Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler

He was born in Ottweiler, the son of John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler and Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. He was count of Nassau-Ottweiler from 1680 until his death. From 1721, he was also Count of Nassau-Idstein; from 1723 also Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken. When he died in Saarbrücken, without a male heir, his territories fell to his cousin Charles of Nassau-Usingen after his death in 1728.

Frederick Louis married on 28 July 1680 with Christiane (1659–95), the daughter of Frederick of Ahlefeldt and Margaret Dorothea of Rantzau. They had eight daughters:

• Dorothea Frederica (1681–91)
• Charlotte Mary (1684–90)
• Christiane Charlotte (1685–1761), married first Charles Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken; secondly Frederick III, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
• Louise (1686–1773), married Charles, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun (1675–1733)
• Sophia Amalia (1688–1753), married Georg Friedrich, Burggraf von Kirchberg zu Hachenburg (1683–1749)
• Maria (1690–1714)
• Dorothea (1692–1740), married Walrad, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Dhaun (1686–1730)
• Eleanor (1693–1693)

After Christiane's death, Frederick Louis married on 27 September 1697 Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler), the daughter of Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. This marriage remained childless.