Nassau-Siegen

The house of Nassau-Siegen is a line of the House of Nassau, and went in 1303 in addition to the lines Nassau Hadamar and Nassau- Dillenburg from the Ottonian line of the House of Nassau forth. In 1328 it inherited the possessions of the House of Nassau - Dillenburg and named henceforth it. 1341, the line of Nassau- Beilstein informed on this.

During this time there was with Count Henry III. Count of Nassau the first of the new state:

As a result of Henry III. of Nassau- Siegen, it gave the following ruling Count:

1606 the House of Nassau - Siegen were again separated from the House of Nassau - Dillenburg. 1652 brought the Emperor Ferdinand III. Count Johann Moritz in the imperial princes. In 1734 it was united with the House of Orange -Nassau. During this time there were ten counts, from 1652 Prince of Nassau- Siegen:

A well-known, if not well recognized by the family, a member of this line was the adventurer Karl Henry of Nassau- Siegen ( * 1743, † 1808).

The Principality of Nassau-Siegen included the present towns Freudenberg, Hilchenbach, Kreuztal, Siegen and Wilnsdorf, at times even today's town of Burbach. To the north it bordered on the duchy of Westphalia, on the west by the rule Wildenburg and the county of Sayn- ​​old churches. In the south, the Principality of Nassau- Dillenburg and in the east the county Wittgenstein Wittgenstein joined.