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Personal data Maurits "Maurits" van Nassau, Prins van Oranje Prins van Oranje 

• Nickname is Maurits.
• He was born about November 14, 1567 in Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland.
• He was christened on November 14, 1567 in Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Deutschland.
• Occupations:
• comte de Moers.
• prins van Oranje-Nassau.
• Nationality: Netherlands.
• He died on April 23, 1625 in Den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland. He was about 57 years old.
• He is buried on September 20, 1625 in Grafkelder onder de Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands.Source 5
• A child of Willem I "de Zwijger" van Nassau-Dillenburg, Prins van Oranje, Stadhouder van Holland, Zeeland en Utrecht and Anna Wettin, Albertiner (Saxony)

Household of Maurits "Maurits" van Nassau, Prins van Oranje Prins van Oranje

(1) He has/had a relationship with Vrouwe Margaretha van Mechelen.

Child(ren):

1. Willem van NASSAU- La Lecq  ± 1601-1627 
2. Lodewijk van Nassau van Beverweerd (geboren van Nassau), heer van de Lek en Beverweerd  ± 1602-1665 
3. Maurits van Nassau  1604-1617

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(2) He had a relationship with Jobghen Arendsdr. van Alphen.

Child(ren):

1. Carel van Nassau  ± 1612-1637
2. Eleonora van Nassau  ± 1620-????

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(3) He has/had a relationship with Ursula de Rijck.

Child(ren):

1. Elisabeth van Nassau  ± 1611-????
2. Anna van Nassau  ????-1673

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(4) He has/had a relationship with Anna van de Kelder.

Child(ren):

1. Carel Maurits van Nassau  ± 1616-± 1646

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(5) He had a relationship with Deliana de Backer.

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(6) He had a relationship with Cornelia Jacobsdr.

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Notes about Maurits "Maurits" van Nassau, Prins van Oranje Prins van Oranje

<p>Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange ==Links:== *[http://www.thepeerage.com/p11321.htm#i113206 The Peerage] *[http://old.geneall.net/B/per_page.php?id=138272 Geneall] *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_of_Nassau,_Prince_of_Orange Wikipedia] Maurice of Nassau (Dutch: Maurits van Nassau) (14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625), Prince of Orange (1618–1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg. He was named after his maternal grandfather, the Elector Maurice of Saxony, who was also a noted general. Life Maurice never married but was the father of illegitimate children by Margaretha van Mechelen (including Willem of Nassau, lord of the Lek and Louis of Nassau, lord of den Lek and Beverweerd) and Anna van de Kelder. He was raised in Dillenburg by his uncle Johan of Nassau (Jan the Old). Together with his cousin Willem Lodewijk he studied in Heidelberg and later with his brother Philip in Leiden where he met Simon Stevin. The States of Holland and Zeeland paid for his studies, as their father had run into financial problems after spending his entire fortune in the early stages of the Dutch revolt. Only 16 when his father was murdered in Delft in 1584, he soon took over as stadtholder (Stadhouder), though this title was not inheritable (The monarchs of England and France had refused, and there simply was no one else to take the job). He became stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland in 1585, of Guelders, Overijssel and Utrecht in 1590 and of Groningen and Drenthe in 1620 (following the death of Willem Lodewijk, who had been Stadtholder there and in Friesland). Maurice was preceded as Prince of Orange (not a Dutch title) by his elder half-brother Philip William. However, Philip William was in the custody of Spain, remaining so until 1596, and was thus unable to lead the Dutch cause. He was appointed captain-general of the army in 1587, bypassing the Earl of Leicester, who returned to England on hearing this news. [edit]Military career Maurice organized the rebellion against Spain into a coherent, successful revolt. He reorganised the army together with Willem Lodewijk, studied military history, strategy and tactics, mathematics and astronomy, and proved himself to be among the best strategists of his age. Paying special attention to the siege theories of Simon Stevin, he took valuable key fortresses and towns: Breda in 1590, Steenwijk in 1592, and Geertruidenberg in 1593. These victories rounded out the borders to the Dutch Republic, solidifying the revolt and allowing a national state to develop behind secure borders. They also established Maurice as the foremost general of his time. Many of the great generals of the succeeding generation, including his brother Fredick Henry and many of the commanders of the English Civil War learned their trade under his command. His victories in the cavalry battles at Turnhout (1597) and at Nieuwpoort (1600) earned him military fame and acknowledgment throughout Europe. Despite these successes, the House of Orange did not attain great respect among European Royalty, as the Stadtholdership was not inheritable. The training of his army is especially important to early modern warfare. Previous generals had made use of drill and exercise in order to instill discipline or to keep the men physically fit, but for Maurice, they "were the fundamental postulates of tactics."[1] This change affected the entire conduct of warfare, since it required the officers to train men in addition to leading them, decreased the size of the basic infantry unit for functional purposes since more specific orders had to be given in battle, and the decrease in herd behavior required more initiative and intelligence from the average soldier.[2] [edit]Maurice and Oldenbarnevelt Maurice started out as the protégé of Landsadvocaat (Land's Advocate, a kind of secretary) Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. But gradually tensions rose between these two men. Against Maurice's advice, and despite his protests, Van Oldenbarnevelt decided to sign the Twelve Years' Truce with Spain, which lasted from 1609 - 1621. The required funds to maintain the army and navy, and the general course of the war were other topics of constant struggle. With the religious troubles between Gomarists (Calvinist) and Arminians, the struggle between Van Oldenbarnevelt and Maurice reached a climax. Van Oldenbarnevelt was arrested, tried and decapitated despite numerous requests for mercy. From 1618 till his death Maurice now enjoyed uncontested power over the Republic. Maurice urged his brother Frederick Henry to marry in order to preserve the dynasty. In 1621 the war resumed, and the Spanish, led by Ambrogio Spinola, had notable successes, including the recapture of Breda, the Nassau's old family residence, in 1625. Maurice died with the siege still underway. * https://www.geni.com/people/Samuel-Franchoys-de-Pleckere/6000000061294147023<;/p>

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