Genealogy of the House Orange-Nassau1Genealogy of the House Orange-Nassau1Wilhelm I
Count zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez "The
Older"/"The Rich"
(Born as: Wilhelm Count zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez)
(Since 1500:) Wilhelm Count zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen,
Vianden und Diez
* Dillenburg, April 10th, 1487
† Dillenburg, October 6th, 1559
Count zu Nassau in Siegen, Dillenburg, Hadamar and Herborn, Count
zu Diez, July 30th, 1516
Member of the Council of the Emperor, 1518
Married:
Siegen, September
20th, 1531:Children from the first marriage:
Married:
July 16th, 1538:
Hermann Count von Neuenahr und Mörs in Mörs
* 1514
† December 4th, 1578
Count von Neuenahr und Mörs in Mörs
Children from the second marriage:
Married:
Mörs, November 11th, 1556:
Willem IV Count van den Bergh
* 's-Heerenberg, December 24th, 1537
† Kasteel Ulft, November 6th, 1586
Count van den Bergh, Lord of Bylandt, Homoed, Hedel,
Boxmeer, Spouwbeek, Herpen, Ulft, Stevensweert, 1546
Stadtholder of Gelre and Zutphen, 1581-1583
Married:
Dillenburg, June 6th, 1559:
Albrecht Count zu Nassau und Saarbrücken
* December 26th, 1537
† Ottweiler, November 11th, 1593
Count zu Nassau in Weilburg, Bleidenstadt, Löhnberg,
Alterhausen and Burgschwalbach, Lord of Sonnenberg,
Neuweilnau, Lichtenfels, Kirchheim, Bolanden, Stauf,
Donnenfels, Frankenstein and Wöllstein (together with
his brother), October 4th, 1559; Count zu Saarbrücken in
Ottweiler, November 23rd, 1574
Married:
Dillenburg, June 6th, 1559:
Conrad Count zu Solms in Braunfels, Lord zu
Münzenberg
* January 17th, 1540
† Braunfels, April 27th, 1592
Count zu Solms in Braunfels
Married:
Arnstadt, November 17th, 1560:
Günther XLI Count zu Schwarzburg in Arnstadt
"The Militant"
* Arnstadt, September 25th, 1529
† Antwerp, May 23rd, 1583
Count zu Schwarzburg in Arnstadt
Member of the Council of Emperor Maximilian II and
Emperor Rudolf II
Colonel of the Cavalry of the Army of the States-General
of the Netherlands, October 1577
Married:
June 14th, 1575:
Albrecht VII Count zu Schwarzburg in Rudolstadt
* January 16th, 1537
† April 10th, 1605
Count zu Schwarzburg in Rudolstadt
Married:
Dillenburg, January 27th or
Neuenstein, September 14th, 1567:
Wolfgang Count zu Hohenlohe in Weickersheim
* Waldenburg, June 14th, 1546
† Weickersheim, March 28th, 1610
Count zu Hohenlohe in Weickersheim, 1586 and in
Neuenstein, 1606
Willem I Prince d'Orange, Count of Nassau,
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Diez "The Silent"
(Born as: Wilhelm Count zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden
und Diez)
* Dillenburg, April 24th, 1533
† (assassinated) Princenhof, Delft, July 10th, 1584
Sovereign Prince of Orange, Count of Vianden, Viscount of Antwerp
and Besançon, Baron of Breda, Grimbergen, Herstal, Diest,
Warneton, Orpierre-Trescléoux, Saulnerie, Arlay and Nozeroy,
Lord of Polanen, Geertruidenberg, Niervaart, Klundert,
Oosterhout, Naaldwijk, Steenbergen, Castricum, Monster, Rijswijk,
Dongen, the Lek, Drimmelen, Sankt-Vith, Bütgenbach, Daasburg,
Hambroeck, Gageldonk, Itteren, Meerssenhoven, Gestel, Strijp,
Stratum, Hoboken, Hingene, Zichem, Zelem, Vorst, Meerhout,
Londerzeel, Hoeleden, Roosendaal, Nispen, Wouw, Hooge en Lage
Zwaluwe, Neuchâtel, Châtillon, Chastelbellin, Valenzin,
Lièvremont, Hortal, Dammartin, Montfaulcon, Salins and La Joux,
February 13th, 1545; Count of Buren and Leerdam, Baron of
IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, the city Grave and the land
of Cuyk, Lord of Akkooi, Kortgene, Borsselen, Sint-Maartensdijk,
