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Personal data Jan VI van Nassau-Dillenburg 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
    (de Oude)
    Katzenelnbogen en Dietz, Siegen Hademar, Beilstein
  • Alternative names: Jan VI van Nassau-Dietz, de Oude (also known as / alias)
  • He was born on November 22, 1536 in Dillenburg, Hessen, Deutschland.
  • He died on October 8, 1606 in Dillenburg, Hessen, Deutschland, he was 69 years old.
  • The birth parents are Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliana Gräfin zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
  • This information was last updated on April 10, 2024.

Household of Jan VI van Nassau-Dillenburg

He is married to Elisabeth van Leuchtenberg.Source 5

They got married on June 16, 1559 at Dillenburg, Hessen, Deutschland, he was 22 years old.


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Notes about Jan VI van Nassau-Dillenburg

Graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg, Siegen, Hadamar, Beilstein, Katzenelnbogenen Dietz. Stadhouder van Gelderland van 1578 tot 1581. Brengt de Unievan Utrecht tot stand in 1579. Sticht de Hogeschool te Herborn in 1584.

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    Sources

    1. Oranje-Nassau, een biografisch woordenboek, DITZ, 139
    2. Geslacht-boom der Graven van Nassau, ORL, 35, (portret op p.40)
    3. Geslachtsregister van het vorstenhuis Nassau, ALF, 64
    4. Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau, DEK, 83
    5. Europäische Stammtafeln Neue Folge, ESNF, band I-174

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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 6 » The first European school of higher learning in the Americas, Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco, is founded by Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza and Bishop Juan de Zumárraga in Mexico City.
      • 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.
      • February 2 » Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.
      • May 17 » Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's marriage is annulled.
      • May 19 » Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
      • July 25 » Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali.

    Day of marriage June 16, 1559

    • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1559: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 15 » Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
      • April 3 » The Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis treaty is signed, ending the Italian Wars.
      • May 2 » John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation.
      • June 30 » King Henry II of France is mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel, comte de Montgomery.
      • August 22 » Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
      • December 25 » Pope Pius IV is elected.

    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 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.
      • December 20 » The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
    

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