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Nassau-Weilburg in the historical Almanach de Gotha: 1892–1893
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This page concerns the historical Almanach de Gotha, the yearly directory printed in Gotha from 1763 or 1764 until the last Perthes edition of 1944 (see our history of the Almanach de Gotha); it does not claim that authority for the present directory. Back to the House of Nassau-Weilburg.
What was verified
The Luxembourg entries of 1892 and 1893 both carry the heading “Luxembourg.” and the subheading “(Maison de Nassau.)”. They then identify “I. Ligne (aînée) de Walram.” before the reigning grand duke’s entry. The OCR explicitly names Adolphe as grand duke of Luxembourg and duke of Nassau, with “Alt. Roy.” 1 2.
The quotes below were checked by reading the surrounding OCR text on 6 November 2026. They are not a new transcription from the scan images. Only brief title and style fragments are quoted; unrelated family details are omitted.
| Edition | Heading and printed division | Reigning-head fragment checked against OCR | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1892 | “Luxembourg.”, line 8873; “(Maison de Nassau.)”, line 8875; Part I running head, line 8905 | “Adolphe - G-uillaume - Charles - Auguste - Frédéric grand- duc de / Luxembourg, duc de Nassau” (8912–8913); “Alt. Roy.” (8914) | Printed pp. 59–60 1 |
| 1893 | “Luxembourg.”, line 12077; “(Maison de Nassau.)”, line 12079; Part I running head, line 12084 | “Adolphe - Guillaume - Charles - Auguste - Frédéric grand-duc de / Luxembourg, duc de Nassau” (12112–12113); “Alt. Roy.” (12114) | Printed p. 63 2 |
The slash marks a line break; repeated spaces are collapsed. “G-uillaume” is retained as an OCR anomaly, not treated as a distinct name. “Alt. Roy.” is the edition’s abbreviation for the royal style. Part I is a cited historical printed division, not a GOTHA house-category label.
Why this is narrower than the appearance table
The local historical appearance table has 29 Luxembourg matches. They are not 29 independently verified Nassau-Weilburg entries. In particular, a Luxembourg heading alone cannot identify the same reigning house across a dynastic change. This page therefore releases only the two entries read in context above, not an unverified edition-by-edition history.
Source limits. Scan images have not been collated; letter shapes may differ from OCR. No conclusion is offered here for other editions, and no current head-of-house, style entitlement or succession is inferred from these nineteenth-century entries. The earlier held broad draft remains an archival draft, not evidence for extra rows.