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Portrait from the workshop of Wybrand de Geest, c. 1633–1635. Adolf of Nassau ( Dillenburg, 11 July 1540 – Heiligerlee, 23 May 1568) was a count of Nassau, also known as Adolphus of Nassau. He was the fourth son and sixth child of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg. He was the second youngest brother of William the ...
John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (Jan or Johan; Dillenburg, 29 September 1583 – Ronse, 27 July 1638) was a German nobleman and militarist of the 17th century. Life [ edit ] John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen , Katzenelnbogen , Vianden and Dietz , Marquis of Monte-Caballo, Baron of Ronse and Beilstein, was the second son of John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Countess Magdalene of Waldeck ...
Fifth son of John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Margaret of the Mark: 4 September 1416 – 18 April 1430 County of Siegen: Unmarried: 18 April 1430 Siegen (?)aged 31/32: Judith: c.1385 Siegen or Diez Daughter of Adolf I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Judith of Diez: 12 June 1420 – 2 August 1424 County of Diez: Godfried VII, Lord of Eppstein ...
William I of Nassau-Siegen ( German: Wilhelm I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen; 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559), nicknamed the Elder ( German: der Ältere) or the Rich ( German: der Reiche ), was Count of Nassau-Siegen (a part of the County of Nassau) and of half Diez from 1516. He descended from the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.
When William Hyacinth visited the court in Vienna in 1705, to raise support for his inheritance claim, Siegen was occupied by troops from Nassau and Prussia. The people revolted and plundered and disarmed William Hyacinth's castle. The number of complaints about his conduct continued to increase. On 15 July 1706, Siegen was again occupied, this ...
Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg (born 25 September 1542 in Dillenburg – died: 18 November 1603 in Dillenburg) was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg and was one of the sisters of William the Silent. Marriage and issue. On 16 June 1559, she married Count Conrad of Solms-Braunfels.
William Louis was the eldest son of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his first wife, Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg. He served as a cavalry officer under William the Silent . Together with his cousin (and brother-in-law) Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange , he commanded the Dutch States Army and helped plan the military strategy of the Dutch Republic against Spain from 1588 to 1609.
