Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler


Frederick Louis of Nassau-Ottweiler was a member of the House of Nassau.

Biography

He was born in Ottweiler, the son of John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler and Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. He was count of Nassau-Ottweiler from 1680 until his death. From 1721, he was also Count of Nassau-Idstein; from 1723 also Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken. When he died in Saarbrücken, without a male heir, his territories fell to his cousin Charles of Nassau-Usingen after his death in 1728.

Family

Frederick Louis married on 28 July 1680 with Christiane, the daughter of Frederick of Ahlefeldt and Margaret Dorothea of Rantzau. They had eight daughters:
After Christiane's death, Frederick Louis married on 27 September 1697 Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg, the daughter of Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. This marriage remained childless.

Ancestry