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       Willem I "the Silent"
       Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
       Born 24 April 1533 Dillenburg
       Died 10 July 1584 Delft (murdered)
       Buried Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
       Married (1) 8 July 1551 Buren
       Anna van Egmond, Countess of Buren and Leerdam, daughter of
       Maximiliaan van Egmond, Count of Buren and Leerdam and
       Francoise de Lannoy, Dame de Lannoy, de Santes, de
       Tronchiennes
       Born March 1533 Grave
       Died 24 March 1558 Breda
       Buried Breda
       Married (2) 24 August 1561 Leipzig Div.1571
       Anna of Saxony, daughter of Moritz, Elector of Saxony
       1541-1553 and Landgraefin Agnes von Hessen
       Born 23 December 1544 Dresden
       Died 18 December 1577 Dresden
       Married (3) 12 July 1575 Den Briel
       Charlotte de Bourbon, daughter of Louis III de Bourbon, Duc
       de Montpensier and Jacqueline de Longvy, 2.Comtesse de
       Bar-sur-Seine
       Born circa 1546
       Died 5 May 1582 Antwerpen
       Buried Antwerpen
       Married (4) 24 April 1583 Antwerpen
       Louise de Coligny, daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny, Comte
       de Coligny et Chatillon sur Loing and Charlotte de
       Laval-Montfort
       Born 23 September 1555 Chatillon-sur-Loing
       Died 13 November 1620 Fontainebleau
       Buried 24 May 1621 Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
       Child by (a) Eva Elincx
                 Children, Generation I 

       Generation I 
        (1) 1  Countess Maria von Nassau
               Born 22 November 1553
               Died after 23 July 1555
               Buried Breda

            2 Philips Willem
               Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
               Born 19 December 1554 Buren
               Died 20 February 1618 Bruxelles
               Buried Diest
               Married 23 November 1606 Fontainebleau
               Eleonore de Bourbon-Conde, daughter of Henri I de Bourbon,
               Prince de Conde and Charlotte Catherine de La Tremouille
               Born 30 April 1587
               Died 20 January 1619 Chateau Muret
                         S.P.

            3 Countess Maria von Nassau
               Countess of Buren
               Born 7 February 1556 Breda
               Died 10 October 1616 Buren
               Buried Buren
               Married 7 February 1595 Buren
               Count Philipp zu Hohenlohe-Neuenstein, son of Count Ludwig
               Casimir zu Hohenlohe-Neuenstein and Countess Anna zu
               Solms-Laubach
               Born 17 February 1550
               Died 6 March 1606 IJsselstein
               Buried Oehringen

        (2) 4  Countess NN von Nassau
               Born 1 November 1562 Bruxelles
               Died young

            5 Countess Anna von Nassau
               Born 5 November 1563
               Died 13 June 1588 Franeker, Friesland
               Buried Jacobijnerkerk, Leeuwarden
               Married 25 November 1587 Franeker
              Count Wilhelm Ludwig von Nassau-Dillenburg, son of Johann
               VI, Count von Nassau-Dillenburg and Landgraefin Elisabeth
               von Leuchtenberg
               Born 13 March 1560 Siegen
               Died 31 May 1620 Leeuwarden, Friesland
               Buried Jacobijnerkerk, Leeuwarden
                         S.P.

            6  Count Maurits August Philips von Nassau
               Born 18 December 1564 Bruxelles
               Died 8 December 1566 Breda

            7 Maurits
               Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
               Born 13 November 1567 Castle Dillenburg
               Died 23 April 1625 's-Gravenhage
               Buried Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
               Children by (a) Margaretha van Mechelen, daughter of
               Cornelis van Mechelen and Barbara van Nassau
               Born circa 1581
               Died 17 May 1662 's-Gravenhage
               Child by (b) Cornelia Jacobsdochter, daughter of Jacob
               Willemszoon and Leentje Cornelisdochter
               Child by (c) Ursula de Rijck
               Child by (d) Jobghen van Alphen, Arentsdr.
               Child by (e) Anna van de Kelder, daughter of Jan Jacobszoon
               van de Kelder
               Died 1674
               Buried 10 June 1674
               Child by (f) Deliana de Backer, daughter of Mr. Nicolaas de
               Backer and Debora van Banchem
                         Children, Generation II-1

