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Personal data Wilhelm "de Zwijger" von Nassau-Dillenburg 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of Wilhelm "de Zwijger" von Nassau-Dillenburg

(1) He is married to Anna van Egmond.Source 7

They got married on July 8, 1551 at Buren, Gelderland, Nederland, he was 18 years old.


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(2) He is married to Anna van Saksen Meissen.Source 7

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


Child(ren):

  1. Maurits van Nassau  1567-1625

The couple were divorced in 1571.


(3) He is married to Charlotte van Bourbon.Source 7

They got married on July 12, 1575 at Den Briel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, he was 42 years old.


(4) He is married to Louise de Coligny.Source 7

They got married on May 26, 1572 at La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France, he was 39 years old.

They got married on April 24, 1583 at Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België, he was 50 years old.


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    Sources

    1. Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau, DEK, 76
    2. Oranje-Nassau, een biografisch woordenboek, DITZ, 229
    3. Jaarboek van het Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie deel II, CARS, 110
    4. Geslacht-boom der Graven van Nassau, ORL, 35, en portret op 109
    5. Geslachtsregister van het vorstenhuis Nassau, ALF, 59
    6. Groot Museumboek, GMB, 103
    7. Europäische Stammtafeln Neue Folge, ESNF, band I-73

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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 May 26, 1572

    • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1572: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 16 » Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England.
      • April 1 » In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
      • July 9 » Nineteen Catholics suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of Gorkum.
      • August 18 » Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.
      • August 23 » French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
      • November 11 » Tycho Brahe observes the supernova SN 1572.

    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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