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Johann VI von Nassau-Dillenburg

Brief Life History of Johann VI

When Johann VI von Nassau-Dillenburg was born on 22 November 1536, in Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany, his father, Graf Wilhelm I von Nassau-Dillenburg, was 49 and his mother, Juliana Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, was 30. He married Princess Elisabeth Von Leuchtenberg of Beauharnais Countess of Nassau-Dillenberg on 16 July 1559, in Dillenburg, Dillkreis, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 8 October 1606, in his hometown, at the age of 69, and was buried in Dillenburg, Dillkreis, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany.

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Family Time Line

Johann VI von Nassau-Dillenburg
1536–1606
Princess Elisabeth Von Leuchtenberg of Beauharnais Countess of Nassau-Dillenberg
1537–1579
Marriage: 16 July 1559
Graf Wilhelm Ludwig von Nassau-Dietz
1560–1620
Graf Johann VII von Nassau-Siegen und Freudenberg
1561–1623
Georg Graf von Nassau-Beilstein-Dillenburg
1562–1623
Gräfin Elisabeth von Nassau-Dillenburg
1564–1611
Gräfin Juliana von Nassau-Dillenburg
1565–1630
Graf Philipp von Nassau-Dillenburg
1566–1595
Gräfin Maria von Nassau-Dillenburg
1568–1632
Gräfin Anna Sibylla von Nassau-Dillenburg
1569–1576
Gräfin Mathilde von Nassau-Dillenburg
1570–1625
Graf Albert von Nassau-Dillenburg
1572–1572
Count Ernest Casimir I van Nassau-Dietz, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
1573–1632
Graf Ludwig Günther von Nassau-Dillenburg
1575–1604
Count Of Nassau
1579–1579

Sources (4)

  • Johann VI von Nassau-Katzenelnbogen-Diez, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
  • der Ältere, "Find A Grave Index"

Name Meaning

Altered form of Welsh Vaughan .

Chinese: variant of Wong .

Cambodian: written វ៉ុន, unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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