List of Famous people with last name Nassau

Adolf was the count of Nassau from about 1276 and the elected king of Germany from 1292 until his deposition by the prince-electors in 1298. He was never crowned by the pope, which would have secured him the imperial title. He was the first physically and mentally healthy ruler of the Holy Roman Empire ever to be deposed without a papal excommunication. Adolf died shortly afterwards in the Battle of Göllheim fighting against his successor Albert of Habsburg.

Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau was a countess of the Palatinate by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and regent during the minority of her son from 1610 until 1611. She was the eldest daughter of William of Nassau, Prince of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier.

Louise Henrietta of Nassau was a Countess of Nassau, granddaughter of William I, Prince of Orange, "William the Silent", and an Electress of Brandenburg.

Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau was a countess of Hanau-Münzenberg by marriage to Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, and regent of Hanau-Münzenberg from 1612 until 1626. She was the third daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

Maria, Countess of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Dietz, was a Dutch noblewoman.

Henriette Catherine of Nassau was princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau by marriage to John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and regent of Anhalt-Dessau from 1693 to 1698 during the minority of her son Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau.

Maria, Countess of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Dietz was a noblewoman from the Low Countries. She was the second and youngest daughter of Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz and Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg. She was the aunt of William the Silent.

Countess Emilia of Nassau was the third and youngest daughter of William the Silent and his second wife Anna of Saxony.

Maurice of Orange was stadtholder of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death in 1625. Before he became Prince of Orange upon the death of his eldest half-brother Philip William in 1618, he was known as Maurice of Nassau.

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau was the sixth and youngest daughter of William the Silent and his third wife, Charlotte of Bourbon.