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and then, from 1193, as Count of Nassau. He seems to have had his residence at the Castle of
Laurenburg first, which is why he used the title Count of Laurenburg, even when the name Nassau was already in use for a while in his house. In 1198, his widow still used the seal of Walram of Laurenburg.
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Germany, Walram was a witness in a charter drawn up in
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Emperor
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the important treaty for his house in which the mutual rights - the lordship rights of the bishop and the vogtship rights of the count - to the castle, the city and the lordship
Weilburg were established. Castle and lordship Weilburg appear here for the first time as the property of the
338:, about 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) east of Nassau. On entering the monastery himself in 1139/1140, he had transferred control of Marienfels to his cousin Reginbold of Isenburg. In 1160, Reginbold sold it jointly to his cousins, the Counts of Nassau and
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was named after its four owners, the counts of
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Country in 1179. He placed his lands under the immediate suzerainty of the German king, rather than remaining a vassal of the archbishop of Trier. He would remain a loyal supporter of the
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of Worms, at which the emperor negotiated a new crusade. It is certain that Walram did not participate in the German army in 1197, several mentionings as witness in charters prove that he did not leave the country.
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states that âWalram I had received the Königshof
Wiesbaden from Emperor Frederick I in reward for his support of the emperor in the conflicts of 1170-1180.â In the article about Sonnenberg Castle on the
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on 27 March 1188. He was assigned an important task at the start of the journey. Together with his cousin Rupert and Count Henry of Diez, he formed the accompaniment of
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Dillenburg: A Journey through their History in Medieval and Modern Times. Published to celebrate the granting of Town Privileges on 20 September 1344
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and is the oldest Nassau whose ancestorship is absolutely certain. He managed to expand his territory considerably during his reign. He took part in the
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Walram married a certain Kunigunde (died 8 November in or after 1198, last mentioned on 20 March 1198), possibly a daughter of a count of
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