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Nassau, former German duchy, later part of the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau, and now largely in the state of Hesse, Germany. The family of Nassau, the elder branch of which reigned over Nassau until 1866, dates from the 10th century. In 1544, William I, a member of the younger branch, inherited the French principality of Orange and later became the first stadtholder of the Netherlands.

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