Person

William, Duke of Nassau

1792–1839 · 19th century

William was duke of Nassau from 1816 to 1839, uniting the lands of the Nassau-Weilburg and Nassau-Usingen lines. He granted one of the first constitutions in the German states in 1814 but ruled in an authoritarian style and quarrelled with the estates over the ducal domains. His son Adolphe succeeded him and later became Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

William, Duke of Nassau
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