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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additons are welcome

The Ancestors of
Willem IV, Prince of Orange and Nassau
(6 generations)


        1. Willem IV
            Prince of Orange and Nassau
            Born 1 September 1711 Leeuwarden
            Died 22 October 1751 's-Gravenhage
 
        2. Johan Willem Friso
            F?rst von Nassau-Dietz, Prince of Orange
            Born 4 August 1687 Dessau
            Died 14 July 1711 Hollands Diep (drowned)
            Married 26 April 1709 Kassel
        3. Landgraefin Marie Luise von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 7 February 1688 Kassel
            Died 9 April 1765 Leeuwarden, Friesland

        4. Hendrik Casimir II
            Fuerst von Nassau-Dietz
            Born 18 January 1657 's-Gravenhage
            Died 15 March 1696 Leeuwarden
            Married 16 November 1683 Dessau
        5. Princess Henriette Amalia von Anhalt-Dessau
            Born 16 August 1666 Kleve
            Died 18 April 1726 Oranienstein nr. Dietz
        6. Karl
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1670-1730
            Born 3 August 1654 Kassel
            Died 23 March 1730 Kassel
            Married 21 May 1673 Kassel
        7. Duchess Marie Amalie of Kurland
            Born 12 June 1653 Mitau
            Died 16 June 1711 Weilmuenster
 
        8. Willem Frederik
            Fuerst von Nassau-Dietz
            Born 7 August 1613 Arnhem
            Died 31 October 1664 Leeuwarden
            Married 2 May 1652 Kleve
        9. Countess Albertine Agnes von Nassau
            Born 9 April 1634 's-Gravenhage
            Died 24 May 1696 Oranjewoud, Friesland
       10. Johann Georg II
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau
            Born 7 November 1627 Dessau
            Died 17 August 1693 Berlin
            Married 9 July 1659 Groeningen
       11. Countess Henriette Catharina von Nassau
            Born 10 February 1637 's-Gravenhage
            Died 3 November 1708
       12. Wilhelm VI
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1637-1650-1663
            Born 23 May 1629 Kassel
            Died 16 July 1663 Haina
            Married 9 July 1649 Colln a.d.Spree
       13. Markgraefin Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg
            Born 4 July 1623 Berlin
            Died 16 June 1683 Schmalkalden
       14. Jakob
            Duke of Kurland 1639-1682
            Born 7 November 1610 Goldingen
            Died 1 January 1682 Mitau
            Married 9 October 1645 Koenigsbergen
       15. Markgraefin Luise Charlotte von Brandenburg
            Born 13 September 1617 Berlin
            Died 29 August 1676 Mitau
 
       16. Ernst Casimir
            Count von Nassau-Dietz
            Born 22 December 1573 Dillenburg
            Died 2 June 1632 Roermond (in battle)
            Married 8 June 1607 Groeningen nr Halberstadt
       17. Duchess Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 20 February 1592 Wolfenbuettel
            Died 23 January 1642 Arnhem
       18. Frederik Hendrik
            Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
            Born 29 January 1584 Delft
            Died 14 March 1647 's-Gravenhage
            Married 4 April 1625 's-Gravenhage
       19. Countess Amalia zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 31 August 1602 Braunfels
            Died 8 September 1675 's-Gravenhage
       20. Johann Kasimir
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau
            Born 17 December 1596 Dessau
            Died 15 September 1660 Dessau
            Married 18 May 1623 Dessau
       21. Landgraefin Agnes von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 13 March 1606 Kassel
            Died 28 May 1650 Dessau
       22. = 18        23. = 19
       24. Wilhelm V
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1627-1637
            Born 13 February 1602 Kassel
            Died 21 September 1637 Leer, East-Friessia
            Married 21 November 1619 Kassel
       25. Countess Amelia Elisabeth von Hanau-Muenzenberg
            Born 29 January 1602 Hanau
            Died 8 August 1651 Kassel
       26. Georg Wilhelm
            Elector of Brandenburg 1619-1640
            Born 13 November 1595 Berlin
            Died 1 December 1640 Koenigsbergen
            Married 24 July 1616 Heidelberg
       27. Princess Elisabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
            Born 19 November 1597 Neumarkt
            Died 26 April 1660 Crossen a.O.
       28. Wilhelm
            Duke of Kurland
            Born 20 July 1574 Mitau
            Died 17 April 1640 Kukelow
            Married 22 October 1609 Koenigsbergen
       29. Duchess Sophie of Prussia
            Born 10 April 1582
            Died 4 December 1610 Goldingen
       30. = 26        31. = 27
 
