Vollrat, Fuerst von Nassau-Usingen
(1635-1702)
born 25 February 1635 Metz
died 17 October 1702 Roermond
married 16 June 1678 Frankfurt am Main
Comtesse Catharina Francisca de Croy-Roeulx
died 20 May 1686 Frankfurt
married 8 June 1688
Magdalena, Countess of Loewenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
In 1659 in the family division, he received Usingen and, in 1671,
became a Colonel in the
Dutch Republic's army. In 1672 he became
lieutenant-general in the
cavalry, in 1673 a general and, from 1674
till 1684, was governor
of Bergen-op-Zoom and afterwards of
's-Hertogenbosch.
On 16 June 1678, in Frankfurt-am-Main, he married Catharina,
Countess de Croy-Roeulx,
and they became the parents of five children.
However, on 20 May 1686
she died and, on 18 June 1688, he married
Magdalena, Countess of Loewenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort.
On 4 August 1688 Emperor Leopold I elevated him to the rank of
Fuerst and, on 15 July 1689,
he became second Fieldmarshall. From 1696
he was first-in-command
in the Dutch republic's army. On 27 May 1701
in The Hague, he sold the
two houses he owned there and, on 17 October
1702, died in Roermond.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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