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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Wilhelm *the Rich*, Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
(6 generations)


        1. Wilhelm "the Rich"
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 10 April 1487 Dillenburg
            Died 6 October 1559 Dillenburg
 
        2. Johann V
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 9 November 1455 Breda, The Netherlands
            Died 30 July 1516 Dillenburg
            Married 11 February 1482 Marburg
        3. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Hessen
            Born May 1466 Marburg
            Died 17 January 1523 Koeln

        4. Johann IV
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 1 August 1410
            Died 3 February 1475 Dillenburg
            Married 7 February 1440
        5. Maria van Heinsberg
            Countess of Loon
            Born 1424
            Died 20 April 1502
        6. Heinrich III
            Landgraf von Hessen zu Marburg
            Born 15 October 1441 Spangenberg
            Died 13 January 1483 Marburg
            Married 30 August 1458 St.Goar
        7. Anna von Katzenelnbogen
            Born 5 September 1443
            Died 16 February 1494 Marburg
 
        8. Engelbert I
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1370
            Died 3 May 1442 Breda, The Netherlands
            Married 1 August 1403
        9. Johanna van Polanen
            Heiress of Breda, de Lek, Oosterhout, Niervaart
            Born 10 January 1392
            Died 15 May 1445 Breda
       10. Jan II van Heinsberg
            Heer van Dalenbrug, Heinsberg & Leeuwenberg
            Died 24 June 1438
            Married before 14 December 1423
       11. Countess Anna zu Solms-Braunfels
            heiress of Falkenstein & Koenigstein
            Born circa 1390
            Died 25 November 1433
       12. Ludwig I
            Landgraf von Hessen 1413-1458
            Born 6 February 1402 Spangenberg
            Died 17 January 1458 Spangenberg
            Married 8 September 1433 Kassel
       13. Anna of Saxony
            Born 5 June 1420
            Died 17 September 1462 Spangenberg
       14. Philipp "der Aeltere"
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Born before 27 June 1402
            Died 28 July 1479
            Married 24 February 1422 Darmstadt
       15. Countess Anna von Wuerttemberg
            Born before 22 February 1408
            Died 16 April 1471 Waiblingen
 
       16. Johann I
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1339
            Died 4 September 1416 Herborn
            Married 30 November 1357
       17. Countess Margaretha von der Mark
            Died 29 September 1409
       18. Jan III van Polanen
            Heer van de Lek, Polanen, Niervaart
            Born circa 1340
            Died 10 August 1394
            Married circa 1384
       19. Countess Odilia von Salm
            Heiress of Borne
            Born circa 1370
            Died 1428
       20. Gottfried II van Heinsberg
            Count van Loon & Chiny
            Died 1395
            Married 7 February 1357
       21. Philippa von Juelich
            Died 24 August 1390
       22. Otto
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born circa 1331
            Died 27 October 1409 (after 15 March 1410?)
            Married before 11 June 1375
       23. Agnes von Falkenstein-Muenzenberg
            Died 1 September 1409
       24. Hermann II
            Landgraf von Hessen 1376-1413
            Born circa 1341
            Died 10 June 1413
            Married 15 October 1383 Plassenburg
       25. Burggraefin Margarete von Nuernberg
            Born 1363
            Died 15 January 1406 Gudensberg
       26. Friedrich I "der Streitbare"
            Elector of Saxony 1423-1428
            Born 11 April 1370
            Died 4 January 1428 Altenburg
            Married 7 February 1402
       27. Catharina of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Died 28 December 1442 Grimma
       28. Johann IV
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Born after 1361
            Died 27 October 1444
            Married 1383 (or 1393)
       29. Countess Anna von Katzenelnbogen
            Heiress of Old-Katzenelnbogen
            Born after 1367
            Died 27 October 1439
       30. Eberhard V
            Count von Wuerttemberg
            Born 23 August 1388 Stuttgart
            Died 2 July 1419 Waiblingen
            Married 1407
       31. Henriette von Moempelgard
            Heiress of Moempelgard, Porrentruye, Granges
            Born circa 1383
            Died 14 February 1444 Montbeliard
 
