Genealogy of the House Orange-Nassau1Genealogy of the House Orange-Nassau1
Ernst
Kasimir Count zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez,
Lord zu Beilstein
* Schloß Dillenburg, Dillenburg, December 22nd, 1573
† (killed in action) near Roermond, June 2nd, 1632
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 Diez (solely),
March 30th, 1607
Governor of Rhineberk, 1605-1607; Lieutenant-Governor of
Gelderland, 1607-1625; Lieutenant-Governor of Utrecht, 1610;
Stadtholder of Friesland, August 3rd, 1620; Stadtholder of
Groningen and Drenthe, 1625
Colonel of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1599; Lieutenant-General of the Army of Brunswick,
1606-1607; Fieldmarshal of Gelderland, 1607-1625; Fieldmarshal of
Utrecht, 1610; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Friesland,
August 3rd, 1620; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Groningen and
Drenthe, 1625
Married:
Gröningen near Halberstadt, June 8th,
1607:
HSH Sofia Hedwig Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,
Countess zu Spiegelberg
* Wolfenbüttel, February 20th or June 13th, 1592
† Hof van Nassau, Arnhem, January 23rd, 1642
Countess zu Spiegelberg, 1631; Countess-Regent of Nassau-Diez,
1632
Children from this marriage:
Hendrik
Casimir I Count zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden
und Diez, Lord zu Beilstein
Elisabeth Friso Countess zu Nassau,
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Lady zu Beilstein
HSH Willem Frederik Fürst zu Nassau, Count
zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez und Spiegelberg, Baron zu
Beilstein und Liesveld
(Born as: 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
* 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:
Cleves, May 2nd n.s., 1652:
Albertine Agnes
Countess of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Buren,
Leerdam, Lingen and Mörs
* The Hague, April 19th, 1634
† Oranjewoud Palace near Heerenveen, May 24th n.s., 1696
Fürstin-Regent of Nassau-Diez, Friesland and Groningen,
1664-1675 and Drenthe 1674-1675 (for her son)
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Oranjewoud Palace near Heerenveen,
November 28th, 1690:
HSH Johann Wilhelm Duke of Saxe in Jena and
Eisenach
* Eisenach, October 17th, 1666
† Eisenach, January 4th, 1729
Duke of Saxe in Jena, 1690 and in Eisenach, 1698
Colonel of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1691 (resigned his commission: 1713)
HSH Hendrik
Casimir II Fürst zu Nassau, Count zu Katzenelnbogen,
Vianden, Diez und Spiegelberg, Baron zu Beilstein und Liesveld
(Born as: HSH Hendrik Casimir Prince zu Nassau, Count zu
Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez und Spiegelberg, Baron zu Beilstein
und Liesveld)
* The Hague, January 28th n.s., 1657
† Leeuwarden, March 25th n.s., 1696
Fürst zu Nassau in Diez, Count zu Spiegelberg, Baron of
Liesveld, October 31st n.s., 1664
Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen, 1664; Stadtholder of
Drenthe, 1674 (the commission Stadtholder of Friesland was
declared hereditary in male lineage, July 23rd, 1675)
Colonel of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, April 19th, 1666; Colonel of the Cavalry of the
Republic of the United Netherlands 1673; Commander-in-Chief of
the Army of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe, January 28th, 1675;
Third Fieldmarshal of the Army of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, July 15th, 1689 (resigned his commission: 1694)
Commander of the German Order, April 4th, 1695
Married:
Dessau, November 26th n.s., 1683:
HSH Henriette Amalia Princess von Anhalt-Dessau
* Cleves, August 26th n.s., 1666
† Schloß Oranienstein near Diez, April 18th, 1726
Fürstin-Regent of Nassau-Diez, Friesland and Groningen,
1696-1708 (for her son)
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Leeuwarden, May 27th, 1708:
HSH Karl Leopold Duke von Mecklenburg in Schwerin
* Grabow, November 26th, 1678
† Dömitz, November 28th, 1747
Duke von Mecklenburg in Schwerin, 1713 (deposed: 1719)
