Nassau (Chaos)

Originally, Nassau was a county near. Its history started to diverge from OTL when in 1254 Count was killed after getting in trouble with the Teutonic Order. His brother got all of Nassau - in TTL, it was never divided.

During the following centuries, thanks to some good marriages arranged by the counts (1357-66) and  (1419-25), the county almost doubled in size, united with the counties of Waldeck and Mark, plus some smaller areas.

In 1378, count was toppled by his brother, who'd become.

During the, Nassau under count acquired (thanks to some smart alliances) a part of Mainz in Hesse, a part of the electorate of Trier around Koblenz, Dortmund, and the diocese-duchy of Westphalia (formerly owned by the archbishop of ). From now on, they controlled the electorate of Mainz.

In 1581/82, the  attacked the little country of, conquers it. The and Nassau felt seriously threatened, asked the  and  for support. In the Netherlands this doesn't work out because their king died in an unfortunate moment, but Nassau received help (French musketeers) and defeated Münster, annexed the territories of Tecklenburg, Ravensberg, Paderborn. The religious dissenters who didn't want to reconvert fled, some of them even to.