Jaarsveld, Odijk and Beverweerd, July 8th, 1551; Count of Lingen,
September 21st, 1578; Marquess of Veere and Flushing, June 20th,
1581; Marquess of Bergen, Lord of Willemstad, 1581
Member of the Council of State, November 17th, 1555; Stadtholder
of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, August 9th, 1559; Member of the
Consulta (= secret council), February 1st, 1560; Stadtholder of
the Franche-Comté, February 22nd, 1561 (resigned all his
commissions: April 3rd, 1567); Governor-General of Holland, July
20th, 1572; Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland, June 4th, 1575;
Regent of Brabant, October 22nd, 1577;
Lieutenant-Governor-General of the Netherlands, January 20th,
1578; Stadtholder of Friesland, June 11th, 1580
Commanding officer of 200 Cavalrists, December 6th, 1551;
Commanding officer of 250 Cavalrists, March 22nd, 1552; Colonel
of an Infantry Regiment, March 26th, 1552; Commander of the
Cavalry in Artois, July 8th, 1553; Captain of a Regular Army
Company, August 20th, 1553; Colonel of a Regiment containing 5
Regular Army Companies, June 22nd, 1554; Captain-General of the
Army at the River Meuse, July 22nd, 1555; General of the Regular
Army and 650 Cavalrists, June 16th, 1558; General of the Spanish
Army in the Netherlands, August 3rd, 1559 (resigned all his
commissions: April 3rd, 1567); Commander-in-Chief of the Army and
the Navy of Holland and Zeeland, June 4th, 1575
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, January 21st, 1556
(returned the order: June 1581)
Married:
(civil) Leipzig, August 24th and (religious)
Leipzig, August 25th, 1561:
Brielle, June 12th, 1575:
Antwerp, April 12th, 1583:Children from the first marriage:
Philips Willem Prince d'Orange, Count
of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Buren and
LeerdamMarried:
Fountainebleu, November 23rd, 1606:
Eleonora Charlotte de Bourbon de Condé
* April 30th, 1587
† Château Muret, January 20th, 1619
Married:
Buren, February 17th n.s., 1595:
Philipp Count zu Hohenlohe, Fürst von Neuenstein,
Lord zu Langenburg
* Weickersheim, February 17th, 1550
† IJsselstein, March 6th, 1606
Count zu Hohenlohe in Neuenstein and Langenburg, 1586
Commander of the Army of the States-General of the
Netherlands, 1575-1587; Lieutenant-General of the
Infantry of the Republic of the Untited Netherlands,
1592-1599
Children from the second marriage:
Married:
Botnia House, Franeker, November
25th, 1587:
Wilhelm Ludwig Count zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden
und Diez, Lord zu Beilstein ("Us Heit")
* Schloß Siegen, Siegen, March 13th, 1560
† Leeuwarden, June 9th n.s., 1620
Count zu Nassau in Siegen, Dillenburg, Hadamar, Herborn
and Beilstein, Count zu Diez (together with his
brothers), October 8th, 1606 - March 30th, 1607; Count zu
Nassau in Dillenburg, Herborn, Haiger, Ebersbach and
Tringenstein (solely), March 30th, 1607
Lieutenant-Governor of Friesland, December 1583;
Stadtholder of Friesland, October 16th, 1584; Stadtholder
of Groningen, 1595; Stadtholder of Drenthe, 1596
Colonel of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1584; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of
Friesland, October 16th, 1584; Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of Groningen, 1595; Commander-in-Chief of the Army
of Drenthe, 1596
Maurits Prince d'Orange, Count of
Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Buren, Leerdam,
Lingen and MörsMarried:
Stadhouderlijk Hof, The Hague,
November 7th, 1597:
Manuel Infant of Portugal
* Tanger or Lisbon 1568
† Brussels, June 22nd, 1638
Children from the third marriage:
Married:
Dillenburg, June 23rd n.s., 1593:
