Genealogy Booij / Boy » Willem van Oranje-Nassau (1533-1584)

Personal data Willem van Oranje-Nassau 

  • Alternative names: prins Willem I, Willem de Zwijger, de Vader des Vaderlands
  • He was born on April 24, 1533 in Dillenburg, Hessen.
  • He was baptized on May 4, 1533 in Dillenburg, Hessen.
  • Title: heer van, Rumpst
  • Title: baron van, IJsselstein
  • Title: prins van, Oranje
  • Title: markies van, Bergen op Zoom
  • Title: heer van, Zundert
  • Title: baron van, Cuyk
  • Title: graaf van, Nassau
  • Title: heer van, Diest
  • Title: heer van, Gageldonck
  • Title: baron van, Diest
  • Title: heer van, Grimbergen
  • Title: burggraaf van, Antwerpen
  • Title: heer van, Sichem
  • Title: heer van, Herstal
  • Title: heer van, Steenbergen
  • Title: heer van, Breda
  • Title: graaf van, Vianden
  • Title: heer van, Assche
  • Title: ridder, in de Orde van het Gulden Vlies
  • Title: baron van, Breda
  • Title: markies van, Veere
  • Title: heer van, de Leck
  • Title: graaf van, Katzelnbogen
  • Title: markies van, Vlissingen
  • Profession: Stadhouder.
  • He died on July 10, 1584 in Delft, he was 51 years old.
  • He is buried on August 4, 1584 in Delft, bijgezet in de koninklijke grafkelder.Source 1
  • A child of Willem van Nassau-Katzenelnbogen and Juliana van Stolberg-Wenigerode

Household of Willem van Oranje-Nassau

(1) He is married to Anna van EGMOND.Source 2

They got married on July 6, 1551, he was 18 years old.


Child(ren):



(2) He had a relationship with Eva Elinx.


Child(ren):

  1. Justinus van NASSAU  1559-1631 

Event (nomen) about 1559.Source 3


(3) He is married to Anna van Saxen.

They got married on August 24, 1561 at Leipzig, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Anna van Oranje  1562-1562

The couple were divorced in 1570.


(4) He is married to Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier.

They got married on April 25, 1575 at Dordrecht, he was 42 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):



(5) He is married to Louise de COLIGNY.

They got married on April 12, 1583 at Antwerpen, he was 49 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):



(6) He had a relationship with Anneken Cools.


Child(ren):

  1. Hendrik van Goudt  ????-1648

Event (nomen).Source 6


Notes about Willem van Oranje-Nassau

Toen Hendriks zoon, René van Chalon, in 1544 zonder nakomelingen stierf, kwam diens erfenis terecht bij zijn oudste Duitse neef Willem (1533-1584). Die woonde op het stamslot Dillenburg bij zijn ouders, graaf Willem van Nassau en Juliana van Stolberg. Hij mocht de erfenis alleen aanvaarden, zo bepaalde Karel V, wanneer zijn opvoeding aan het Keizerlijke hof te Brussel voltooid werd.
Na 1555 verslechterde de verhouding van Willem met de nieuwe landsheer, Koning Philips II. Willem van Oranje steunde de vervolging van de protestanten niet en hij had, evenals de andere edelen die in de Raad van State zitting hadden, grote moeite met de Brusselse centralisatiepolitiek. Na de zogenaamde Beeldenstorm in 1566 door ontevreden protestanten, die zich vanuit Vlaanderen over andere Nederlandse provincies verspreidde, besloot Philips II tot militair ingrijpen. Oranje week uit naar het Nassause gebied en redde daarmee zijn leven, in tegenstelling tot zijn standsgenoten, de graven Egmond en Hoorne. Maar de opstand ging in de Noordelijke Nederlanden door. Oranje had met wisselend succes de leiding over de vrijheidsstrijd en zo legde hij de band tussen Nederland en het Huis Oranje-Nassau. Willem was verder stadhouder in Holland, Zeeland en Utrecht en zijn broer, graaf Jan de Oude, was enige tijd stadhouder in Gelderland. Diens zoons zouden dat ambt achtereenvolgens gaan bekleden in Friesland.
Drie broers van Prins Willem sneuvelden bij militaire acties.

*stadhouder van Holland
* lid van de Raad van State
* vertegenwoordiger in de generale dijkage van Overflakkee
* stadhouder van Utrecht
TITL:
door vererving van Renatus (René) van Chalon

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Sources

  1. Koninklijke Grafkelder Huis Oranje-Nassau
  2. internet / vrouwen van Oranje / karel 049 Nassau 25
  3. Oranjebastaarden door Frank Rijckaert
  4. internet / vrouwen van Oranje
  5. internet / vrouwen van Oranje
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Historical events

Birthday April 24, 1533

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1533: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
    • May 23 » The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
    • May 28 » The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
    • June 1 » Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
    • November 15 » Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.

Christening day May 4, 1533

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1533: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
    • May 23 » The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
    • May 28 » The Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declares the marriage of King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn valid.
    • June 1 » Anne Boleyn is crowned Queen of England.
    • November 15 » Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.

Day of marriage April 12, 1583

Day of death July 10, 1584

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1584: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 25 » Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
    • May 16 » Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
    • July 4 » Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island
    • July 10 » William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
    • September 13 » San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.

Day of burial August 4, 1584

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1584: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 25 » Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
    • May 16 » Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
    • July 4 » Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island
    • July 10 » William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
    • September 13 » San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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