Nassau Union
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Nassau Union Nassau Unie Nassauunionen | |||||||||||||||
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| 1371–1718 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Personal union | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Koninstad | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman catholicism, later Protestantism | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Personal union | ||||||||||||||
| Regent | |||||||||||||||
• 1371-1399 | Albert II | ||||||||||||||
• 1690-1718 | Harald IV | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | States-General, Riksdag and Reichstag | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Late Middle Ages to Modern period | ||||||||||||||
• Established | 4 August 1371 | ||||||||||||||
| 1471-1481 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 September 1716 | |||||||||||||||
| 21 March 1718 | |||||||||||||||
• Dissolved | 12 April 1718 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Mark | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Fyngaria Nidwalden Noordenstaat Scanonia | ||||||||||||||
The Nassau Union (Dutch: Nassau Unie, German: Nassau Union, Scanonian: Nassauunionen, Latin: Unio Nassoviensis) was a personal union in Lorecia between the three kingdoms of Nidwalden, Noordenstaat and Scanonia. It was founded in 1371 under King Albert II and was dissolved in 1718 following a series of events that were sparked by the Bruningen port incident. The countries subject of the union legally remained sovereign states, whilst their foreign and domestic policies were directed by a joint monarch.