War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession

War of the Katzenelnbogen Succession

Katzenelnbogen and environs in 1400
Date17 February 1500 – 30 June 1557[1]
Location
Result Hessian victory[2]
Treaty of Frankfurt (1557)[1]
Territorial
changes
Hesse acquires Katzenelnbogen, Nassau acquires the Hessian quarter of Diez[1]
Belligerents
Landgraviate of Hesse Nassau-Dillenburg
Commanders and leaders
  • John V (1500–1516)
  • William I "the Rich" (1516–1557)
  • 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]

    1. ^ a b c Kolb 1898.
    2. ^ a b c d Kluiver 1984, p. 9.
    3. ^ von Werner 2014, p. 190.
    4. ^ a b Müller 2020, p. 13.
    5. ^ Lies 2013, p. 42.
    6. ^ Lück 1981, p. 34.