       32. Otto II
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born circa 1305
            Died circa  December 1350 (died in battle)
            Married 23 December 1331 *
       33. Adelheid von Vianden
            Heiress of Neuerburg
            Died 30 September 1376
       34. Adolf II
            Count von der Mark 1328-1347
            Died before 24 February 1347
            Married 15 March 1332
       35. Margarethe of Cleves
       36. Jan II van Polanen
            Heer van Polanen, Breda en de Lek
            Died 3 November 1378
            Married 21 May 1348
       37. Oda (Othildis) van Hoorne
            Born circa 1318
            Died 1353
       38. Johann II
            Count von Salm
            Born circa 1335
            Died before 9 April 1398
            Married 22 May 1355
       39. Philippa van Valkenburg
            Heiress of Herpen and Ravestein
            Born circa 1335
            Died after 21 February 1388
       40. Johan I van Heinsberg
            Heer van Wassenberg, Sittard en Dalenbrug
            Born circa 1305
            Died 25 July 1334
            Married circa 1325
       41. Catharina van Voornenburg
            Heiress of Acquoy
            Died 1 September 1366
       42. Wilhelm V
            Duke of Juelich 1338-1361
            Born before 1304
            Died 26 February 1361
            Married 26 February 1324 Koeln
       43. Johanna of Holland & Hainault
            Born circa 1315
            Died 1374
       44. Bernhard I
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Died 7 October 1347 / 17 January 1349
       45. Irmengard von der Lippe
       46. Philipp VI
            Herr von Falkenstein
            Died 1373 (in battle)
            Married 1353
       47. Agnes von Falkenstein
       48. Ludwig von Hessen
            Herr zu Grebenstein
            Born 1305
            Died 2 February 1345
            Married circa 16 October 1340
       49. Elisabeth von Sponheim-Kreuznach
       50. Friedrich V
            Burggraf von Nuernberg 1357-1397
            Born before 3 March 1333
            Died 21 January 1398 Plassenburg
            Married 7 September 1350 Jena
       51. Elisabeth von Meissen
            Born 22 November 1329 Wartburg
            Died 21 April 1375
       52. Friedrich III "der Strenge"
            Markgraf von Meissen 1349-1381
            Born 14 October 1332 Dresden
            Died 25 May 1381 Meissen
            Married 1346
       53. Countess Katharina von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Died 15 July 1397 Meissen
       54. Heinrich II
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Died 14 October 1416
            Married 11 November 1388
       55. Sofie von Pommern
            Died 28 June 1406
       56. Diether VIII
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Died 17 February 1402
            Married 18 June 1361
       57. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Wiesbaden
            Died 1 February 1389
       58. Eberhard V
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Born 1322
            Died 9 December 1402
            Married 1367
       59. Countess Agnes von Dietz
            Died 18 November 1399
       60. Eberhard IV "der Milde"
            Count von Wuerttemberg 1392-1417
            Born 1364
            Died 16 May 1417 Goeppingen am Sauerbrunnen
            Married 27 October 1380 Urach
       61. Antonia Visconti
            Born 1360 Milano
            Died 26 March 1405
       62. Henri II de Montfaucon
            Seigneur d'Orbe, Echallens, Bottensen
            Died 18 September 1396 Nicopolis (in battle)
            Married before 2 May 1382
       63. Marie de Chatillon
            Vicomtesse de Blaigny
            Died circa 25 February 1394
 
