of the Upper Rhenish Circle and founded a new imperial army. He was appointed General Sergeant and in 1682, he was promoted to General Major. He led his own infantry regiment against the French into the War of the Palatine Succession. He died in 1690 and was buried in the Protestant Church of Ottweiler. His remains were destroyed in the looting of the church during the French Revolution. Family In 1649, he married Dorothea Catherine (1634-1715) a daughter of the Count Palatine Christian I of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. This had the following children: Christian Louis (1650-1650) Frederick Louis (1651-1728) married firstly on 28 July 1680 Countess Christiane of Ahlefeld (1659-1695) married secondly on 27 September 1697 Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1662-1751) Anna Catherine (1653-1731) married in 1671 to John Philip II, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun (1645-1693) Wolrad (1656-1705) Charles Siegfried (1659-1679) Louis (1661-1699) married on 9 April 1694 Countess Louise Amalie of Horne (1665-1728) Louise (1662-1741) Maurice (1664-1666) References General Encyclopedia of Science and Arts, vol. 21, Leipzig, 1642, p. 144 Friedrich Köllner: Geschichte des vormaligen Nassau-Saarbrück'schen Landes und seiner Regenten, Saarbrücken, 1841, pp. 337–340, Digitized External links Short biography at saarland-biographien.de Counts of Nassau House of Nassau 17th-century German people 1625 births 1690 deaths Soldiers of the Imperial Circles