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Personal data Jan VI van Nassau-Dillenburg 


Household of Jan VI van Nassau-Dillenburg

(1) He is married to Elisabeth van Leuchtenberg.

They got married on June 6, 1559 at Dillenburg, he was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  3. George van Nassau  1562-1623
  5. Juliana van Nassau  1565-1630
  7. Maria van Nassau  1568-1625
  9. Mathilde van Nassau  1570-1625


(2) He is married to Cunegonda Jacoba van den Palts.

They got married on September 13, 1580 at Dillenburg, he was 43 years old.


Child(ren):



(3) He is married to Johannetta van Sayn-Wittgenstein.

They got married on June 14, 1586 at Berleburg, he was 49 years old.


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Notes about Jan VI van Nassau-Dillenburg

Jan (of Johan) VI de Oude (Dillenburg, 22 november 1536 - Slot Dillenburg, 8 oktober 1606) was de tweede zoon van Willem de Rijke en Juliana van Stolberg. Hij was een jongere broer van Willem van Oranje. In de geschiedschrijving wordt hij vaak kortweg Jan van Nassau genoemd.

Jan van Nassau erfde in 1559 als oudste broer na Willem van Oranje de Nassause goederen van het geslacht Nassau in Duitsland, omdat zijn broer Willem (van Oranje) de nalatenschap van zijn neef René van Chalon geërfd had, namelijk het prinsdom Orange in Frankrijk en de bezittingen in de Nederlanden. Jan was evenals zijn andere broers Luthers opgevoed, maar ging in 1572, een jaar eerder dan zijn broer Willem, over tot het calvinisme. In 1577 was hij in de Nederlanden en fungeerde hij korte tijd als stadhouder van Gelre. In 1579 vervulde hij een belangrijke rol bij de totstandkoming van de Unie van Utrecht. Een jaar later echter verliet hij de Nederlanden omdat hij zich niet kon vinden in de Fransgezinde politiek van zijn broer Willem. Hij keerde terug naar Slot Dillenburg.

Jan van Nassau kan worden gezien als de stamvader van het thans in Nederland regerende vorstenhuis. De afstamming verloopt via zijn zoon Ernst Casimir. Van de vijf zonen van Juliana van Stolberg en Willem de Rijke is hij de enige zoon die een natuurlijke dood is gestorven.

Na zijn overlijden werd, krachtens zijn testament, Nassau verdeeld over zijn vijf dan nog levende zonen. Nassau viel uiteen in de graafschappen Nassau-Dillenburg (Willem Lodewijk), Nassau-Siegen (Jan), Nassau-Beilstein (George), Nassau-Dietz (Ernst-Casimir) en Nassau-Hadamar (Johan Lodewijk).

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Birthday November 22, 1536

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1536: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 24 » King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.
    • April 5 » Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph.
    • May 6 » The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spanish.
    • May 15 » Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
    • May 17 » Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
    • July 25 » Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.

Day of marriage June 14, 1586

  • 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 1586: Source: Wikipedia
    • June 16 » Mary, Queen of Scots, recognizes Philip II of Spain as her heir and successor.
    • June 19 » English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
    • September 22 » The Battle of Zutphen is a Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.
    • October 14 » Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I of England.
    • December 17 » Go-Yōzei becomes Emperor of Japan.

Day of death October 8, 1606

  • 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 1606: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 27 » Gunpowder Plot: The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.
    • January 31 » Gunpowder Plot: Four of the conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, are executed for treason by hanging, drawing and quartering, for plotting against Parliament and King James.
    • February 26 » The Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 becomes the first European expedition to set foot on Australia, although it is mistaken as a part of New Guinea.
    • April 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
    • April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
    • December 19 » The ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery depart England carrying settlers who founded, at Jamestown, Virginia, the first of the thirteen colonies that became the United States.


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