The County of Nassau was a German state within the Holy Roman Empire from the period of the formal recognition of the countly title in 1159 until the declaration of the Duchy of Nassau in 1806 with th
Count John V of Nassau-Siegen, German: Johann V. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Breda, was since 1475 Count of Nassau-Siegen and of half Diez. He de
Siegen Castle, 2011.
Diez Castle. Photo: Peter Klassen, 2006.
Ginsburg Castle. Photo: Frank Behnsen, 2010.
Roman King Maximilian I, later Emperor. Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.