Editing Adolf, King of the Romans (section)

==Career as Count of Nassau==

[[File:Nassau wapen.svg|thumb|right|221px|Coat of Arms of the Counts of Nassau]]
In 1276 or 1277, Adolf followed his father as Count of Nassau.   From his father, he inherited the family’s lands south of the [[Lahn]] River in the [[Taunus]] Mountains. These included [[Wiesbaden]] and [[Idstein]], as [[fiefdom]]s, and the [[Vogt]]ship in [[Weilburg]] under the [[Bishopric of Worms]]. He also shared ownership of the family homelands around the castles of [[Nassau, Germany|Nassau]] and [[Laurenburg]].

Around 1280, Adolf became involved in the {{Interlanguage link|Nassau-Eppstein Feud|de|3=Nassauisch-Eppsteinische Fehde}} with the [[Lords of Eppstein]], in which the city of Wiesbaden was devastated and [[Wiesbaden-Sonnenberg|Sonnenberg]] Castle destroyed. The feud was settled in 1283, after which the city and the castle were rebuilt. Sonnenberg, along with Idstein, became Adolf’s residence. He granted Idstein [[German town law|town privileges]] in 1287 and built its fortifications.

Through his uncle, Eberhard I of Katzenelnbogen, Adolf came to the court of King [[Rudolph I of Germany|Rudolf I]] of [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]]. King Rudolf awarded him with the Burghauptmannamt (Castle Lordship) of Kalsmunt Castle in [[Wetzlar]] and a year later that of [[Burg Gutenfels|Gutenfels Castle]] near [[Kaub]] (where he became a vassal of the [[Electorate of the Palatinate|Counts Palatine of the Rhine]]).

Before his election, Adolf’s political activities had been limited to his role as Bundesgenosse of the Archbishop of Cologne. Adolf had no particular office, but likely became known through his involvement with the Archbishops of Cologne and [[Archbishopric of Mainz|Mainz]] in the politics of the [[Middle Rhine]] and Mainz areas. He spoke [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], and [[Latin]], which was rare at that time for nobles.

After his election, King Adolf of Nassau would only rarely be in his home country, having transferred the government there to his burgmen. On  17 January 1294, he purchased Weilburg for 400 pounds from the Bishopric of Worms. He granted Weilburg town privileges on  29 December 1295. He also established the [[Order of Poor Ladies|Clarisse]] abbey of [[Klarenthal Abbey|Klarenthal]] near Wiesbaden in 1296.