Colonel of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1701; Lieutenant-General of the Army of
Mecklenburg
(Divorced: Greifswald, June 2nd, 1710)
Married:
Schloß Oranienstein near Diez,
April 15th, 1725:
HSH Christian Fürst zu Nassau, Count zu Katzenelnbogen,
Vianden und Diez, Lord zu Beilstein
(Born as: HSH Christian Prince zu Nassau, Count
zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Lord zu Beilstein)
* Dillenburg, August 11th, 1688
† (heart attack during the hunt) Ebersbach, August
28th, 1739
Fürst zu Nassau in Dillenburg, Beilstein, Herborn,
Haiger, Burbach, Ebersbach, Tringenstein and the
Westerwald and Fürst zu Nassau in 1/3 Hadamar, September
21st, 1724
Major of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, May 18th, 1708; Colonel of the Infantry of
the Republic of the United Netherlands, April 16th, 1711
(resigned his commission: 1727)
Knight of the Order of St. Hubertus
HSH Johan Willem Friso Fürst zu Nassau,
Count zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez und Spiegelberg, Baron zu
Beilstein und Liesveld
(Since March 19th n.s., 1702:) HH Johan Willem Friso
Prince of Orange and Fürst zu Nassau, Count of Katzenelnbogen,
Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren and Leerdam
(Born as: HSH Johan Willem Friso Prince zu Nassau, Count
zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez und Spiegelberg, Baron zu
Beilstein und Liesveld)
* Dessau, August 14th n.s., 1687
† (drowned) near Strijense Sas, July 14th, 1711
Fürst zu Nassau in Diez, Count zu Spiegelberg, Baron of
Liesveld, March 25th n.s., 1696; Marquess of Veere and Flushing,
Count of Vianden, Buren and Leerdam, Viscount of Antwerp, Baron
of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the city Grave and the land of Cuyk,
IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, Herstal, Warneton, Arlay and
Nozeroy, Lord of Breedevoort, Het Loo, Geertruidenberg, Klundert,
Zevenbergen, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen,
Sint-Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn and Ter Eem, Willemstad,
Steenbergen, Montfort, Sankt-Vith, Bütgenbach, Daasburg,
Niervaart, Turnhout and Besançon, March 19th n.s., 1702;
Hereditary and Suzerain Lord of the Isle of Ameland, May 27th,
1704
Hereditary Stadtholder of Friesland, March 25th n.s., 1696;
Stadtholder of Groningen, 1696
Colonel of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, March 27th, 1696; Colonel of the Cavalry of the
Republic of the United Netherlands, March 28th, 1696; General of
the Infantry of the Republic of the United Netherlands, April
11th, 1704; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Friesland, March
25th, 1707; Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Groningen, 1708
Married:
Cassel, April 26th, 1709:
HSH Marie Luise Landgravine of Hesse-Cassel ("Marijke
Meu")
* Cassel, February 7th, 1688
† Leeuwarden, April 9th, 1765
Princess-Regent, 1711-1731 (for her son); Princess-Regent of
Friesland, 1759-1765 (for her grandson)
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Leeuwarden, July 3rd, 1727:
HSH Friedrich Margrave von Baden-Durlach
* Stuttgart, October 7th, 1703
† Karlsruhe, March 26th, 1732
Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, June 25th, 1709
HH Willem
IV Carel Hendrik Friso Prince of Orange and Fürst zu Nassau,
Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren and
Leerdam
(Since 1748:) HH Willem IV Carel Hendrik Friso Prince of
Orange und Fürst zu Nassau, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden,
Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg
* (posthumously) Leeuwarden, September 1st, 1711
† Huis ten Bosch Palace near The Hague, October 22nd, 1751
Fürst zu Nassau in Diez, Marquess of Veere and Flushing, Count
of Vianden, Spiegelberg, Buren and Leerdam, Viscount of Antwerp,
Baron of Breda, Diest, Beilstein, the city Grave and the land of
Cuyk, IJsselstein, Cranendonk, Eindhoven, Liesveld, Herstal,
Warneton, Arlay and Nozeroy, Hereditary and Suzerain Lord of the
Isle of Ameland, Lord of Breedevoort, Het Loo, Geertruidenberg,
