords of Siegen, Dillenburg
and De Lek
Barons of Breda
Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg, Vianden and Dietz
House of Nassau-Breda
Lords of Siegen, Dillenburg
and De Lek
Barons of Breda
Counts of Nassau-Dillenburg, Vianden and Dietz
Arms from 1444
House of Nassau-Breda
Lords of Beilstein
Barons of Breda
Counts of Nassau-Beilstein, Vianden and Dietz
Arms from 1481
Last male member was Rene of Chalon who succeeded his maternal uncle as Prince of Orange in 1530 but died without issue

Cadet Branches
House of Nassau-Hadamar
Lords of Driedorf and Hadamar
Counts of Nassau-Hadamar
Issued from Emicho I, 2nd son of Otto I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
House of Nassau-Beilstein
Lords of Beilstein, Liebenscheid and Mengerskirchen
Counts of Nassau-Beilstein
Issued from Heinrich, 2nd son of Heinrich I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
House of Nassau-Detzem
Lords of Detzem, Larochette
and Neuerburg
Issued from Johann, illegitimate son of Engelbert I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
House of Nassau-Corroy
Lords of Frasnes-lez-Gosselies
Barons of Warcoing
Counts of Corroy and Zwevegem
Issued from Johann, illegitimate son of Johann IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
Legitimated line
House of Orange-Nassau
Lords of Dillenburg and Siegen
Barons of Breda and IJsselstein
Counts of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Dietz
Counts of Buren, Leerdam
and Lingen
Princes of Orange
Issued from William I the Rich, 4th son of Johann V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Personal Arms
Adolf of Nassau
Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
1416-1420
Count of Dietz
1376-1420
René of Chalon
Baron of Breda
Prince of Orange
1530-1544

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 John I Nassau-Weilburg.svg|House of Nassau-Hadamar<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Driedorf and Hadamar<br>Counts of Nassau-Hadamar<br>Issued from Emicho I, 2nd son of Otto I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg</span><!-- Arms as used on funerary monument by last countess Anna. Younger line of Hadamar also used crowned lion of Nassau in quartered arms as well - seems to be Hadamar oddity. -->
-Nassau-Beilstein.svg|House of Nassau-Beilstein<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Beilstein, Liebenscheid and Mengerskirchen<br>Counts of Nassau-Beilstein<br>Issued from Heinrich, 2nd son of Heinrich I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg</span>
+Nassau-Beilstein.svg|House of Nassau-Beilstein<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Beilstein, Liebenscheid and Mengerskirchen<br>Counts of Nassau-Beilstein<br>Issued from Heinrich, 2nd son of Heinrich I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg</span><!-- This branch used slanted billets (diamond shaped variant) which translates even today into modern arms of Beilstein (Greifenstein albeit with modified tinctures). Other members of the family occasionally (even much later memebers like Engelbert II of Nassau-Dillenburg) had sometimes shown arms with such billets, but it best fits to Beilstein to differentiate -->
 Nassau-Detzem.svg|House of Nassau-Detzem<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Detzem, Larochette<br> and Neuerburg<br>Issued from Johann, illegitimate son of Engelbert I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg</span>
 Nassau-Dillenburg.svg|House of Nassau-Corroy<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Frasnes-lez-Gosselies<br>Barons of Warcoing<br>Counts of Corroy and Zwevegem<br>Issued from Johann, illegitimate son of Johann IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg<br>Legitimated line</span>