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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome
 

The Ancestors of
Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau
(6 generations)


        1. Wilhelm
            Duke von Nassau
            Born 14 June 1792 Kirchheimbolanden
            Died 20 August 1839 Kissingen
 
        2. Friedrich Wilhelm
            Fuerst von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 25 October 1768 's-Gravenhage
            Died 9 January 1816 Weilburg
            Married 31 July 1788 Hachenburg
        3. Burggraefin Isabelle von Kirchberg
            Countess von Hachenburg
            Born 19 April 1772 Hachenburg
            Died 6 January 1827 Wien
 
        4. Karl Christian
            Fuerst von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 16 January 1735 Weilburg
            Died 28 November 1788 Muenster-Dreyssen nr Kirchheim
            Married 5 March 1760 's-Gravenhage
        5. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
            Born 28 February 1743 Leeuwarden
            Died 6 May 1787 Kirchheim-Bolanden
        6. Burggraf Wilhelm Georg von Kirchberg
            Graf von Hachenburg
            Born 23 April 1751 Hachenburg
            Died 7 February 1777 Kirchheimbolanden
            Married 1 June 1771 Obergreiz
        7. Countess Auguste Reuss zu Greiz
            Born 7 August 1752 Obergreiz
            Died 10 October 1824 Hachenburg
 
        8. Karl August
            Fuerst von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 17 September 1685 Weilburg
            Died 9 November 1753 Weilburg
            Married 17 August 1723 Wiesbaden
        9. Princess Auguste von Nassau-Idstein
            Born 17 August 1699 Idstein
            Died 8 June 1750 Weilburg
       10. Willem IV
            Prince of Orange and Nassau
            Born 1 September 1711 Leeuwarden
            Died 22 October 1751 's-Gravenhage
            Married 25 March 1734 London
       11. Princess Anne of Great Britain and Ireland
            Princess Royal, Princess of Hannover
            Born 2 November 1709 Herrenhausen, Hannover
            Died 12 January 1759 's-Gravenhage
       12. Burggraf Wilhelm Ludwig von Kirchberg
            Graf von Hachenburg
            Born 30 March 1709 Hachenburg
            Died 18 February 1751 Hachenburg
            Married 19 June 1744 Dhaun
       13. Countess Louise von Salm
            Wild- und Rheingraefin zu Dhaun
            Born 27 February 1721 Dhaun
            Died 23 December 1791 Koeln
       14. Heinrich XI
            Fuerst Reuss
            Born 18 March 1722 Obergreiz
            Died 28 June 1800 Greiz
            Married 4 April 1743 Koestritz
       15. Countess Conradine Reuss zu Koestritz
            Born 22 December 1719 Koestritz
            Died 2 February 1770 Burgk
 

