State · 1160 – 1806
County of Nassau
A state of 1160 – 1806 — 646 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 646 years
- 1160 – 1806
- Rulers
- 2
- the Count of Nassau
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolf, King of the Romans | 1276 – 1298 | 22 years | ending not on record | |
| Gerlach I of Nassau | 1298 – 1344 | 46 years | ending not on record | child |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1276 – 1344. Median reign 34 years. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedBlason famille de Nassau · CC BY-SA 3.0
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood646 years
stood longer than 92% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 43% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median46 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 95% of 1,083 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 31% of 2,060 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1095 – 1871, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1483, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q12817455 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.