            8 Countess Emilia von Nassau
               Born 10 April 1569 Koeln
               Died 16 March 1629 Geneve, Switzerland
               Buried Cathedral, Geneve
               Married 7 November 1597 's-Gravenhage
               Don Emanuel of Portugal, son of Antonio, King of Portugal,
               Prior of Crato and Anna Barbosa
               Born 1568 Tangiers
               Died 22 June 1638 Bruxelles
               Buried Bruxelles

        (3) 9  Countess Louise Juliana von Nassau
               Born 31 March 1576 Delft
               Died 15 March 1644 Koenigsberg, Prussia
               Buried Dom, Koenigsberg
               Married 12 June 1593 Dillenburg
              Friedrich IV, Elector von der Pfalz 1583-1592-1610, son of
               Ludwig VI, Elector von der Pfalz 1576-1583 and Landgraefin
               Elisabeth von Hessen
               Born 5 March 1574 Amberg
               Died 9 September 1610 Heidelberg
               Buried Heidelberg

            10 Countess Elisabeth von Nassau
               Born 26 April 1577 Middelburg
               Died 3 September 1642 Sedan
               Married 15 April 1595 's-Gravenhage
               Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, son of
               Francois III de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne,
               Baron de Montgascon and Eleonore de Montmorency
               Born 28 September 1555 Joze-en-Auvergne
               Died 25 March 1623 Sedan

            11 Countess Catharina Belgica von Nassau
               Born 3 July 1578 Antwerpen
               Died 12 April 1648
               Buried Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
               Married 23 October 1596 Dillenburg Castle
               Philipp Ludwig II, Count von Hanau-Muenzenberg, son of
               Philipp Ludwig I, Count von Hanau-Muenzenberg and Countess
               Magdalena von Waldeck
               Born 18 November 1576 Hanau
               Died 9 August 1612

            12 Countess Charlotte Flandrina von Nassau
               Abbess of St.Croix nr Poitiers
               Born 18 August 1579 Antwerpen
               Died 16 April 1640 St.Coix nr. Poitiers

            13 Countess Charlotte Brabantina von Nassau
               Born 17 September 1580 Antwerpen
               Died August 1631 Chateau Renard
               Married 11 March 1598 Chatellerault
               Claude de La Tremouille, 2.Duc de Thouars, 1.Duc de La
               Tremouille, son of Louis III de La Tremouille, 1.Duc de
               Thouars and Jeanne de Montmorency
               Born 1566
               Died 25 October 1604 Chateau de Thouars

            14 Countess Emilia Secunda von Nassau
               Born 9 December 1581 Antwerpen
               Died 28 September 1657 Landsberg
               Married 24 June 1616 Zweibruecken
               Friedrich Kasimir, Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken-Landsberg, son
               of Johann I, Pfalzgraf von Zweibruecken 1569-1604 and
               Duchess Magdalene of Cleves
               Born 10 June 1585 Zweibruecken
               Died 20 September 1645 Montfort, Bourgogne

        (4) 15 Frederik Hendrik
               Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
               Born 29 January 1584 Delft
               Died 14 March 1647 's-Gravenhage
               Buried Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
               Married 4 April 1625 's-Gravenhage
              Countess Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels, daughter of Count
               Johann Albrecht I zu Solms-Braunfels and Countess Agnes zu
               Sayn-Wittgenstein
               Born 31 August 1602 Braunfels
               Died 8 September 1675 's-Gravenhage
               Buried Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
               Child by (a) Margaretha Catharina Bruyns, daughter of
               Ludolph Bruyns, Mayor of Emmerik and Christina ten
               Herenhaven
                         Children, Generation II-2 

        (a) 16 Justinus van Nassau
               Born 1559
               Died 26 June 1631 Leiden
               Married 4 December 1597 IJsselmonde
              Anna de Merode, daughter of Jean IX de Merode, Sire de
               Petershem and Margareta van Pallant
               Born 9 January 1565
               Died 8 October 1634 Leiden
                         Children, Generation II-3