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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Willem I *the Silent*, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
(6 generations)


        1. Willem I "the Silent"
            Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
            Born 24 April 1533 Dillenburg
            Died 10 July 1584 Delft (murdered)
 
        2. Wilhelm "the Rich"
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 10 April 1487 Dillenburg
            Died 6 October 1559 Dillenburg
            Married 20 September 1531
        3. Countess Juliana zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
            Born 15 February 1506 Stolberg
            Died 18 June 1580 Dillenburg

         4. Johann V
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 9 November 1455 Breda, The Netherlands
            Died 30 July 1516 Dillenburg
            Married 11 February 1482 Marburg
        5. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Hessen
            Born May 1466 Marburg
            Died 17 January 1523 Koeln
        6. Botho
            Count zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
            Born 4 January 1467 Stolberg
            Died 18 June 1538 Stolberg
            Married 24 August 1500 Stolberg
        7. Countess Anna von Eppenstein-Koenigstein
            Born 1482
            Died 7 August 1538 Stolberg
 
        8. Johann IV
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 1 August 1410
            Died 3 February 1475 Dillenburg
            Married 7 February 1440
        9. Maria van Heinsberg
            Countess of Loon
            Born 1424
            Died 20 April 1502
       10. Heinrich III
            Landgraf von Hessen zu Marburg
            Born 15 October 1441 Spangenberg
            Died 13 January 1483 Marburg
            Married 30 August 1458 St.Goar
       11. Anna von Katzenelnbogen
            Born 5 September 1443
            Died 16 February 1494 Marburg
       12. Heinrich "der Aeltere"
            Count von Stolberg
            Born circa 1433
            Died 17 September 1511 Stolberg
            Married 1452
       13. Countess Margarethe von Mansfeld
       14. Philipp I
            Count von Eppenstein-Koenigstein
            Died 1481
       15. Countess Ludowika von der Marck
            Heiress of Rochefort, Montagu, Agimont
            Died 1524
 
       16. Engelbert I
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1370
            Died 3 May 1442 Breda, The Netherlands
            Married 1 August 1403
       17. Johanna van Polanen
            Heiress of Breda, de Lek, Oosterhout, Niervaart
            Born 10 January 1392
            Died 15 May 1445 Breda
       18. Jan II van Heinsberg
            Heer van Dalenbrug, Heinsberg & Leeuwenberg
            Died 24 June 1438
            Married before 14 December 1423
       19. Countess Anna zu Solms-Braunfels
            Heiress of Falkenstein & Koenigstein
            Born circa 1390
            Died 25 November 1433
       20. Ludwig I
            Landgraf von Hessen 1413-1458
            Born 6 February 1402 Spangenberg
            Died 17 January 1458 Spangenberg
            Married 8 September 1433 Kassel
       21. Anna of Saxony
            Born 5 June 1420
            Died 17 September 1462 Spangenberg
       22. Philipp "der Aeltere"
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Born before 27 June 1402
            Died 28 July 1479
            Married 24 February 1422 Darmstadt
       23. Countess Anna von Wuerttemberg
            Born before 22 February 1408
            Died 16 April 1471 Waiblingen
       24. Bodo VII
            Count von Stolberg & Wernigerode
            Born before 1370
            Died 15 March 1455 Stolberg, Saxony
            Married 17 June 1435
       25. Countess Anna von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
            Born 26 January 1416 Arnstadt
            Died 24 December 1481 (Rossla, Saxony ?)
       26. Count Volrad I von Mansfeld
            Born 1380
            Died 1450
            Married 1435
       27. Duchess Margarete von Schlesien-Glogau in Sagan
            Died after 9 May 1491
       28. Eberhard III
            Herr von Eppenstein
            Died 1475
            Married 1438
       29. Countess Anna von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Died 1465
       30. Count Louis I von der Marck
            Sire de Rochefort et Agimont, Comte de Rochefort
            Died 1498
       31. Nicolaa d'Aspremont-Buzancy
            Died 1470
 
