Genealogy Booij / Boy » Willem van Nassau-Katzenelnbogen (1487-1559)

Personal data Willem van Nassau-Katzenelnbogen 

Source 1
  • Alternative names: Willem I, Willem de Rijke
  • He was born on April 10, 1487 in Dillenburg, Hessen.
  • Title: heer van, Grimhuizen
  • Title: graaf van, Dillenburg
  • Title: graaf van, Siegen
  • Profession: Stadhouder van Gelderland.
  • He died on October 6, 1559 in Dillenburg, Hessen, he was 72 years old.
  • A child of Johan van NASSAU-DIETZ and Elisabeth von HESSEN

Household of Willem van Nassau-Katzenelnbogen

(1) He is married to Juliana van Stolberg-Wenigerode.

They got married on September 20, 1531 at Siegen, he was 44 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  3. Lodewijk van Nassau  1538-1574
  4. Maria van Nassau  1539-1599
  5. Adolf van Nassau  1540-1568
  6. Anna van Nassau  1541-????
  9. Hermanna van Nassau  1543-????
  10. Juliana van Nassau  1546-????
  12. Hendrik van NASSAU  1550-1574


(2) He is married to Walburga van EGMONT.

They got marriedSource 3

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Sources

  1. internet / het koninklijk huis
  2. internet / vrouwen van Oranje / karel 049 Nassau 24
  3. internet / Wikipedia

Historical events

Birthday April 10, 1487

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1487: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 7 » The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
    • May 24 » The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
    • June 16 » Battle of Stoke Field: King Henry VII of England defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
    • July 24 » Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer.
    • August 18 » The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
    • November 25 » Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.

Day of marriage September 20, 1531

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1531: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 26 » The 6.4–7.1 Mw Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
    • October 11 » Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
    • October 28 » Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia.
    • November 23 » The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.
    • December 9 » The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego at Tepeyac, Mexico City.

Day of death October 6, 1559

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1559: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
    • April 3 » The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
    • May 2 » John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
    • June 30 » King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
    • August 22 » Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
    • December 25 » Pope Pius IV is elected.


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Source: Wikipedia

Source: Wikipedia


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