William I the silent (1533-1584), also known as William of Orange, prince of 
Orange 1544, count of Nassau, Vianden and Dietz, viscount of Antwerp, baron of 
Breda, stadholder of Holland, Zealand and Utrecht 1559, Brabant 1577 and 
Friesland 1580. He married 1st 1551 Anna of Egmont (1533-1558), countess of 
Buren. After the death of his 1st wife William of Orange had an affair with Eva 
Elinx and fathered a son, Justinus of Nassau (1559-1631), who married in 1597 
Anna of Merode (1565-1634).









 He married 2nd 1561 Anna of Saxony (1544-1577),  
annulled, 3rd 1575 Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier (1546/7-1582), 
4th 1583 Louise de Coligny (1555-1620), widow of Charles de Téligny and daughter 
of Gaspard de Coligny. Children of his 4 marriages: 
    Maria (1553-1554) 
    Filips Willem (1554-1618), prince of Orange 1584, count of Nassau, Vianden 
    and Buren, married Eléonore of Bourbon-Condé (1587-1619). No issue. 
    Maria (1556-1616) married 1595 Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1550-1606) 
    
    Anna (b+1562) 
    Anna of Orange-Nassau (1563-1688) married 1587 Willem Lodewijk of 
    Nassau-Dietz (1560-1620), stadholder of Friesland 
    Maurits (1564-1566) 
    Maurits (1567-1625), prince of Orange 1618, count of Nassau, stadholder of 
    Holland and Zealand 1585, Guelders, Utrecht and Overijssel 1590, Groningen 
    and Drenthe 1620. He never married, but fathered several bastards by 
    Margaretha van Mechelen, Anna van de Kelder and others, including: 
        Willem (~1601-1627) married 1627 Anna van der Noot (+1642), lady of 
        Hoogwoud. He had a bastard son by Barbara Cocx. 
        Lodewijk (1602-1665), lord of Beverweerd, married 1630 Isabella of 
        Hornes (+1664). This line of Nassau-LaLecq became extinct in 1861. 
    Emilia (1569-1629) married 1597 Emanuel of Portugal (1568-1638), son of 
    Antonio, bastard of Portugal 
    
    Louise Juliana (1576-1644) married 1593 Frederick IV of The Palts 
    (1574-1610) 
    Elisabeth (1577-1642) married 1595 Henri de la Tour (1555-1623), duke of 
    Bouillon, prince of Sedan, widower of Charlotte of the Marck (1574-1594), 
    duchess of Bouillon and Sedan. They had 2 sons and 6 daughters, including 
    Marie de La Tour (~1599-1665), who married in 1619 her cousin, Henri de La 
    Trémoïlle (1598-1674). 
    Catharina Belgica (1578-1648) married 1596 Filips Lodewijk II of 
    Hanau-Münzenberg (1576-1612), a great-grandson of Catharina's grandmother, 
    Juliana of Stolberg-Wenigerode. Children: 
        Charlotte of Hanau-Münzenberg (1597-1649) 
        Friedrich Ludwig of Hanau-Münzenberg (+1628) 
        Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602-1651), regent of Hesse-Cassel 
        1637-1650, married 1619 Wilhelm V of Hesse-Cassel (1602-1637). They had 
        14 children, including: 
            Elisabeth of Hesse (1623-1683) 
            Amalie of Hesse (1626-1693) married 1648 Henri Charles de La 
            Trémoïlle (1620-1672) 
            Charlotte (1627-1686) 
            Wilhelm VI of Hesse-Cassel (1629-1663) married 1649 his 2nd cousin 
            Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg (1623-1683), a granddaughter of Louise 
            Juliana of Orange-Nassau (1576-1644), see above. Children: 
                Charlotte of Hesse (1650-1714) married 1667 Christian V of 
                Denmark (1646-1699). Their eldest son, Frederick IV of Denmark 
                (1671-1730), married Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667-1721). 
                Their eldest surviving son, Christian VI of Denmark (1699-1746), 
                married Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700-1770). 
                Their son, Frederick V of Denmark (1723-1766), married as his 
                1st wife Louise of Great-Britain (1724-1751), youngst daughter 
                of king George II. They were the parents of the mad monarch 
                Christian VII of Denmark (1749-1808). 
                Wilhelm VII of Hesse-Cassel (1651-1670) 
                Karl of Hesse-Cassel (1654-1730) married 1673 Marie Amalie of 
                Koerland (1653-1711). Children: 
                    Frederick I of Sweden (1676-1751), duke of Hesse-Cassel 
                    1670, king of Sweden 1720, married 1st 1700 his cousin Luise 
                    of Prussia (1680-1705), married 2nd 1715 Ulrika Eleonora of 
                    Sweden (1688-1741), queen of Sweden 1719-1720. She abdicated 
                    in favour of her husband. 
                    Sophie of Hesse (1678-1749) married 1704 Friedrich Wilhelm 
                    of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675-1713) 
                    Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Cassel (1682-1760), regent of 
                    Hesse-Cassel 1730, married 1717 Dorothea Wilhelmina of 
                    Saxe-Zeitz (1691-1743). They are the ancestors of the 
                    current pretenders of the House of Hesse. 
                    Leopold of Hesse (1684-1704) 
                    Ludwig of Hesse (1686-1706) 
                    Maximilian of Hesse (1687-1753) married 1729 Friederike 
                    Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1689-1777), 4 daughters. 
                    Marie Louise "Maaike Meu" of Hesse-Cassel (1688-1765) 
                    married 1709 Johan Willem Friso of Nassau-Dietz and Orange 
                    (1687-1711) 
                    Georg of Hesse (1691-1755) 
                    Wilhelmine Charlotte of Hesse (1695-1722) 
                Philipp of Hesse-Philippsthal (1655-1721) married 1680 Catharina 
                Amalia of Solms-Laubach (~1654-1736), a granddaughter of 
                Catharina Juliana of Hanau-Münzenberg, see below. 
                Georg of Hesse (1658-1675) 
                Elisabeth Henriëtte of Hesse (1661-1683) married in 1679 as his 
                1st wife Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713), 1st king of Prussia 
                1701. She had one child, Luise (1680-1705), who married her 
                cousin Frederick of Hesse-Cassel (1676-1751), who became king of 
                Sweden after her death.