
Genealogy - Royal House - The Netherlands
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William I the silent of Orange (1533-1584), heir. (see above)
Hermanna (b+1534)
John VI the elder (1536-1606), count of Nassau and Dietz, stadholder of
Guelders and Zutphen 1578-1581, married 1st 1559 Elisabeth of
Leuchtenberg (1537-1579), 2nd 1580 Kunigunde of The Palts (1556-1586),
3rd 1586 Johanetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1561-1622). He had 24 children,
including:
Willem Lodewijk "Us Heit" (1560-1620), count of Nassau, stadholder
of Friesland 1584, Drenthe 1593 and Groningen 1594, married Anna of
Orange-Nassau (1563-1588)
John VII (1561-1623), count of Nassau-Siegen, married 1st 1581
Magdalena of Waldeck (1558-1599), widow of Philipp Ludwig I of
Hanau-Münzenberg (1553-1580), a grandson of Juliana of
Stolberg-Wenigerode, 2nd 1603 Margaretha of Holstein-Sonderburg
(1583-1658). He had 25 children, including:
John VIII the young (1583-1638), count of Nassau-Siegen, married
1618 Ernestina Yolanda de Ligne (1594-1663). They had 5
daughters and 1 son.
Juliana (1587-1643) married 1603 Moritz of Hesse-Cassel
(1572-1632), widower of Agnes of Solms-Laubauch (1578-1602)
Johan Maurits "The Brasilian" (1604-1679)
George Frederick (1606-1674) married 1647 Mauritia Eleonora of
Portugal (1609-1674), daughter of Emilia of Orange-Nassau
(1569-1629)
George the old (1562-1623), count of Nassau-Beilstein, married 1st
1584 Anna Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1565-1605), 2nd 1605 Amalia
of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1585-1633), line of Nassau-Dillenburg. He had
15 children by his 1st wife and only one by his 2nd:
Margarete of Nassau-Dillenburg (1606-1661) married 1626 count
Otto of Lippe-Brake (1589-1657). They had 7 sons and 5
daughters, including:
Dorothea of Lippe-Brake (1633-1706) married 1665 count
Johann Dietrich von Kunowitch (1624-1700). Their daughter
Juliane Luise of Kunowitch (1671-1754) married 1705
count Rudolf of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1671-1726). Their
eldest son
Friedrich of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1706-1781) married
1732 Barbara Eleonore of Solms-Baruth (1707-1744).
Their eldest surviving son Karl of Lippe-Biesterfeld
(1735-1810) married 1769 Ferdinande of
Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda (1737-1779). Their eldest
surviving son Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1777-1840)
married 1803 Modeste von Unruh (1781-1854). Their
2nd son Julius of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1812-1884)
married 1859 countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell
(1818-1900). Their eldest surviving son Ernst
(1842-1904) married 1869 countess Karoline von
Wartensleben (1844-1905). Their 2nd son Bernhard
(1872-1934) married 1909 baroness Armgard von
Sierstorpff-Cramm (1883-1971). Their eldest son
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b1911) married 1937
queen Juliana of The Netherlands (b1909).
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