       16. Johann Ernst
            Fuerst von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 13 July 1664 Weilburg
            Died 27 February 1719 Heidelberg
            Married 3 April 1683 Homburg a.d.Mark
       17. Countess Marie Polyxene zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Hartenburg
            Born 17 February 1662 Hartenburg
            Died 22 April 1725 Kirchheimbolanden
       18. Georg August Samuel
            Fuerst von Nassau-Idstein
            Born 26 February 1665 Idstein
            Died 26 October 1721 Biebrich
            Married 26 October 1688 Darmstadt
       19. Princess Henriette Dorothea zu Oettingen-Oettingen
            Born 14 February 1672 Ottingen
            Died 18 May 1728 Wiesbaden
       20. Johan Willem Friso
            Fuerst von Nassau-Dietz, Prince of Orange
            Born 4 August 1687 Dessau
            Died 14 July 1711 Hollands Diep (drowned)
            Married 26 April 1709 Kassel
       21. Landgraefin Marie Luise von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 7 February 1688 Kassel
            Died 9 April 1765 Leeuwarden, Friesland
       22. George II
            King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-1760
            Born 30 October 1683 Hannover
            Died 25 October 1760 Kensington Palace
            Married 22 August 1705 Herrenhausen
       23. Markgraefin Karoline von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 1 March 1683 Ansbach
            Died 20 November 1737 London, St.James's Palace
       24. Burggraf Georg Friedrich von Kirchberg
            Count von Hachenburg
            Born 3 March 1683 Farnroda
            Died 14 August 1749 Hachenburg
            Married 9 May 1708 Ottweiler
       25. Countess Sophie Amalie von Nassau-Ottweiler
            Born 8 October 1688 Ottweiler
            Died 28 May 1753 Hachenburg
       26. Count Carl von Salm
            Wild- und Rheingraf in Dhaun
            Born 21 September 1675 Dhaun
            Died 26 March 1733 Dhaun
            Married 19 January 1704 Ottweiler
       27. Countess Luise von Nassau-Ottweiler
            Born 17 December 1686 Ottweiler
            Died 16 April 1773 Dhaun
       28. Count Heinrich II Reuss zu Obergreiz
            Born 4 February 1696 Dresden
            Died 17 November 1722 Greiz
            Married 22 October 1715 Dresden
       29. Countess Sophie Charlotte von Bothmer
            Born 21 October 1697 's-Gravenhage
            Died 14 September 1748 Erbach
       30. Count Heinrich XXIV Reuss zu Koestritz
            Born 26 July 1681 Schleiz
            Died 24 July 1748 Obergreiz
            Married 6 May 1704 Breslau
       31. Freiin Eleonore von Promnitz-Dittersbach
            Born 7 May 1688 Dittersbach
            Died 12 May 1776 Koestritz
 