 
       32. Johann VI
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 22 November 1536 Dillenburg
            Died 8 October 1606 Dillenburg
            Married 16 June 1559 Dillenburg
       33. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg
            Born March 1537
            Died 6 July 1579 Dillenburg
       34. Heinrich Julius
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 15 October 1564 Hessen
            Died 30 July 1613 Prag
            Married 19 April 1590 Kronberg
       35. Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
            Born 25 August 1573 Koldinghus
            Died 19 June 1625 Braunschweig
       36. Willem I "the Silent"
            Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau
            Born 24 April 1533 Dillenburg
            Died 10 July 1584 Delft (murdered)
            Married 24 April 1583 Antwerpen
       37. Louise de Coligny
            Born 23 September 1555 Chatillon-sur-Loing
            Died 13 November 1620 Fontainebleau
       38. Count Johann Albrecht I zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 5 March 1563
            Died 14 May 1623 's-Gravenhage
            Married 13 May 1590
       39. Countess Agnes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Born 18 April 1568
            Died 22 April 1617
       40. Johann Georg I
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau
            Born 9 May 1567 Harzgerode
            Died 14 May 1618 Dessau
            Married 11 September 1595 Heidelberg
       41. Pfalzgraefin Dorothea von Simmern
            Born 6 January 1581 Kaiserslautern
            Died 18 September 1631 Sandersleben
       42. Moritz "den Gelehrten"
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1592-1627
            Born 25 May 1572 Kassel
            Died 15 March 1632 Eschwege
            Married 22 May 1603 Dillenburg
       43. Countess Juliana von Nassau-Siegen
            Born 3 September 1587 Dillenburg
            Died 15 February 1643 Eschwege
       44. = 36        45. = 37        46. = 38        47. = 39
       48. = 42
       49. Countess Agnes zu Solms-Laubach
            Born 7 January 1578 Laubach
            Died 23 November 1602 Laubach
       50. Philipp Ludwig II
            Count von Hanau-Muenzenberg
            Born 18 November 1576 Hanau
            Died 9 August 1612
            Married 23 October 1596 Dillenburg Castle
       51. Countess Catharina Belgica von Nassau
            Born 3 July 1578 Antwerpen
            Died 12 April 1648
       52. Johann Sigismund
            Elector von Brandenburg 1608-1619
            Born 8 November 1572 Halle
            Died 23 December 1619 Koeln a.d.Spree (Berlin)
            Married 30 October 1594 Koenigsbergen
       53. Duchess Anna of Prussia
            Born 3 July 1576 Koenigsbergen
            Died 9 April 1625 Berlin
       54. Friedrich IV
            Elector von der Pfalz 1583-1592-1610
            Born 5 March 1574 Amberg
            Died 9 September 1610 Heidelberg
            Married 12 June 1593 Dillenburg
       55. Countess Louise Juliana von Nassau
            Born 31 March 1576 Delft
            Died 15 March 1644 Koenigsberg, Prussia
       56. Gotthard
            Duke of Kurland 1561-1587
            Born circa 1517 Assen
            Died 27 May 1587 Mitau
            Married 12 March 1566 Koenigsbergen
       57. Duchess Anna zu Mecklenburg-Guestrow
            Born 14 October 1533 (Wismar?)
            Died 14 July 1602 Schwerin
       58. Albrecht Friedrich
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 29 April 1553 Neuhausen
            Died 28 August 1618 Fischhausen
            Married 14 October 1573 Koenigsbergen
       59. Marie Eleonore
            Duchess of Cleves, Juelich and Berg
            Born 16 June 1550 Cleves
            Died 1 June 1608 Koenigsbergen
       60. = 52        61. = 53        62. = 54        63. = 55
 
