ADOLF OF NASSAU

näˈsou, d. 1298, duke of Luxembourg, German king (1292–98). He owed his election to the ecclesiastical electors, who, fearing the growing power and ambition of the Hapsburgs, chose him rather than Albert of Austria (later King Albert I), son of Rudolf I of Hapsburg. Seeking to strengthen his rule by establishing a territorial power of his own, Adolf seized Meissen and Thuringia. He entered into an alliance with Edward I of England against Philip IV of France in an effort to halt French encroachment of German territory; the alliance produced no results, however, and led to Adolf's deposition (1298) and the election of Albert. Soon afterward he was defeated and killed by an army commanded by Albert.

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books on: Adolf of Nassau  - 184 results

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Gustav Adolf, the Great
Book by Nils Ahnlund, Michael Roberts; Princeton University Press; American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1940
Subjects: Gustaf--Ii Adolf--King Of Sweden--1594-1632
...brother-in-law of Gustav Adolf, 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 84 , 85...Gustavsson of Vasahorg, son of Gustav Adolf and Margareta Slots, 69 , 72 Gyllenhielm...247 , 261 , 264 Johann, Count of Nassau, 39 Johann Adolf, Duke of Holstein, 28 Johann...
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Adolf Douai, 1819-1888: The Turbulent Life of a German Forty-Eighter in the Homeland and in the United States
Book by Justine Davis Randers-Pehrson; Peter Lang, 2000
Subjects: Douai, Adolf--1819-1888, Educators--United States--Biography, Forty-Eighters (American Immigrants)--Biography, German Americans--Biography, Germany--History--Revolution, 1848-1849, Political Activists--Germany--Biography, Political Activists--United States--Biography, Texas--Politics And Government--1846-1865, United States--Politics And Government--1849-1877
...leader as well as a few royal concessions, in nearby Hesse-Nassau affairs ran differently. Wiesbaden became a center of wild...believed that in the future they would no longer pay taxes. Herzog Adolf would take care of every- thing, they told each other joyously...
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William the Silent, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584
Book by C. V. Wedgwood; Yale University Press, 1944
Subjects: Netherlands--History--Wars of Independence, 1556-1648, William--I--Prince of Orange--1533-1584
...3, 224 , 227 Accord, The , 88 -9, 91 , 92 , 192 Adolf of Nassau, 104 , 106 Aerschot. Duke of, 51 , 52 , 82 , 105...Medici, 132 , 150 -1, 155 , 160 , 205 Catherine of Nassau, Countess of Schwartzburg, 43 , 51 , 191 , 231 , 232...
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The Flame of Freedom: The German Struggle against Hitler
Book by Eberhard Zeller, R. P. Heller, D. R. Masters; Westview Press, 1994
Subjects: Anti-Nazi Movement--Germany, Germany--Heer--Officers, Germany--Heer--Political Activity, Germany--Politics And Government--1933-1945, Hitler, Adolf--1889-1945--Assassination Attempt, 1944 (July 20)
...he went to his death." 24 He was executed with Haubach. Adolf Reichwein belonged, like Haubach and Mierendorff, to the younger...and teachers in what was then the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, and grew up on the Rhine and at the foot of the Taunus Mountains...
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Germany, France, Russia, & Islam
Book by Heinrich Von Treitschke; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1915
Subjects: Alsace-Lorraine Question, Eastern Question (Balkan), Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Germany--Politics And Government, Gustaf--Ii Adolf--King Of Sweden--1594-1632, Luther, Martin--1483-1546
the petty German princedoms? But the dethroning of the sovereigns of Hanover, Hesse, and Nassau was a tremendous warning to the princes. They recollected themselves and remembered the noble traditions of imperial sentiment...
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Archiepiscopal Inquisitions in the Middle Rhine: Urban Anticlericalism and Waldensianism in Late Fourteenth-century Mainz
Journal article by Jennifer Kolpacoff Deane; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 92, 2006
Subjects: Community, Heresy, History, Urban areas
...to those of his predecessor, Adolf von Nassau. An aggressive prince, former...and member of the -wealthy Nassau dynasty, Adolf had since 1373 singlemindedly...peers. While his predecessor Adolf von Nassau had concerned himself little...
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The Urner Tellenspiel of 1512: Strategies of Early Political Drama
Journal article by Martin W. Walsh; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Drama--Criticism, interpretation, etc., German literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political plays--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Urner Tellspiel (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...submission the following year to the non-Hapsburg Emperor, Adolf of Nassau (reigned 1294-98), earning them the designation...of the Austrian Duke Albrecht (soon to defeat Kaiser Adolf), who addresses the assembled people of Uri. This...
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Jewish Migrations from Germany to Poland: the Rhineland Hypothesis Revisited
Journal article by Jits Van Straten; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 44, 2004
Subjects: Germany-pre-1945, History, Jews, Migration, Poland
...1462 not only the Jews but also some non-Jews were thrown out of the city following the capture of the city by Adolf II of Nassau. In 1463 the Jews were allowed back, but in 1470 they were again expelled. No destinations are given (pp. 805...
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Early Modern Military Reform and the Connection between Sweden and Brandenburg-Prussia
Journal article by Daniel Riches; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 77, 2005
Subjects: Germany--Military aspects, Military history--Evaluation, Sweden--Military aspects
...that the Orange-Nassau military reforms of...advances under Gustav Adolf is commonplace in the...little doubt. Gustav Adolf was exposed to the Orange-Nassau reform movement from...century, and Gustav Adolf remained in contact...
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A Height Deemed Appalling: Nineteenth-century New York Newspaper Buildings
Journal article by Aurora Wallace; Journalism History, Vol. 31, 2006
Subjects: Architecture, Corporate identity, High rise buildings, Mass media, New York Times Co, New York Tribune, New York World, Newspapers
...excepted) at the office, Number 113 Nassau Street, between Beekman and Ann, just...corner at the intersection of Spruce, Nassau, and Park Row. Thomas R. Jackson was...success to the world. It was not until Adolf Ochs, the owner of the Chattanooga Times...
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Pipings
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 45, March 2011
...7, 2010, by the Anglican Chorale of Nassau, Bahamas. The group is under the direction...at historic Christ Church Cathedral in Nassau, where there are two Oberlinger organs...Opera for his recent recording of Johann Adolf Hasses Marc Antonio e Cleopatra. This...
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Catching the Scud Runner
Magazine article by Kit Bonner; Sea Classics, Vol. 36, April 2003
...after the Sosan was secured, the USS Nassau (LHA-41 appeared. The Nassaus munitions...left of Berlin, Germany. It was one of Adolf Hitlers dream machines that would win...at bay. Without the Spanish Navy, USS Nassau and electronic tracking of the Sosan...
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Northern Light: Jan Gossaert Made His Name Working for the Burgundian Court and Was among the First Northern Artists to Visit Rome, Writes Susan Foister, Curator of the Only Exhibition in More Than 45 Years of Works by This Archetypal 'Old Master'
Magazine article by Susan Foister; History Today, Vol. 61, February 2011
Subjects: Gossaert, Jan--Travel, Gossaert, Jan--Works, Painters (Artists)--Travel, Painters (Artists)--Works, Painters--Travel, Painters--Works
...for Philip of Burgundys great-nephew Adolf, later Marquess of Veere, and painted...one as the Virgin Mary holding her son Adolf as the infant Christ, an example of her...Cobos y Molina and Henry III, Count of Nassau-Breda, who rebuilt his castle at Breda...
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In Memoriam: Lord Menuhin of Stoke D'abernon
Magazine article by Robin Stowell; Musical Times, Vol. 140, Summer 1999
...recordings (1928) and further guidance from both Enesco and Adolf Busch. One of the most historic events of his youth was the...the Legion dhonneur, and Knight of the Dutch Order of Oranje Nassau. He also received the Nehru Award for International Understanding...