       32. Friedrich
            Count von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 26 April 1640 Metz
            Died 8 September 1675 Weilburg
            Married 26 May 1663 Homburg
       33. Countess Christiane Elisabeth von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg
            Born 27 August 1643 Castle Wittgenstein
            Died 29 April 1678 Homburg
       34. Count Friedrich Emich von Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Hartenburg
            Born 9 February 1621 / 19 February 1621 Hartenburg
            Died 26 July 1698 / 5 August 1698 Hartenburg
            Married 10 January 1644 (Hartenburg?)
       35. Countess Sibylla von Waldeck
            Born 25 May 1619
            Died 24 July 1678 (Hartenburg ?)
       36. Johann
            Count von Nassau-Idstein
            Born 24 November 1603 Saarbruecken
            Died 23 May 1677 Idstein
            Married 6 December 1646 Strassburg
       37. Countess Anna von Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Falkenburg
            Born 25 May 1625 Dagsburg
            Died 24 December 1688 Idstein
       38. Albrecht Ernst I
            1.Fuerst zu Oettingen-Oettingen
            Born 14 May 1642 Ottingen
            Died 8 February 1683 Schrattenhofen
            Married 7 June 1665 Stuttgart
       39. Duchess Christine Friederike von Wuerttemberg
            Born 9 March 1644 Stuttgart
            Died 9 November 1674 Stuttgart
       40. Hendrik Casimir II
            Fuerst von Nassau-Dietz
            Born 18 January 1657 's-Gravenhage
            Died 15 March 1696 Leeuwarden
            Married 16 November 1683 Dessau
       41. Princess Henriette Amalia von Anhalt-Dessau
            Born 16 August 1666 Kleve
            Died 18 April 1726 Oranienstein nr. Dietz
       42. Karl
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 3 August 1654 Kassel
            Died 23 March 1730 Kassel
            Married 21 May 1673 Kassel
       43. Duchess Marie Amalie of Kurland
            Born 12 June 1653 Mitau
            Died 16 June 1711 Weilmuenster
       44. George I
            King of Great Britain and Ireland 1714-1727
            Born 28 May 1660 / 7 June 1660 Hannover
            Died 11 June 1727 / 22 June 1727 Osnabrueck
            Married 21 November 1682 Celle Div.28-12-1694
       45. Princess Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle
            Born 10 September 1666 Celle
            Died 13 November 1726 Castle Ahlden
       46. Johann Friedrich
            Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 18 October 1654 Ansbach
            Died 22 March 1686 Ansbach
            Married 4 November 1681 Eisenach
       47. Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe Luise of Saxe-Eisenach
            Duchess of Saxony
            Born 13 April 1662 Friedewald
            Died 9 September 1696 Castle Pretzsch
       48. Burggraf Georg Ludwig von Kirchberg
            Count von Hachenburg
            Born 12 February 1626 Farnroda
            Died 15 July 1686 Farnroda
            Married 17 September 1673 Marksuhl
       49. Countess Magdalene Christina von Manderscheid-Blankenheim
            Born 25 March 1658
            Died 19 October 1715 Hachenburg
       50. Count Friedrich Ludwig von Nassau-Ottweiler
            Born 13 November 1651 Ottweiler
            Died 25 May 1728 Saarbruecken
            Married 28 July 1680 Gravestein, Denmark
       51. Grevinde Christiane af Ahlefeld
            Born 21 April 1659 Glueckstadt
            Died 22 October 1695 Ottweiler
       52. Count Johann Philipp von Salm
            Wild- und Rheingraf in Dhaun
            Born 28 October 1645 Dhaun
            Died 26 June 1693 Dhaun
            Married 11 November 1671 Ottweiler
       53. Countess Anna Catharina von Nassau-Ottweiler
            Born 20 January 1653 Ottweiler
            Died 15 February 1731 Dhaun
       54. = 50        55. = 51
       56. Count Heinrich VI Reuss zu Greiz
            Born 7 August 1649 Greiz
            Died 11 October 1697 Szegedin
            Married 3 May 1691 Leipzig
       57. Freiin Henriette Amalie von Friesen
            Born 19 May 1668 Dresden
            Died 2 August 1732 Berggiesshubel
       58. Count Johann Kaspar von Bothmer
            Born 10 April 1656 Lauenbruck
            Died 18 February 1732 London
            Married 28 December 1696 Dresden
       59. Gisela Erdmuth von Hoym
            Born 23 June 1669 Droyssig
            Died 17 January 1741 Neustadt nr Dresden
       60. Heinrich I
            Count Reuss zu Schleiz
            Born 26 March 1639 Schleiz
            Died 18 March 1692 Koestritz
            Married 16 May 1680 Asch, Bohemia
       61. Countess Marie Elisabeth von Zinzendorf
            Born 12 May 1659 Pressburg
            Died 8 October 1683 Schleiz
       62. Freiherr Hans Christoph von Promnitz
            Born 20 October 1661 Dittersbach
            Died 28 May 1689 Dittersbach
            Married 22 July 1687 Markstadt, Silesia
       63. Freiin Anna Elisabeth Saurma von der Jeltsch
            Born 24 April 1663 Laskowitz
            Died 30 January 1708 Mallmitz
 