       64. Wilhelm "the Rich"
            Count von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 10 April 1487 Dillenburg
            Died 6 October 1559 Dillenburg
            Married 20 September 1531
       65. Countess Juliana zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
            Born 15 February 1506 Stolberg
            Died 18 June 1580 Dillenburg
       66. Georg III
            Landgraf von Leuchtenberg
            Born 13 December 1502
            Died 21 May 1555 Grunsfeld
            Married 26 July 1528 Plassenburg
       67. Markgraefin Barbara von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 24 September 1495 Ansbach
            Died 23 September 1552 Karlsbad
       68. Julius
            Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuettel
            Born 29 June 1528 (Wolfenbuettel?)
            Died 13 May 1589 Wolfenbuettel
            Married 25 February 1560 Berlin
       69. Markgraefin Hedwig von Brandenburg
            Born 2 March 1540 (Berlin?)
            Died 21 October 1602 Wolfenbuettel
       70. Fredrik II
            King of Denmark and Norway 1559-1588
            Born 1 July 1534 Haderslev
            Died 4 April 1588 Antvorskov
            Married 20 July 1572 Copenhagen
       71. Duchess Sophie zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin
            Born 4 September 1557 Wismar
            Died 14 October 1631 Nykoping
       72. = 64        73. = 65
       74. Gaspard II de Coligny
            Comte de Coligny et Chatillon sur Loing
            Born 16 February 1516 Chatillon sur Loing
            Died 24 August 1572 Paris (murdered)
            Married 1547
       75. Charlotte de Laval-Montfort
            Died 3 March 1568
       76. Konrad
            Count zu Solms-Braunfels
            Born 17 June 1540
            Died 28 December 1592
            Married 16 June 1559 Dillenburg
       77. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Dillenburg
            Born 25 September 1542 Dillenburg
            Died 18 November 1603
       78. Ludwig I
            Count zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
            Born 7 December 1532 Wittgenstein
            Died 2 July 1605 Altenkirchen
            Married 14 January 1567 Laubach
       79. Countess Elisabeth zu Solms-Laubach
            Born 6 March 1549 Laubach
            Died 5 August 1599 Dillenburg
       80. Joachim Ernst
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Zerbst und Dessau
            Born 2 October 1536 Dessau
            Died 16 December 1586 Dessau
            Married 25 February 1560 Dessau
       81. Countess Agnes von Barby-Muehlingen
            Born 23 June 1540 Barby
            Died 27 November 1569 Bernburg
       82. Pfalzgraf Johann Kasimir von Simmern
            Born 7 March 1543 Simmern
            Died 16 January 1592 Heidelberg
            Married 4 June 1570 Heidelberg
       83. Duchess Elisabeth of Saxony
            Born 18 October 1552 Wolkenstein
            Died 12 April 1590 Heidelberg
       84. Wilhelm IV "der Weise"
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel 1567-1592
            Born 24 June 1532 Kassel
            Died 25 August 1592 Kassel
            Married 12 February 1566 Marburg
       85. Duchess Sophie Sabine von Wuerttemberg
            Born 2 July 1549 Moempelgard
            Died 17 August 1581 Rotenburg
       86. Johann VII
            Count von Nassau-Siegen
            Born 7 June 1561 Dillenburg Castle
            Died 27 September 1623 Siegen
            Married 9 December 1581 Dillenburg Castle
       87. Countess Magdalena von Waldeck
            Born 1558
            Died 9 September 1599
       88. = 64        89. = 65        90. = 74        91. = 75
       92. = 76        93. = 77        94. = 78        95. = 79
       96. = 84        97. = 85
       98. Johann Georg I
            Count zu Solms-Laubach
            Born 26 November 1547 Sodel
            Died 29 August 1600 Laubach
            Married 10 December 1572 Glauchau
       99. Margarethe von Schoenburg-Glauchau
            Born 1554 Glauchau
            Died 19 June 1606 Rheinfels
      100. Philipp Ludwig I
            Count von Hanau-Muenzenberg
            Born 21 November 1553
            Died 4 February 1580
            Married 5 February 1576
      101. = 87       102. = 36
      103. Charlotte de Bourbon
            Born circa 1546
            Died 5 May 1582 Antwerpen
      104. Joachim Friedrich
            Elector of Brandenburg 1598-1608
            Born 27 January 1546 Berlin
            Died 28 July 1608 nr Koepenik
            Married 8 January 1570 Kuestrin
      105. Markgraefin Katharina von Brandenburg-Kuestrin
            Born 10 August 1549 Kuestrin
            Died 10 October 1602 Berlin
      106. = 58       107. = 59
      108. Ludwig VI
            Elector von der Pfalz 1576-1583
            Born 4 July 1539 Simmern
            Died 22 October 1583 Heidelberg
            Married 8 July 1560 Marburg
      109. Landgraefin Elisabeth von Hessen
            Born 13 February 1539 Kassel
            Died 14 March 1582 Heidelberg
      110. = 36       111. = 103
      112. Gotthard von Ketteler zu Melrich
            Died 9 February 1556
            Married 1511
      113. Sibylle von Nesselrode
            Died 1571
      114. Albrecht V-VII "der Schoene"
            Duke of Mecklenburg 1519-1547 & Guestrow 1534-1547
            Born 28 July 1488 Wismar
            Died 5 January 1547 Schwerin
            Married 17 January 1524 Berlin
      115. Markgraefin Anna von Brandenburg
            Born 1507
            Died 19 June 1567 Lubz
      116. Albrecht
            Duke of Prussia
            Born 17 May 1490 Ansbach
            Died 20 March 1568 Tapiau
            Married 26 February 1550 Koenigsbergen
      117. Duchess Anna Maria of Brunswick-Kalenberg
            Born 1532
            Died 20 March 1568 Koenigsbergen
      118. Wilhelm III "the Rich"
            Duke of Cleves, Juelich and Berg
            Born 28 July 1516 Duesseldorf
            Died 5 January 1592 Duesseldorf
            Married 18 July 1546 Regensburg
      119. Archduchess Maria of Austria
            Born 15 May 1531 Prag
            Died 11 December 1581 Hambach
      120. = 104      121. = 105      122. = 58       123. = 59
      124. = 108      125. = 109      126. = 36       127. = 103
 
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