Friedrich IV Elector Palatine of the Rhine, Duke
in Bavaria
* Amberg, March 5th, 1574
† Heidelberg, September 19th n.s., 1610
Elector Palatine of the Rhine, 1583
Maria Elisabeth Countess of Nassau,
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and DiezMarried:
Sedan, April 15th, 1595:
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne
* Château Jozé near Clermont, September 28th, 1555
† Sedan, March 25th, 1623
Sovereign Prince de Sedan, Duke de Bouillon, Prince de
Raucourt, Count de Montfort et de Beaufort, Viscount de
Turenne, Baron d'Oliergues
Marshal of France
Catherina Belgica Countess of Nassau,
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and DiezMarried:
Dillenburg, November 2nd n.s.,
1596:
Philipp Ludwig II Count zu Hanau in Münzenberg
* Hanau, November 18th or December 18th, 1576
† Hanau, August 19th n.s., 1612
Count zu Hanau in Münzenberg, 1580
Married:
...:
Claude de la Tremoïlle
* 1566
† Thouars, October 25th, 1604
Duke de Thouars, Prince de Tellemont, Count de Crau et de
Taillebourg
Married:
Zweibrücken, July 4th n.s., 1616:
Friedrich Kasimir Count Palatine of the Rhine of
Zweibrücken in Landsberg
* Zweibrücken, June 10th, 1585
† Montfort, September 30th n.s., 1645
Count Palatine of the Rhine of Zweibrücken in Landsberg,
1604
Child from the fourth marriage:
Frederik Hendrik Prince d'Orange, Count of
Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Buren, Leerdam, Lingen and
Mörs
(Since 1637:) HH Frederik Hendrik Prince d'Orange, Count
of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Buren, Leerdam, Lingen
and Mörs
(Born as: Frederik Hendrik Count of Nassau,
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Diez)
* Delft, January 29th, 1584
† Stadhouderlijk Hof, The Hague, March 14th, 1647
Marquess of Bergen, Count of Vianden, Viscount of Antwerp, Baron
of Breda, Grimbergen, Herstal, Diest and Warneton, Lord of
Polanen, Geertruidenberg, Niervaart, Klundert, Oosterhout,
Naaldwijk, Steenbergen, Castricum, Monster, Rijswijk, Dongen, the
Lek, Drimmelen, Sankt-Vith, Bütgenbach, Daasburg, Hambroeck,
Gageldonk, Itteren, Meerssenhoven, Gestel, Strijp, Stratum,
Hoboken, Hingene, Zichem, Zelem (until 1595), Vorst, Meerhout,
Londerzeel, Hoeleden, Roosendaal, Nispen, Wouw, Hooge en Lage
Zwaluwe and Willemstad (together with his brothers), July 10th,
1584 - 1609; Lord of Geertuidenberg and Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
(solely), 1609; Lord of Naaldwijk, Honselersdijk and Wateringen,
1612; Sovereign Prince of Orange, Marquess of Veere and Flushing,
Count of Vianden, Buren, Leerdam, Lingen and Mörs, Viscount of
Antwerp and Besançon, Baron of Breda, Grimbergen, Herstal,
Diest, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, the city Grave and the
land of Cuyk, Warneton, Orpierre-Trescléoux, Saulnerie, Arlay
and Nozeroy, Lord of Polanen, Niervaart, Klundert, Oosterhout,
Steenbergen, Castricum, Monster, Rijswijk, Dongen, Drimmelen,
Sankt-Vith, Bütgenbach, Daasburg, Hambroeck, Gageldonk, Itteren,
Meerssenhoven, Gestel, Strijp, Stratum, Hoboken, Hingene, Zichem,
Vorst, Meerhout, Londerzeel, Hoeleden, Roosendaal, Nispen, Wouw,
Willemstad, Akkooi, Kortgene, Borsselen, Sint-Maartensdijk,
Jaarsveld, Neuchâtel, Châtillon, Chastelbellin, Valenzin,
Lièvremont, Hortal, Dammartin, Montfaulcon, Salins and La Joux,
April 23rd, 1625; Lord of Zuylestein, 1630-1640; Lord of Leersum,
1632-1640; Lord of Montfort, 1647
Governor of Geertruidenberg, 1593-1609; Member of the Council of
State, April 22nd, 1603; First Peer of Zeeland, April 23rd, 1625;
Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and