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Prince Edward: Queen's Youngest Son Gets Royal Palm Beach Treatment
Newspaper article by Kevin Chaffee; The Washington Times, March 13, 1997
...with Tom Clancy that night, and another lunch the next day in Nassau, Bahamas, before his arrival in Palm Beach. The prince uses...season; a documentary about a Grand Prix racing car funded by Adolf Hitler; and a three-part series about famous ghosts in the...
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WONDER WARLORDS; Battle over List of the World's 100 Top Generals
Newspaper article by Adrian Shaw; The Mirror (London, England), September 16, 1997
...American liberator. 13 William the Conqueror, 1027-1087. 14 Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945. 15 Attila the Hun, 406-453. 16 George...1860-1948. US First World War commander. 42 Maurice of Nassau, 1567-1625. Dutch general and military theorist. 43 Joan...
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World & Nation in 60 Seconds the World the Nation
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 14, 2010
...was taken to a "safe place." Guilty plea in Barefoot case: NASSAU, Bahamas -- The teen fugitive dubbed the "Barefoot Bandit...an Iowa tea party group comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin was condemned by other tea party activists...


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encyclopedia articles on: Adolf of Nassau  - 8 results

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Adolf of Nassau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ADOLF OF NASSAU na sou, d. 1298, duke of Luxembourg, German king (1292 98). He owed...to strengthen his rule by establishing a territorial power of his own, Adolf seized Meissen and Thuringia. He entered into an alliance with Edward...
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Nassau , Former Duchy, Germany
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1866) and as a result lost his duchy to Prussia. Nassau was then united with the former Electoral Hesse to form the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau. Duke Adolf of Nassau, however, succeeded in 1890 to the grand duchy...
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Luxembourg , Grand Duchy, W Europe
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Wilhelmina succeeded him in the Netherlands, but Duke Adolf of Nassau , from a collateral line, became grand duke of Luxembourg. The Twentieth Century Grand Duke Adolf was followed in 1905 by William IV and in 1912 by Marie...
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Rudolf I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...also failed to have his son Albert elected king, which would have insured Alberts succession as emperor. Instead, Adolf of Nassau succeeded Rudolf. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...
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Albert I , Holy Roman Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...power of the Hapsburgs and to prevent the crown from becoming hereditary within the Hapsburg dynasty. They chose Adolf of Nassau as king. Albert later engineered Adolfs deposition and replaced him. As king, Albert attempted to strengthen Hapsburg...
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