Nassau (Chaos)

Originally, Nassau was a county in near . Its history started to diverge from OTL when in 1254 Count was killed after getting in trouble with the . His brother got all of Nassau - in TTL, it was never divided.
During the following centuries, thanks to some good marriages arranged by the counts (1357-66) and (1419-25), the county almost doubled in size, united with the counties of Waldeck and Mark, plus some smaller areas.
In 1378, count was toppled by his brother, who'd become .
During the , Nassau under count acquired (thanks to some smart alliances) a part of Mainz in Hesse, a part of the electorate of Trier around Koblenz, Dortmund, and the diocese-duchy of Westphalia (formerly owned by the archbishop of ). From now on, they controlled the electorate of Mainz.
In 1581/82, the attacked the little country of , conquered it. The and Nassau felt seriously threatened, asked the and for support. In the Netherlands this doesn't work out because their king died in an unfortunate moment, but Nassau received help (French musketeers) and defeated Münster, annexed the territories of Tecklenburg, Ravensberg, Paderborn. The religious dissenters who didn't want to reconvert fled, some of them even to .
When was in power, Nassau would ally with him and fight in two wars, the and the . With French help, Nassau defeated the Gottesfreistaat Münster during 1676-79, annexed it, which made Nassau one of the biggest states in Germany.
1722-34, was Holy Roman Emperor.
During the , Nassau fought in the first two ones, lost its lands west of the Rhine. In the , Nassau decided to stay neutral.
Grand duke (nicknamed "Adolf Nazi") died in 1830. While had some claims for for the throne, a plebiscite about the future in the country made Nassau a republic, which was soon united with Germany (which thus gained the important Ruhr area). King who nominally was Holy Roman Emperor, wasn't too happy about this development.
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