Overijssel, 1625; Stadtholder of Limburg, 1633; Stadtholder of
Groningen and Drenthe, 1640
Colonel of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1593; General of the Infantry of the Republic of the
United Netherlands, March 17th, 1603; Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and the Navy of the Republic of the United Netherlands,
Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy of Holland and
Zeeland, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Utrecht, Gelderland
and Overijssel, 1625; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of France
for one campaign, 1635; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of
Groningen and Drenthe, 1640
Knight of the Order of the Garter, July 5th, 1627
Granted the style of Highness by King Louis XIII of France, 1637
Married:
Kloosterkerk, The Hague, April 4th n.s.,
1625:
Amalia Countess zu Solms-Braunfels
* Braunfels, September 10th n.s., 1602
† Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, September 8th, 1675
Baroness of Zevenbergen, 1648, Baroness of Turnhout, 1649
Lady in waiting of Queen Elizabeth Stuart of Bohemia, 1619-1625
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Noordeinde Palace, The Hague,
December 7th n.s., 1646:
HSH Friedrich Wilhelm Elector of Brandenburg, Duke
of Prussia and Cleves, Count of Mark, Ravensberg and
Minden "The Great Elector"
* Palace of the Elector, Kölln an der Spree (today a
part of Berlin), February 16th n.s., 1620
† Palace of the Elector, Potsdam, May 9th n.s., 1688
Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia and Cleves, Count
of Mark, Ravensberg and Minden, 1640
Albertine Agnes
Countess of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Buren,
Leerdam, Lingen and Mörs
Married:
Cleves, May 2nd n.s., 1652:
Willem Frederik Count zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden
und Diez, Lord zu Beilstein
(Since 1636:) Willem Frederik Count zu Nassau,
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Baron zu Beilstein und
Liesveld
(Since January 23rd, 1642:) Willem Frederik Count
zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez und Spiegelberg,
Baron zu Beilstein und Liesveld
(Since November 25th, 1652:) HSH Willem Frederik
Fürst zu Nassau, Count zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez
und Spiegelberg, Baron zu Beilstein und Liesveld
* Hof van Nassau, Arnhem, August 17th n.s., 1613
† (gunshot wounds) Stadhouderlijk Hof, Leeuwarden,
October 31st n.s., 1664
Baron of Liesveld, 1636; Count and since November 25th,
1652 Fürst zu Nassau in Diez, July 22nd n.s., 1640;
Count zu Spiegelberg, January 23rd, 1642
Stadtholder of Friesland, July 31st n.s., 1640;
Stadtholder of Groningen, November 29th, 1650;
Stadtholder of Drenthe, December 1650;
Lieutenant-Stadtholder of Overijssel, October 1654 -
October 1657
Captain of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1625; Captain of the Cavalry of the Republic
of the United Netherlands, 1631; Commander-in-Chief of
the Army of Friesland, July 31st n.s., 1640; Colonel of
the Infantry and Colonel of the Cavalry of the Republic
of the United Netherlands, 1644; General of the Artillery
and General of the Cavalry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1648; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of
Groningen, November 29th, 1650; Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of Drenthe, December 1650; First Fieldmarshal of the
Army of the Republic of the United Netherlands, 1655
(resigned his commission: 1660)
Commander of the German Order, February 3rd, 1641
Married:
Groningen, July 9th, 1659:
HSH Johann Georg II Fürst von Anhalt in Dessau
* Dessau, November 17th n.s., 1627
† Berlin, August 27th n.s., 1693
Fürst von Anhalt in Dessau, 1660
General-Fieldmarshal of the Army of Brandenburg
Maria Countess of Nassau,
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Buren, Leerdam, Lingen and
MörsMarried:
Cleves, September 23rd n.s., 1666:
Moritz Ludwig Heinrich Count Palatine of the Rhine
of Simmern
* Sedan, October 11th n.s., 1640
† Kreuznach, January 3rd n.s., 1674
Count Palatine of the Rhine of Simmern, 1655
HH Willem II Prince d'Orange, Count of
Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Buren, Leerdam, Lingen and
Mörs
(Born as: Willem Count of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden,
Diez, Buren, Leerdam, Lingen and Mörs)
* The Hague, May 27th, 1626
† (childpox) The Hague, November 6th, 1650
Sovereign Prince of Orange, Marquess of Veere and Flushing, Count
of Vianden, Buren, Leerdam, Lingen and Mörs, Viscount of Antwerp
and Besançon, Baron of Breda, Grimbergen, Herstal, Diest,
IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, the city Grave and the land
of Cuyk, Warneton, Orpierre-Trescléoux, Saulnerie, Arlay and
Nozeroy, Lord of Polanen, Geertruidenberg, Niervaart, Klundert,
Oosterhout, Naaldwijk, Steenbergen, Castricum, Monster, Rijswijk,
Dongen, Drimmelen, Sankt-Vith, Bütgenbach, Daasburg, Hambroeck,
Gageldonk, Itteren, Meerssenhoven, Gestel, Strijp, Stratum,
Hoboken, Hingene, Zichem, Vorst, Meerhout, Londerzeel, Hoeleden,
Roosendaal, Nispen, Wouw, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Willemstad,
Akkooi, Kortgene, Borsselen, Sint-Maartensdijk, Jaarsveld,
Honselersdijk, Wateringen, Montfort, Neuchâtel, Châtillon,
Chastelbellin, Valenzin, Lièvremont, Hortal, Dammartin,
Montfaulcon, Salins and La Joux, March 14th, 1647
Appointed as successor of his father as Stadtholder of Holland,
Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel, 1631; appointed as
successor of his father as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the
Navy of the Republic of the United Netherlands, 1639; appointed
as successor of his father as Stadtholder of Groningen and
Drenthe; 1641
Member of the Council of State, November 3rd, 1638; Stadtholder
of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen
and Drenthe, First Peer of Zeeland, March 14th, 1647
General of the Cavalry of the Republic of the United Netherlands,
January 25th, 1630; Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy
of the Republic of the United Netherlands, Commander-in-Chief of
the Army and the Navy of Holland and Zeeland, Commander-in-Chief
of the Army of Utrecht, Gelderland, Overijssel, Groningen and
Drenthe, March 14th, 1647
Knight of the Order of the Garter, March 2nd, 1645
Married:
Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace, London, May
12th n.s., 1641:
HRH Mary Henriette Stuart Princess of England, Scotland
and Ireland
* St. James's Palace, London, November 14th n.s., 1631
† Whitehall Palace, London, January 3rd n.s., 1661
Created Princess Royal, 1641
Child from this marriage:
Married:
St. James's Palace, London,
November 14th n.s., 1677:
HRH Mary Stuart Princess of England, Scotland and
Ireland
(Since February 23rd n.s., 1689:) HM Mary II Queen
of England, France, Scotland and Ireland
* St. James's Palace, London, May 10th n.s., 1662
† (smallpox) Kensington Palace, London, January 7th
n.s., 1695
Queen of Engeland, Scotland and Ireland, February 23rd
n.s., 1689 (crowned: Westminster Abbey, London, April
21st n.s., 1689)
Children from this marriage:
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