Ancestral Trails 2016 » Wilhelm Ludwig von NASSAU-DILLENBURG (1560-1620)

Personal data Wilhelm Ludwig von NASSAU-DILLENBURG 


Household of Wilhelm Ludwig von NASSAU-DILLENBURG

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Anna von NASSAU) is also his cousin.

He is married to Anna von NASSAU.

They got married on November 25, 1587, he was 27 years old.

  • The couple has common ancestors.

    • Notes about Wilhelm Ludwig von NASSAU-DILLENBURG

    William Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg (Dutch: Willem Lodewijk; West Frisian: Willem Loadewyk; 13 March 1560, Dillenburg, Hesse - 13 July 1620, Leeuwarden, Netherlands) was Count of Nassau-Dillenburg from 1606 to 1620, and stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe.

    William Louis was the eldest son of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his first wife, Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg.

    He served as a cavalry officer under William the Silent. Together with his cousin (and brother-in-law) Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, he commanded the Dutch States Army and helped plan the military strategy of the Dutch Republic against Spain from 1588 to 1609.

    William Louis played a significant part in the Military Revolution of the 16th - 17th centuries. In a letter to his cousin Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange of December 8, 1594 he set out (from reading Aelianus Tacticus) an argument based on the use of ranks by soldiers of Imperial Rome as discussed in Aelian's Tactica. Aelian was discussing the use of the counter march in the context of the Roman sword gladius and spear pilium. William Louis in a 'crucial leap' realized that the same technique could work for men with firearms.

    " I have discovered evolutionibus [a term that would eventually be translated as "drill"] a method of getting the musketeers and others with guns not only to practice firing but to keep on doing so in a very effective battle order (that is to say, they do not fire at will or from behind a barrier....). Just as soon as the first rank has fired, then by the drill [they have learned] they will march to the back. The second rank either marching forward or standing still, will then fire just like the first. After that the third and following ranks will do the same. When the last rank has fired, the first will have reloaded, as the following diagram shows:.

    On 25 November 1587, he married his cousin, Anna of Nassau, daughter of William the Silent and Anna of Saxony, and older sister of Maurice of Nassau. Anna died less than six months later on 13 June 1588, and William Louis never remarried.

    He was nicknamed "Us Heit" (West Frisian for "our father"). He died in his home, the Stadhouderlijk hof in Leeuwarden, the city which honored him with a statue on the government square. His body was laid to rest in the Jacobijnerkerk.
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Birthday March 13, 1560

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1560: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 27 » The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
    • March 17 » Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique.
    • July 6 » The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
    • August 17 » The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
    • December 5 » Charles IX becomes king of France.

Day of marriage November 25, 1587

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1587: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 8 » Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
    • July 22 » Roanoke Colony: A second group of English settlers arrives on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
    • October 31 » Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.

Day of death July 13, 1620

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1620: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 20 » The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
    • August 1 » Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
    • September 17 » Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
    • November 8 » The Battle of White Mountain takes place near Prague, ending in a decisive Catholic victory in only two hours.
    • November 21 » Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
    • December 21 » Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.


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