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William I, Prince of Orange








Reign
July 15, 1544 - July 10, 1584  (39 years)
Succeeded by Philip William, Prince of Orange




Birth
April 24, 1533
Dillenburg, Germany
House of Orange-Nassau


Death
July 10, 1584
Delft, the Netherlands
51 years


Parents
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg  (1487-1559) (72 years)
married 1531-59 (28 years, died)
Juliana, Countess of Stolberg  (1506-80) (74 years)


Siblings
1. Elisabeth, Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg  (1520-23) (3 years) (Paternal Half-Sister)
2. Magdalene, Countess of Neuenahr and Moers  (1522-67) (45 years) (Paternal Half-Sister)
3. Hermanna, Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg  (1534-34) (1 day)
4. Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg  (1536-1606) (70 years)
5. Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg  (1538-74) (34 years)
6. Maria, Countess van den Bergh  (1539-99) (60 years)
7. Adolf, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg  (1540-68) (28 years)
8. Anna, Countess of Nassau-Weilburg  (1541-1616) (75 years)
9. Elisabeth, Countess of Solms-Braunfels  (1542-1603) (61 years)
10. Catharine, Countess of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt  (1546-88) (42 years)
11. Magadalena, Countess of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim  (1547-1633) (86 years)
12. Henry, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg  (1550-74) (24 years)


Paternal Grandparents
Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz  (1455-1516) (61 years)
married 1481-1516 (35 years, died)

Elisabeth, Landgravine of Hesse-Marburg  (1466-1523) (57 years)

(Children: 4 sons, 2 daughters)


Maternal Grandparents
Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode  (1467-1538) (71 years)
married 1500-38 (38 years, died)

Anna, Countess of Eppstein-Königstein  (1481-1538) (57 years)

(Children: 8 sons, 5 daughters)



Marriages
1. 1551-58 (7 years, widowed)  Anna van Egmont, Countess of Buren  (1534-58) (24 years)
2. 1561-71 (10 years, annulled)  Anna, Princess of Saxony  (1544-77) (33 years)
3. 1575-82 (7 years, widowed)  Charlotte, Princess of Bourbon  (1546-82) (36 years)
4. 1583-84 (1 year, died)  Louise, Lady de Coligny  (1555-1620) (65 years)



Children
1. Maria, Countess of Nassau  (1553-55) (2 years)
2. Philip William, Prince of Orange  (1554-1618) (64 years)
Married 1: 1606-18 (12 years, died)  Éléonore, Princess de Bourbon  (1587-1619) 
3. Maria, Countess of Nassau  (1556-1616) (60 years)
Married 1: 1595-1606 (11 years, widowed)  Philip, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein  (1550-1606)
4. Anna, Countess of Nassau  (1562-62) (1 day)
5. Anna, Countess of Nassau  (1563-88) (25 years)
Married 1: 1587-88 (1 year, died)  William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg  (1560-1620)
6. Maurits August Philip, Count of Nassau  (1564-66) (2 years)
7. Maurice, Prince of Orange  (1567-1625) (58 years)
8. Emilia, Countess of Nassau  (1569-1629) (60 years)
Married 1: 1597-1629 (32 years, died)  Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal  (1568-1638)
Children: Maria Belgica, Manuel António, Emilia Louise, Christopher, Anna Louise, Juliana Catherine, Mauritia Eleonora, Sabina Delphica
9. Louise Juliana, Countess of Nassau  (1576-1644) (68 years)
Married 1: 1593-1610 (17 years, widowed)  Frederick IV, Elector Palatine  (1574-1610)
Children: Luise Juliane, Katharina Sofie, Frederick, Elizabeth Charlotte, Anna Eleonore, Louis William, Maurice Christian, Louis Philip
10. Elisabeth. Countess of Nassau  (1577-1642) (65 years)
Married 1: 1594-1623  (29 years, widowed)  Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon  (1555-1623)
Children: Louise, Marie, Juliane Catherine, Frédéric Maurice, Élisabeth, Henriette Catherine, Henri
11. Catharina Belgica, Countess of Nassau  (1578-1648) (70 years)
Married 1: 1596-1612 (16 years, widowed)  Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg  (1576-1612)
Children: Charlotte Louise, Philipp Ulrich, Amalie Elisabeth, Katharina Juliane, Philipp Moritz, Wilhelm Reinhard, Heinrich Ludwig, Friedrich Ludwig, Jakob Johann
12. Charlotte Flandrina, Countess of Nassau  (1579-1640) (61 years)
13. Charlotte Brabantina, Countess of Nassau  (1580-1631) (51 years)
Married 1: 1598-1604 (6 years, widowed)  Claude de La Trémoille, Duke of Thouars  (1566-1604)
Children: Henry, Charlotte, Élisabeth, Frédéric
14. Emilia Antwerpiana, Countess of Nassau  (1581-1657) (76 years)
Married 1: 1616-45 (29 years, widowed)  Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg  (1585-1645) 
Children: Frederick, Frederick Louis, Charles Henry
15. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange  (1584-1647) (63 years)
Married 1: 1625-47 (22 years, died)  Amalia, Countess of Solms-Braunfels  (1602-75) 
Children: William, Louise Henriette, Henriëtte Amalia, Elisabeth, Isabella Charlotte, Albertine Agnes, Henriette Catherine, Henry Louis, Maria
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