Klundert, Zevenbergen, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Naaldwijk, Polanen,
Sint-Maartensdijk, Soest, Baarn and Ter Eem, Willemstad,
Steenbergen, Montfort, Sankt-Vith, Bütgenbach, Daasburg,
Niervaart, Turnhout and Besançon, September 1st, 1711; Fürst zu
Nassau in 1/3-Hadamar, 1717 - August 28th, 1739; Fürst zu Nassau
in ½-Hadamar and in ½-Dillenburg, August 28th, 1739 - February
16th, 1742; Fürst zu Nassau in Dillenburg and in Siegen,
February 16th, 1742; Fürst zu Nassau in Hadamar, February 18th,
1743; Count of Culemborg, 1748
Hereditary Stadtholder of Friesland, September 1st, 1711;
Stadtholder of Groningen, 1718; Stadtholder of Drenthe, 1722;
Stadtholder of Gelderland, 1729; Member of the Council of State,
1747; Hereditary Stadtholder of Zeeland, April 28th, 1747;
Hereditary Stadtholder of Holland and Utrecht, May 3rd, 1747;
Hereditary Stadtholder of Overijssel, May 10th, 1747 (the
commissions Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland,
Overijssel, Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe were declared
hereditary in both male and female lineage, 1747)
Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe
and Gelderland, 1731 (the commissions Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Gelderland were
declared hereditary in both male and female lineage, 1747);
Hereditary Commander-in-Chief of the Army and the Navy of
Zeeland, April 28th, 1747; Hereditary Commander-in-Chief of the
Army and the Navy of Holland and Hereditary Commander-in-Chief of
the Army of Utrecht, May 3rd, 1747; Hereditary Commander-in-Chief
of the Army and the Navy of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, May 4th, 1747; Hereditary Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of Overijssel, May 10th, 1747
Knight of the Garter, July 22nd, 1733
Married:
Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, London,
March 25th n.s., 1734:
HSH Anne Princess
of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg
(Since August 1st, 1714:) HRH Anne Princess of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick
and Lüneburg
(Since August 30th, 1727:) HRH Anne Princess of Great
Britain and Ireland, Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick
and Lüneburg, Princess Royal
* Schloß Herrenhausen near Hanover, November 2nd n.s., 1709
† The Hague, January 12th, 1759
Created Princess Royal, August 30th, 1727
Princess-Regent, 1751-1759 (for her son)
Children from this marriage:
HSH Carolina Princess of
Orange-NassauMarried:
The Hague, March 5th, 1760:
HSH Karl Christian Fürst zu Nassau, Count zu
Saarbrücken und Saarwerden, Lord zu Lahr und Mahlberg
auch Wiesbaden und Idstein
* Weilburg, January 16th, 1735
† Munsterdreysen near Kirchheim, November 28th, 1788
Fürst zu Nassau in Weilburg, Merenberg, Gleiberg,
Reichelsheim, Kirchheim, Bolanden, Stauf, Hüttenberg,
Cleeberg, Löhnberg, Essershausen, Elkerhausen,
1/3-Saarwerden and Herbitzheim, November 9th, 1753
Governor of Bergen op Zoom, 1760-1765; Governor of Sluis,
1765-1772; Governor of Maastricht, 1772-1784
Colonel of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1758 (resigned his commission: 1770);
General of the Infantry of the Republic of the United
Netherlands, 1760; Colonel of the Cavalry of the Republic
of the United Netherlands, 1765 (resigned his
commissions: 1784); Fieldmarshal of the Imperial Army
Knight of the Order of the Elephant
HH Willem V Batavus Prince of Orange
and Fürst zu Nassau, Count of Katzenelnbogen, Vianden,
Diez, Spiegelberg, Buren, Leerdam and Culemborg
Married:
Royal Palace, Berlin, October 4th,
1767:
HRH Friederike Sofia Wilhelmine Princess of Prussia
* Princely Palace, Berlin, August 7th, 1751
† Palace Het Loo near Apeldoorn, June 9th, 1820
Children from this marriage:
Married:
The Hague, October 14th,
1790:
HSH Karl Georg August Duke of
Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel
* London, February 8th, 1766
† Antoinettenruh, September 20th, 1806
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