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Personal data Willem (Willem I de Zwijger) van Nassau 

  • Alternative name: Willem van Oranje
  • First name Willem I de Zwijger.
  • He was born on April 24, 1533 in Dillenburg, Allemagne.
  • Title: prins, van Oranje
  • Title: stadhouder, van Holland, Zeeland en Utrecht
  • Title: stadhouder, van Holland, Zeeland en Utrecht
  • He died on July 10, 1584 in Delft, Pays-Bas, he was 51 years old.
  • A child of Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliana zu Stolberg-Wernigerode

Household of Willem (Willem I de Zwijger) van Nassau

(1) He is married to Anna van Egmond.

They got married on July 8, 1551 at Buren, Pays-Bas, he was 18 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Maria van Nassau  1556-1616


(2) He is married to Anna von Sachsen.

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


Child(ren):

  1. Anna van Nassau  1563-1588
  2. Maurits van Nassau  1567-1625 
  3. Emilia van Nassau  1569-1629 


(3) He is married to Charlotte de Bourbon-La Roche-sur-Yon.

They got married in the year 1575, he was 41 years old.


Child(ren):



(4) He is married to Louise de Coligny.

They got married on April 24, 1583 at Anvers, Belgique, he was 50 years old.


Child(ren):



(5) He had a relationship with Eva Elincx.


Child(ren):

  1. Justinus van Nassau  1559-1631 

Event (unmarried).


Notes about Willem (Willem I de Zwijger) van Nassau

Il hérite Orange de son cousin René de Nassau-Dillenburg, décédé sans postérité.

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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.

Day of marriage April 24, 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.


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