Anna
van Nassau-Dillenburg
formerly Nassau aka van Oranje, van Nassau
Born in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Ancestors 
Sister of
Maria (Nassau) van Nassau [half], Filips Willem (Nassau) van Oranje-Nassau [half], Maria (Nassau) van Nassau [half], Justinus (Nassau) van Nassau [half], Anna van Nassau, Maurits (Nassau) van Nassau, Maurits (Nassau) van Oranje-Nassau, Emilia (Nassau) van Nassau, Christine van Dietz [half], Louise Juliana (Nassau) von der Pfalz [half], Elisabeth Flanderika (Nassau) van Nassau [half], Catharina Belgica van Nassau [half], Charlotte Flandrina (Nassau) van Nassau [half], Charlotte Brabantina (Nassau) de la Trémoille [half], Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana (Nassau) van Nassau [half] and Frederik Hendrik (Oranje-Nassau) van Oranje-Nassau [half]
Wife of
Willem Lodewijk Nassau-Dillenburg
— married
25 Nov 1587 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 24
in Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
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Anna (Nassau) van Nassau-Dillenburg is geboren in Noord-Brabant in 1563
Anna Nassau was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Biography
- Anna van Nassau (Breda, 5 november 1563 – Franeker, 13 juni 1588) was de tweede dochter van Willem van Oranje uit diens tweede huwelijk met Anna van Saksen.
- Anna ging in 1567 naar Slot Dillenburg en werd daar opgevoed door haar grootmoeder Juliana van Stolberg. Daar zal zij ook kennisgemaakt hebben met haar latere echtgenoot Willem Lodewijk van Nassau-Dillenburg. Zij huwde met hem in 1587.Zij overleed echter al een half jaar daarna, tijdens haar eerste zwangerschap. Anna werd begraven in de Grote of Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden. Willem Lodewijk is uit respect voor haar niet hertrouwd.
- Haar kostbare grafmonument, gepolychromeerde gisant bij de grafkelder van de Friesche Nassau's in de Grote of Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden werd in 1795 vernield. Haar graf werd door een woedende menigte geschonden.
- Her husband was a son of Johann (Nassau Dillenburg) Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth (Leuchtenberg) von Leuchtenberg No profile for him yet ?
- Anna van Nassau (Breda , November 5, 1563 - Franeker, June 13 1588 ) was the second daughter of William of Orange from his second marriage to Anna of Saxony .
- Anna went in 1567 to Castle Dillenburg and was raised by her grandmother Juliana of Stolberg . There she probably will have met her future husband William Louis van Nassau-Dillenburg. They married in 1587 and she died half a year later , during her first pregnancy. Anna was buried in the Jacobijner in Leeuwarden. William Louis was out of respect for her never remarried.
- Her precious tomb , polychrome recumbent figure in the crypt of the Frisian Nassau in the Jacobijner Church in Leeuwarden was destroyed in 1795 . Her grave was violated by an angry crowd .
Sources
- Source: Wil Tiemes, Anna van Oranje, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland.Anna van Oranje
- Source: Familypedia Anna of Nassau
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John Atkinson
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Van Nassau-8 and Nassau-47 appear to represent the same person because: Obviously intended to be the same person, Nassau is the appropriate LNAB for this time period
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Rejected matches › Anna van Nassau (1562-1562)
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