Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg

Who was Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg?

Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg was the founder of the short-lived Nassau-Schaumburg line.

He was the son of Louis Henry, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, from 1654 Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg, and his first wife Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein. As a younger son he received only the district of Driedorf from his father's inheritance.

In 1653, he married Elisabeth Charlotte, the daughter of Peter Melander, Count of Holzappel. Via her, he inherited the County of Holzappel and the Lordship of Schaumburg. He then styled himself Count of Nassau-Schaumburg and became the founder of the Nassau-Schaumburg line. However, all his sons predeceased him, and when he died in 1676, Holzappel and Schaumburg fell to his son-in-law Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, the founder of the Alhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym line.

Adolph and Elisabeth Charlotte had the following children:

Catherine

Agnes

Wilhliam Louis

Ernestine Charlotte, married:

in 1678 William Maurice of Nassau-Siegen

Frederick Philip of Geuder-Rabensteiner, Councillor and Hofmeister at the court in Bernburg