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 Katzenelnbogen and environs in 1400 | |||||||||
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 Landgraviate of Hesse |
 Nassau-Dillenburg | ||||||||
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The War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession (German: Katzenelnbogener Erbfolgekrieg[3]; Dutch: Katzenelnbogische Successieoorlog) or the Katzenelnbogen Succession Struggle (German: Katzenelnbogener Erbfolgestreit,[4][5] Katzenelnbogische Erbfolgestreit[6]; Dutch: Katzenelnbogische Erfopvolgingsstrijd[2]) (1500–1557[4]) was a war of succession about the County of Katzenelnbogen after the death of William II "the Younger", Landgrave of Hesse.[2] In the end, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse won the conflict. William I "the Rich", Count of Nassau-Siegen, known for being the father of William the Silent and Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (progenitors of the current House of Orange-Nassau), lost the war and got himself into deep financial troubles.[2]