Family tree Bolijn-Wessels » Willem van Oranje (1533-1584)

Personal data Willem van Oranje 


Household of Willem van Oranje

(1) He is married to Anna van Egmont van Buren.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Maria van Oranje  1553-1555
  3. Maria van Oranje  1556-1616


(2) He is married to Anna van Saksen.

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


Child(ren):

  1. Anna van Oranje  1562-1562
  2. Anna van Oranje  1563-1588
  3. Maurits van Oranje  1564-1566
  4. Maurits van Oranje  1567-1625
  5. Emilia van Oranje  1569-1629

The couple were divorced on December 14, 1571.


(3) He is married to Charlotte de Bourbon.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  2. Elisabeth van Nassau  1577-1642 


(4) He is married to Louise de Coligny.

They got married.


Child(ren):


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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.

    Day of marriage August 24, 1561

    • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1561: Source: Wikipedia
      • April 14 » A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
      • June 4 » The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
      • July 2 » Menas, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
      • August 19 » Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
      • August 24 » Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
      • September 9 » The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.

    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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