       32. Johann I
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1339
            Died 4 September 1416 Herborn
            Married 30 November 1357
       33. Countess Margaretha von der Mark
            Died 29 September 1409
       34. Jan III van Polanen
            Heer van de Lek, Polanen, Niervaart
            Born circa 1340
            Died 10 August 1394
            Married circa 1384
       35. Countess Odilia von Salm
            Heiress of Borne
            Born circa 1370
            Died 1428
       36. Gottfried II van Heinsberg
            Count van Loon & Chiny
            Died 1395
            Married 7 February 1357
       37. Philippa von Juelich
            Died 24 August 1390
       38. Otto
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born circa 1331
            Died 27 October 1409 (after 15 March 1410?)
            Married before 11 June 1375
       39. Agnes von Falkenstein-Muenzenberg
            Died 1 September 1409
       40. Hermann II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1376-1413
            Born circa 1341
            Died 10 June 1413
            Married 15 October 1383 Plassenburg
       41. Burggraefin Margarete von Nuernberg
            Born 1363
            Died 15 January 1406 Gudensberg
       42. Friedrich I "der Streitbare"
            Elector of Saxony 1423-1428
            Born 11 April 1370
            Died 4 January 1428 Altenburg
            Married 7 February 1402
       43. Catharina of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Died 28 December 1442 Grimma
       44. Johann IV
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Born after 1361
            Died 27 October 1444
            Married 1383 (or 1393)
       45. Countess Anna von Katzenelnbogen
            Heiress of Old-Katzenelnbogen
            Born after 1367
            Died 27 October 1439
       46. Eberhard V
            Count von Wuerttemberg
            Born 23 August 1388 Stuttgart
            Died 2 July 1419 Waiblingen
            Married 1407
       47. Henriette von Moempelgard
            Heiress of Moempelgard, Porrentruye, Granges
            Born circa 1383
            Died 14 February 1444 Montbeliard
       48. Heinrich "der Juengere"
            Count von Stolberg
            Born circa 1336
            Died 13 June 1400 / 4 August 1403
       49. Countess Elisabeth von Mansfeld
            Born circa 1335
            Died after 16 May 1391
       50. Heinrich XXIV
            Count von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
            Born 1388
            Died 7 October 1444
            Married 1413
       51. Duchess Katharina of Brunswick
            Died before 26 November 1439
       52. Gebhard IV
            Count von Mansfeld
            Died 5 November 1382
            Married circa 1375
       53. Countess Elisabeth von Kaefernburg
       54. Johannes I
            Duke of Schlesien-Glogau in Sagan
            Born circa 1385
            Died 12 April 1439
            Married 1405 /1409
       55. Duchess Scholastika of Saxony
            Died circa 12 May 1463
       56. Eberhard II
            Herr von Eppenstein-Koenigstein
            Died circa 1443
            Married circa 1411
       57. Anna von Kronberg
            Born circa 1398
            Died 1442
       58. Adolf II
            Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Born 1386
            Died 26 July 1426
            Married March 1418
       59. Markgraefin Margaretha von Baden
            Born 25 January 1404
            Died 7 November 1442
       60. Eberhard II von der Marck
            Sire de Sedan, Seigneur d'Arenberg
            Died 14 October 1440
            Married before 19 November 1418
       61. Agnes de Walcourt-Rochefort
            Died 22 March 1441
       62. Gobert d'Aspremont
            Seigneur de Buzancy et d'Amblise
            Born 1384 / 1385
            Died 1450
            Married 1435
       63. Marie de La Baume
 
