Adolf of Nassau

Heinrich Mücke · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

minor count deposed by the electors and killed at the Battle of Göllheim

c. 1250 – 1298 · 48 years · Nassau · Europe

Reign: 1292 – 1298 (Holy Roman Empire & Austria)

A count of Nassau chosen by the electors in 1292 over Rudolf of Habsburg's son because they wanted a weak king. When he tried to build power in Thuringia he was deposed in 1298 and fell fighting Albert of Habsburg at Göllheim.

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Portrait: Heinrich Mücke · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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