       64. Ernst Casimir
            Count von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 15 November 1607 Saarbruecken
            buried 16 April 1655 Furstengruft, Weilburg
            Married 22 February 1634 Weilburg
       65. Countess Anna Maria zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
            Born circa 1610
            Died 14 January 1656
       66. Ernst
            Count von Sayn-Wittgenstein in Homburg
            Born 29 March 1599 Berleburg
            Died 21 February 1649 Homburg
            Married 11 September 1642 Waldeck
       67. Countess Christine von Waldeck
            Born 29 December 1614
            Died 7 May 1679 Homburg
       68. Johann Philipp II
            Count zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
            Born 26 April 1588 (Hartenburg ?)
            Died 25 May 1643 Hartenburg
            Married 19 January 1620 Hartenburg
       69. Countess Elisabeth zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Falkenburg
            Born 16 May 1586 (Durkheim ?)
            Died 5 November 1623 (Hartenburg ?)
       70. Christian
            Count von Waldeck-Wildungen
            Born 25 December 1585
            Died 31 December 1637
            Married 19 November 1604 Wildungen
       71. Countess Elisabeth von Nassau-Siegen
            Born 8 November 1584 Dillenburg Castle
            Died 26 July 1661 Landau
       72. Ludwig II
            Count von Nassau-Weilburg
            Born 9 August 1565 (Weilburg?)
            Died 8 November 1627 Saarbruecken
            Married 8 June 1589 Kassel
       73. Landgraefin Anna Maria von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 27 January 1567 Kassel
            Died 8 November 1626 Neunkirchen
       74. Count Philipp Georg zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-
            Falkenburg
            Born 26 July 1582
            Died 16 February 1637
            Married 14 July 1614 Fuerstenau
       75. Countess Anna zu Erbach
            Born 12 April 1582 Erbach
            Died 9 August 1650 Idstein
       76. Joachim Ernst I
            Count zu Oettingen-Oettingen
            Born 31 March 1612 Ottingen
            Died 8 August 1659 Harburg
            Married 5 December 1638 Neuenstein
       77. Countess Anna Dorothea zu Hohenlohe-Neuenstein
            Born 26 January 1621 Neuenstein
            Died 16 September 1643 Oettingen
       78. Eberhard III
            Duke von Wuerttemberg
            Born 16 December 1614 Stuttgart
            Died 2 July 1674 Stuttgart
            Married 26 February 1637 Strassburg
       79. Wild und Rheingraefin Anna Dorothea zu Salm-Kyrburg
            Born 27 January 1614 Finstingen
            Died 27 June 1655 Stuttgart
       80. Willem Frederik
            Fuerst von Nassau-Dietz
            Born 7 August 1613 Arnhem
            Died 31 October 1664 Leeuwarden
            Married 2 May 1652 Kleve
       81. Countess Albertine Agnes von Nassau
            Born 9 April 1634 's-Gravenhage
            Died 24 May 1696 Oranjewoud, Friesland
       82. Johann Georg II
            Fuerst von Anhalt-Dessau
            Born 7 November 1627 Dessau
            Died 17 August 1693 Berlin
            Married 9 July 1659 Groningen
       83. Countess Henriette Catharina von Nassau
            Born 10 February 1637 's-Gravenhage
            Died 3 November 1708
       84. Wilhelm VI
            Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel
            Born 23 May 1629 Kassel
            Died 16 July 1663 Haina
            Married 9 July 1649 Colln a.d.Spree
       85. Markgraefin Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg
            Born 4 July 1623 Berlin
            Died 16 June 1683 Schmalkalden
       86. Jakob
            Duke of Kurland
            Born 7 November 1610 Goldingen
            Died 1 January 1682 Mitau
            Married 9 October 1645 Koenigsbergen
       87. Markgraefin Luise Charlotte von Brandenburg
            Born 13 September 1617 Berlin
            Died 29 August 1676 Mitau
       88. Ernst August
            Elector of Hannover 1692-1698
            Born 20 November 1629 Herzberg
            Died 23 January 1698 Herrenhausen
            Married 17 October 1658 Heidelberg
       89. Princess Sofie von der Pfalz
            Herzogin von Bayern, Pfalzgraefin am Rhein
            Born 13 October 1630 's-Gravenhage
            Died 8 June 1714 Herrenhausen
       90. Georg Wilhelm
            Duke of Brunswick-Celle
            Born 26 January 1624 Herzberg
            Died 28 August 1705 Wienhausen
            Married 15 September 1665 Celle
       91. Eleonore Desmier d'Olbreuse
            Born 13 January 1637 Olbreuse
            Died 5 February 1722 Celle
