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Household of Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier

She is married to Willem I de Zwijger van Oranje Nassau (Nassau-Dillenburg).

They got married on June 12, 1575, she was 27 years old.

Marriage contract closed.

Huwelijkscontract van Willem van Oranje en Charlotte de Bourbon 12 juni 1575 2 charters en 1 afschrift Prins Willem I, ook bekend als Willem van Oranje of Willem de Zwijger, was de zoon van Willem de Rijke, graaf van Nassau, en Juliana van Stolberg. In 1544 erfde hij op elfjarige leeftijd het prinsdom Orange van René van Chalon, waarmee hij de titel prins verwierf. Hij was gehuwd met Anna van Buren op 8 juli 1551, Anna van Saksen op 25 augustus 1561, Charlotte de Bourbon op 12 juni 1575 en Louise de Coligny op 12 april 1583.

Child(ren):

  4. Catharina Belgica  1578-1648

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Historical events

Birthday December 23, 1547

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1547: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 8 » The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg.
    • January 13 » Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, is sentenced to death for treason, on the grounds of having quartered his arms to make them similar to those of the King, Henry VIII of England.
    • January 16 » Grand Duke Ivan IV of Muscovy becomes the first Tsar of Russia, replacing the 264-year-old Grand Duchy of Moscow with the Tsardom of Russia.
    • January 28 » Edward VI, the nine-year-old son of Henry VIII, becomes King of England on his father's death.
    • April 24 » Battle of Mühlberg. Duke of Alba, commanding Spanish-Imperial forces of Charles I of Spain, defeats the troops of Schmalkaldic League.
    • July 25 » Henry II of France is crowned.

Day of marriage June 12, 1575

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1575: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 25 » Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
    • February 8 » Leiden University is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis.
    • March 3 » Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
    • June 28 » Sengoku period of Japan: The combined forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu are victorious in the Battle of Nagashino.
    • October 22 » Foundation of Aguascalientes City in New Spain.
    • December 16 » An earthquake with an estimated of 8.5Mw  strikes Valdivia, Chile.

Day of death May 5, 1582

  • 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 1582: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 16 » Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
    • June 21 » Sengoku period: Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful of the Japanese daimyōs, is forced to commit suicide by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide.
    • October 4 » The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
    • October 14 » Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
    • October 15 » Adoption of the Gregorian calendar begins, eventually leading to near-universal adoption.
    • November 28 » In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.

Day of burial May 9, 1582

  • 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 1582: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 15 » Truce of Yam-Zapolsky: Russia cedes Livonia to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
    • February 24 » With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
    • July 2 » Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide.
    • October 4 » The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII.
    • October 14 » Because of the adoption of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
    • November 28 » In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.


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