County of Nassau-Saarbrücken
The County of Saarbrücken was an Imperial State in the Upper Lorraine region, with its capital at Saarbrücken. From 1381 it belonged to the Walram branch of the Rhenish House of Nassau.
County of Nassau-Saarbrücken | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1381–1797 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
| |||||||||
County of Nassau-Saarbrücken (yellow, left), about 1400 | |||||||||
| Status | County | ||||||||
| Capital | Saarbrücken | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages Early modern period | ||||||||
• Inherited by Nassau-Weilburg | 1381 | ||||||||
• Joined Upper | 1500 | ||||||||
• Held in personal union by Nassau-Weilburg | 1574–1627 | ||||||||
• Inherited by Nassau-Usingen | 1728 | ||||||||
• Annexed by France | 1797 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.