       64. Otto II
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1305
            Died circa  December 1350 (died in battle)
            Married 23 December 1331 *
       65. Adelheid von Vianden
            Heiress of Neuerburg
            Died 30 September 1376
       66. Adolf II
            Count von der Mark 1328-1347
            Died before 24 February 1347
            Married 15 March 1332
       67. Margarethe of Cleves
       68. Jan II van Polanen
            Heer van Polanen, Breda en de Lek
            Died 3 November 1378
            Married 21 May 1348
       69. Oda (Othildis) van Hoorne
            Born circa 1318
            Died 1353
       70. Johann II
            Count von Salm
            Born circa 1335
            Died before 9 April 1398
            Married 22 May 1355
       71. Philippa van Valkenburg
            Heiress of Herpen and Ravestein
            Born circa 1335
            Died after 21 February 1388
       72. Johan I van Heinsberg
            Heer van Wassenberg, Sittard en Dalenbrug
            Born circa 1305
            Died 25 July 1334
            Married circa 1325
       73. Catharina van Voornenburg
            Heiress of Acquoy
            Died 1 September 1366
       74. Wilhelm V
            Duke of Juelich 1338-1361
            Born before 1304
            Died 26 February 1361
            Married 26 February 1324 Koeln
       75. Johanna of Holland & Hainault
            Born circa 1315
            Died 1374
       76. Bernhard I
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Died 7 October 1347 / 17 January 1349
       77. Irmengard von der Lippe
       78. Philipp VI
            Herr von Falkenstein
            Died 1373 (in battle)
            Married 1353
       79. Agnes von Falkenstein
       80. Ludwig von Hessen
            Herr zu Grebenstein
            Born 1305
            Died 2 February 1345
            Married circa 16 October 1340
       81. Elisabeth von Sponheim-Kreuznach
       82. Friedrich V
            Burggraf von Nuernberg 1357-1397
            Born before 3 March 1333
            Died 21 January 1398 Plassenburg
            Married 7 September 1350 Jena
       83. Elisabeth von Meissen
            Born 22 November 1329 Wartburg
            Died 21 April 1375
       84. Friedrich III "der Strenge"
            Markgraf von Meissen 1349-1381
            Born 14 October 1332 Dresden
            Died 25 May 1381 Meissen
            Married 1346
       85. Countess Katharina von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Died 15 July 1397 Meissen
       86. Heinrich II
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Died 14 October 1416
            Married 11 November 1388
       87. Sofie von Pommern
            Died 28 June 1406
       88. Diether VIII
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Died 17 February 1402
            Married 18 June 1361
       89. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Wiesbaden
            Died 1 February 1389
       90. Eberhard V
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Born 1322
            Died 9 December 1402
            Married 1367
       91. Countess Agnes von Dietz
            Died 18 November 1399
       92. Eberhard IV "der Milde"
            Count von Wuerttemberg 1392-1417
            Born 1364
            Died 16 May 1417 Goeppingen am Sauerbrunnen
            Married 27 October 1380 Urach
       93. Antonia Visconti
            Born 1360 Milano
            Died 26 March 1405
       94. Henri II de Montfaucon
            Seigneur d'Orbe, Echallens, Bottensen
            Died 18 September 1396 Nicopolis (in battle)
            Married before 2 May 1382
       95. Marie de Chatillon
            Vicomtesse de Blaigny
            Died circa 25 February 1394
       96. Otto
            Count von Stolberg
            Died 14 November 1337 / 6 December 1338
       97. Countess NN von Honstein
       98. Gebhard III
            Count von Mansfeld
            Married 1327
       99. Luitgard von Valkenstein
      100. Guenther XXIX
            Count von Schwarzburg-Blankenburg
            Born 1352
            Died 17 July 1416
            Married 1375
      101. Landgraefin Anna von Leuchtenberg
            Born 1354
            Died 24 January 1423
      102. Friedrich
            Duke of Brunswick-Giffhorn
            Died 5 June 1400 (murdered)
            Married 1386
      103. Anna of Saxony
            Died 1440
      104. = 98       105. = 99
      106. Guenther XII
            Count von Kaefernburg
            Died 1368
            Married 1341
      107. Loretta von Eppenstein
            Died circa 1351
      108. Heinrich VI-VIII
            Duke of Glogau
            Born circa 1360
            Died 14 March 1397
            Married before 25 June 1388
      109. Katarina von Schlesien-Oppeln
            Born circa 26 March 1367
            Died 6 June 1420
      110. Rudolf III
            Elector of Saxony
            Died circa 9 June 1419
            Married before  February 1389
      111. Anna von Meissen
            Landgraefin von Thueringen
            Born 1377
            Died 4 July 1395
      112. Eberhard I
            Herr von Eppenstein
            Married 1376
      113. Luckard von Falkenstein
            Heiress of Munzenberg
      114. Walter von Kronberg
            Died 17 April 1400
            Married 1397
      115. Elisabeth von Runkel
      116. Walram II
            Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Born 1354
            Died 7 November 1393
            Married 1374
      117. Bertha von Westerburg
            Died 24 December 1418
      118. Bernhard I "der Grosse"
            Markgraf von Baden und Hachberg
            Born 1364
            Died 5 May 1431 Baden
            Married before 15 September 1397
      119. Anna von Oettingen
            Died 9 November 1436
      120. Eberhard I von der Marck
            Seigneur d' Arenberg, Lummen et Neufchateau
            Died 1387
            Married 30 January 1351
      121. Maria de Looz-Agimont
            Heiress of Lummen
            Died 25 September 1400
      122. Jean III de Walcourt
            Seigneur de Rochefort et d'Agimont
            Born 1377
            Died 28 September 1408 (beheaded)
      123. Margareta von Elter
      124. Joffroi V d'Aspremont
            Seigneur de Buzancy
            Died 1390 / 1391
            Married before 1372
      125. Jeannette de Saulx
      126. NN de La Baume
      127. Elisabeth de Clermont-en-Condroz
 
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