       92. Markgraf Albrecht von Brandenburg-Ansbach
            Born 16 September 1620 Ansbach
            Died 22 October 1667 Ansbach
            Married 5 October 1651 Oettingen
       93. Countess Sophie Margarete zu Oettingen-Oettingen
            Born 9 December 1634 Ulm
            Died 26 July 1664 Ansbach
       94. Johann Georg I
            Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
            Born 22 July 1634 Weimar
            Died 29 September 1686 Eckhartshauser Waldung
            Married 8 June 1661 Wohla
       95. Countess Johannette zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
            Born 27 April 1632 Frankfurt am Main
            Died 28 September 1701 Jena
       96. Georg II
            Burggraf von Kirchberg
            Born 10 January 1569
            Died 13 November 1641
            Married 28 March 1620 Gera
       97. Dorothea Magdalena Reuss
            Born 25 February 1595 Gera
            Died 29 October 1646 (Farnroda?)
       98. Salentin Ernst
            Count von Manderscheid-Blankenheim
            Born 22 December 1630
            Died 18 February 1705
            Married 31 October 1651
       99. Countess Ernestine Salentine zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
            Born 3 May 1625
            Died 23 October 1661
      100. Johann Ludwig
            Count von Nassau-Ottweiler
            Born 24 May 1625 Saarbruecken
            Died 9 February 1690 Reichelsheim
            Married 6 October 1649 Bischweiler
      101. Pfalzgraefin Dorothea Katharina von Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
            Born 3 July 1634 Bischweiler
            Died 7 December 1715 Neunkirchen
      102. Greve Frederik af Ahlefeld
            Born 1623 Sogaard
            Died 7 July 1686 Copenhagen
            Married 28 December 1656 nr Luebeck
      103. Countess Margarethe Dorothea zu Rantzau
            Born 18 March 1642 Breitenburg
            Died 26 August 1665 Itzehoe
      104. Count Johann Ludwig von Salm
            Wild- und Rheingraf in Dhaun
            Born 1620 (Dhaun?)
            Died 6 November 1673 Wien
            Married 30 October 1643
      105. Countess Elisabeth von Salm
            Wild- und Rheingraefin in Neufville
            Born 1620
            Died 1673
      106. = 100      107. = 101      108. = 100      109. = 101
      110. = 102      111. = 103
      112. Count Heinrich I Reuss zu Greiz
            Born 3 May 1627 Greiz
            Died 8 March 1681 Greiz
            Married 10 August 1648 Schleiz
      113. Burggraefin Sibylle Magdalene von Kirchberg
            Born 24 July 1624 Farnroda
            Died 24 February 1667 Greiz
      114. Freiherr Heinrich von Friesen
            Born 6 October 1610 Rotha
            Died 24 August 1680 Dresden
            Married 5 November 1647 Haguenau
      115. Maria Margaretha von Luetzelburg
            Born 28 May 1632 Imlingen
            Died 28 September 1689 Dresden
      116. Freiherr Julius August von Bothmer
            Born 5 January 1621 Lauenbruck
            Died 18 January 1703 Ratzeburg
            Married 12 July 1655 Witzin
      117. Margarethe Eleonore von Petersdorff
            Born 4 June 1638 Harburg (?)
            Died 18 October 1729 Lauenbruck
      118. Freiherr Ludwig Gebhard von Hoym
            Born 27 November 1631 Droyssig
            Died 2 January 1711 Droyssig
            Married 12 December 1664 Doben
      119. Sophie Katharina von Schoenfeld
            Born 1644 Doben
            Died 22 July 1681 Droyssig
      120. Heinrich III Reuss zu Saalberg
            Born 10 November 1603 Gera
            Died 12 June 1640 Carlsbad
            Married 14 May 1637 Gera
      121. Countess Juliane Elisabeth von Salm
            Wild- und Rheingraefin zu Neufville
            Born 1602 Neufville
            Died 24 May 1653 Schleiz
      122. Count Rudolf von Sinzendorf
            Born 1620 Ernstbrunn
            Died 2 September 1677 Wien
            Married 1655
      123. Countess Eva Susanna von Zinzendorf
            Born 29 March 1636 Pottendorf
            Died 29 January 1709 Breslau
      124. Freiherr Johann von Promnitz
            Born 1624
            Died after 1661
            Married before 1660
      125. Eleonore von Schertz
            Born before 1644 (Bukovine ?)
            Died after 1661 Dittersbach
      126. Wolf Albrecht von Saurma
            Freiherr von der Jeltsch
            Born 1600 Jeltsch
            Died 30 April 1664 Laskowitz
            Married 20 January 1645
      127. Johanna Maria von Prittwitz und Gaffron
            Born 1624
            Died 30 November 1683 Breslau
 
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