Count Maurits Lodewijk I van
Nassau, Heer van de Lek, (1631-1683)
Born circa 1631
Died 23 April 1683
Married 26 March 1669 Terheide
Anna Isabella van Beieren van Schagen, daughter of Diederik
van Beieren van Schagen, Vrijheer van Oud- en
Nieuw-Goudriaan and Maria de Thiennes, Comtesse de Rumbeeck
baptised 23 July 1636 's-Gravenhage
Died 6 April 1716
Buried Ouderkerk a.d.IJssel
In 1647 he became a student in Leiden; on 28 September 1665 became a
major, and on 27 March 1666 a colonel of the Cavalry. On 26 March 1669
he married Anna Isabella van Beieren van Schagen and they produced one
son. On 13 August 1669 he was appointed Governor of Sluis. He served in
the battle of Seneffe where he was wounded. On 24 April 1679 Emperor Leopold
I made Maurits Lodewijk and his brothers Counts of the Holy Roman Empire.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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