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1813, Nassau-Weilburg, Friedrich August of Usingen. Silver Thaler Coin. XF-

Mint Year: 1813 Denomination: Thaler (Convention) Mint Master: Christian Teichmann (C.T.)  Mint Official: Johann Lindenschmidt of Mainz (L)  Assayer: Davenport 736, KM-26 (listed under Nassau-Usingen at $500 in XF!). R! Condition: Mint-made marginal planchet defect at 12 o'clock), minor oxidation deposits, weight-adjusing marks in reverse and planchet-striae (usual for issue), otherwise XF! Weight: 27.92gm Diameter: 39mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Bare bust of Prince Frederick William of Nassau-Weilburg right. Mint official's initial (L) inside bust truncation. Legend: FRIEDRICH WILHELM FÜRST ZU NASSAU. / L

Reverse: Crowned shield of Nassau, flanked by olive and palm branches. Fractional thaler value (1/10 Thaler) in legend around. Legend: ZEHN EINE FEINE MARK / C. 1813 T.

The Duchy of Nassau(German: Herzogtum Nassau), was a German state within the Confederation of the Rhine and later in the German Confederation. The male line of its ruling dynasty, now extinct, was the House of Nassau.

On 17 July 1806, the remaining counties of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg joined the Confederation of the Rhine. Under pressure from Napoleon I both counties merged to form the Duchy of Nassau on 30 August 1806, under the joint rule of Frederick Augustus, and his younger cousin Frederick William.   As Frederick August had no heirs, he agreed that Frederick William   should become sole ruler after his death. However Frederick William died   from a fall on the stairs at Weilburg Castle on 9 January 1816, and it   was his son William who became Duke of Nassau.

At the Congress of Vienna, the Principality of Orange-Nassau was incorporated into the Duchy of Nassau and subsequently the unified Duchy joined the German Confederation with Wiesbaden as its new capital. Through the extinction of most lines, the   Nassau-Usingen branch of the Nassau-Weilburg line under Duke William   became the reigning house of Nassau until the Austro-Prussian War in 1866, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia and incorporated into the Province of Hesse-Nassau. William's son Adolphe, the last Duke of Nassau, received Luxembourg after the male line of Nassau-Dillenburg became extinct in 1890.

Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (25 October 1768, The Hague – 9 January 1816, Weilburg) was a ruler of Nassau-Weilburg. In 1806 he was given the title of Prince of Nassau, while his cousin, Prince Frederick Augustus of Nassau-Usingen, became the Duke of Nassau. Frederick William died in January 1816, only two months before his cousin. Both men were succeeded by Frederick William's son, William.

Frederick William was the eldest surviving son of Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Wilhelmine Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

Wilhelmine Carolina was a daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange. Anne was in turn the eldest daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.

On 31 July 1788 in Hachenburg, Frederick William married Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg (Hachenburg, 19 April 1772 - Vienna, 6 January 1827). The groom was almost twenty years old and the bride only sixteen. At the time he was still the heir to the principality. His father died on 28 November of the same year and Frederick William succeeded him.

Frederick William and Louise Isabelle had four children:

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