Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Prince Frederick William Adolf of Nassau-Siegen, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf Fürst von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Fürst zu Nassau, Graf zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Limburg und Bronkhorst, Herr zu Beilstein, Stirum, Wisch, Borculo, Lichtenvoorde und Wildenborch, Erbbannerherr des Herzogtums Geldern und der Grafschaft Zutphen, was since 1691 Fürst of Nassau-Siegen, a part of the County of Nassau. He descended from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.
Fürst Frederick William Adolf of Nassau-Siegen. Anonymous portrait, first quarter 18th century. Siegerlandmuseum, Siegen.
The new Nassauischer Hof, later called Untere Schloss, seen from the west, ca. 1720. Attempt at reconstruction, ink drawing, Wilhelm Scheiner, 1922.
William Hyacinth, the Catholic Fürst of Nassau-Siegen. Portrait by Nicolas de Largillière, 18th century. Mauritshuis, The Hague.
Fürst Francis Alexander of Nassau-Hadamar. Stadtmuseum Hadamar.
Nassau-Siegen was a principality within the Holy Roman Empire that existed between 1303 and 1328, and again from 1606 to 1743. From 1626 to 1734, it was subdivided into Catholic and Protestant parts. Its capital was the city of Siegen, founded in 1224 and initially a condominium jointly owned by the archbishopric of Cologne and Nassau. It was located some 50 km east of Cologne, and it contained the modern localities of Freudenberg, Hilchenbach, Kreuztal, Siegen, and Wilnsdorf.
Siegen, Upper Castle
The Lower Castle at Siegen in the 18th century
The Lower Castle