       64. Heinrich I
            Count von Nassau-Siegen
            Born circa 1270
            Died 1343
            Married before 1302
       65. Adelheid von Heinsberg und Blankenberg
            Died circa 1347
       66. Philipp II von Vianden
            Herr von Grimberghe
            Died 1315 / 1316
       67. Lucie von der Neuerburg
            Heiress of Neuerburg & Esch
       68. Engelbert II
            Count von der Mark 1308-1328
            Died 18 July 1328
            Married 25 January 1299 Hamm
       69. Mechtild
            Heiress of Arberg
            Died 18 March 1328
       70. Dietrich IX
            Count of Cleves
            Born 1291
            Died 7 July 1346 Cleves
            Married circa 7 May 1305
       71. Margarethe of Gelre
            Died 1331
       72. Jan I van Duivenvoorde
            Heer van Polanen
            Died 26 September 1342
            Married before 1313
       73. Katharina van Brederode
            Died 28 June 1372
       74. Willem IV van Hoorne
            Heer van Hoorne, Altena, Weert
            Married 4 May 1305 *
       75. Oda van Putten en Strijen
            Born circa 1295
            Died 1330 / 1332
       76. Simon I
            Count von Salm
            Died 26 August 1346 Crecy (in battle)
       77. Mathilde von Saarbruecken
       78. Jan van Valkenburg
            Heer van Sittard & Borne
            Born circa 1280
            Died 3 March 1356
       79. Maria van Cuyck
            Heiress of Herpen
            Died 1337 / 1338
       80. Godfried I
            Heer van Heinsberg & Blankenberg
            Died 1331
            Married circa 1301
       81. Mechtild van Looz
            Heiress of Looz & Chiny
            Born circa 1282
            Died 1307
       82. Gerhard
            Heer van Voorne, Burggraaf van Zeeland
            Born circa 1280
            Died 21 August 1336 / 30 September 1337
            Married 1297
       83. Heijlewijf van Borselen
            Died 13 April 1327 / 20 September 1329
       84. Gerhard V
            Count of Juelich 1297-1328
            Died 29 July 1328
       85. NN von Kessel
            Died before 1304
       86. Willem III "the Good"
            Count of Holland and Hainault 1304-1337
            Born circa 1286
            Died 8 June 1337 Valenciennes
            Married 23 May 1305 Longpont
       87. Jeanne de Valois
            Born circa 1294 Valois, France
            Died 7 March 1342 Fontenelle
       88. Heinrich III
            Count von Solms gen.von Westerburg zu Braunfels
            Born before 1276
            Died after 12 July 1311 before 15 July 1312
            Married before 17 March 1295
       89. Lisa von der Lippe
            Died after 22 September 1325
       90. Simon I
            Edler Herr zur Lippe
            Died 1344
            Married circa 1285
       91. Adelheid von Waldeck
            Died circa 1342
       92. Cuno II
            Herr von Falkenstein
            Born circa 1290
            Died 1334
            Married before 1312
       93. Countess Anna von Nassau-Hadamar
            Died before 1329
       94. Philipp V von Falkenstein-Muenzenberg
            Born circa 1314
            Died 10 April 1343
       95. Else/Elisabeth von Hanau
       96. Otto I
            Landgraf von Hessen 1308-1328
            Born circa 1272
            Died 7 January 1328
            Married 1297
       97. Adelheid von Ravensberg
            Died after 13 April 1338
       98. Simon II
            Count von Sponheim-Kreuznach
            Married before  November 1293
       99. Elisabeth van Valkenburg
      100. Johann II
            Burggraf von Nuernberg 1332-1357
            Died 7 October 1357
            Married before 3 March 1333
      101. Elisabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen
            Born before 1318
            Died after 6 December 1377
      102. Friedrich II "der Ernsthafte"
            Markgraf von Meissen 1324-1349
            Born 30 November 1310 ? Gotha
            Died 18 November 1349 Wartburg
            Married 1 July 1329
      103. Mathilde of Bavaria
            Born circa 1309
            Died 2 July 1346 Wartburg
      104. = 102      105. = 103
      106. Heinrich VIII
            Count von Henneberg in Schleusingen
            Died 10 September 1347
            Married August 1317
      107. Markgraefin Judith (Jutta) von Brandenburg
            Heiress of Coburg, Schmalkalden
            Born 1301
            Died 1 February 1353
      108. Magnus II Torquatus
            Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg
            Born circa 1328
            Died 26 July 1373 Leveste, Hannover (in battle)
            Married before 6 October 1356
      109. Katarina von Anhalt-Bernburg
            Died 30 January 1390
      110. Wartislaw VI
            Duke von Pommern in Barth
            Born 1345
            Died 13 June 1394
            Married 4 April 1363
      111. Duchess Anna zu Mecklenburg-Stargard
            Died circa 1397
      112. Johann II
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Died 2 March 1357
            Married before 24 June 1340
      113. Elisabeth von Isenburg
            Died after 27 October 1351
      114. Adolf I
            Count von Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
            Born 1307
            Died 17 January 1370
            Married 1332
      115. Burggraefin Margarete von Nuernberg
            Died after 13 November 1382
      116. Wilhelm I
            Count von Katzenelnbogen
            Died 18 November 1331
            Married 23 January 1314
      117. Countess Adelheid von Waldeck
            Died 1 September 1329
      118. Gerhard VI
            Count von Dietz
            Died 17 October 1343
            Married before 3 October 1325 (1317?)
      119. Countess Judith von Nassau-Hadamar
            Died before 10 November 1370
      120. Ulrich IV
            Count von Wuerttemberg
            Born 1342
            Died 23 August 1388 Doffingen (in battle)
            Married after 26 April 1362 Donauwoerth
      121. Elisabeth of Bavaria
            Born 1329
            Died 2 August 1402 Stuttgart
      122. Bernabo Visconti
            Lord of Milan, Bergamo, Cremona, Lodi, Bologna
            Born 1319 Milan
            Died 18 December 1385 Trezzo (poisoned)
            Married 27 September 1350 Verona
      123. Beatrice della Scala
            Born circa 1331 Verona
            Died 18 June 1384 Milano
      124. Etienne de Montfaucon
            Count von Moempelgard
            Born circa 1325
            Died 2 November 1397 Montbeliard
            Married 13 August 1356 *
      125. Marguerite de Chalon
            Born circa 1338
            Died July 1392
      126. Gaucher X de Chatillon
            Sire de La Fere, Vicomte de Blaigny
            Died 1404
            Married 1345 / 1355
      127. Jeanne (Marie) de Coucy
 
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