Georg Friedrich, Fuerst von
Nassau-Siegen (1606-1674)
son of Johann VII, Count von Nassau-Siegen
and Princess Margaretha von Holstein-Sonderburg-Ploen
Born 23 February 1606 Dillenburg
Died 2 October 1674 Bergen op Zoom
Buried Fuerstengruft, Siegen
Married 4 June 1647 's-Gravenhage
Princess Mauritia Eleonora of Portugal
Born 1609
Died 25 June 1674 Bergen op Zoom
In 1622 he studied in Kassel. In 1627 he became a Captain in the Dutch
Infantry; then, in 1637, a major. In 1638 he was captured but in 1639 the
Dutch Government paid a ransom to have him released. In 1647, at the age
of forty-one, he married his thirty-eight-year-old cousin Princess Mauritia
Eleonora of Portugal, but their marriage remained childless. In 1648 he
was appointed Commander of Rijnberk and in 1658 Governor of Bergen-op-Zoom.
On 6 May 1664 he was elevated and became a Prince (Fuerst) of the Holy
Roman Empire. On 16 June 1674 his wife died in Bergen-op-Zoom, where he
also died a few months later on 2 October 1674. By an unknown woman he
had fathered one illegitimate daughter, Margaretha Sofia, who
married Johan Fer, a secretary of the Prince of Orange.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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