County of Nassau-Saarbrücken
County of Nassau-Saarbrücken Grafschaft Nassau-Saarbrücken (German) | |||||||||
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| 1381–1797 | |||||||||
Coat of arms
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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 | ||||||||
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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.