Family tree Hans Meijer » Amalia van Solms (1602-1675)

Personal data Amalia van Solms 

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  • She was born on August 31, 1602 in Braunfels, Duitsland.
  • (Adelijke titel) in the year 1625.
    Gravin van Braunfels.
    Na het overlijden van haar echtgenoot stond in 1649FilipsIV van Spanje het grondgebied van Turnhout aan haaraf.
  • (tekst) in the year 1670.
    Amalia werd geboren als dochter van Johan Albrecht IvanSolms-Braunfels (de oudste zoon van Elisabeth vanNassau,een zuster van Willem van Oranje) en AgnesvanSayn-Wittgenstein. Haar jeugd bracht zij door op hetslotBraunfels aan de Lahn.

    Amalia was de stuwende kracht achter het huwelijk vanhaaroudste dochter Louise Henriëtte met de keurvorstvanBrandenburg en haar zoon Willem II met Maria Stuart. Nadedood van haar zoon nam zij de voogdij van haarkleinzoonWillem III op zich.
  • She died on September 8, 1675 in 's-Gravenhage, she was 73 years old.
  • She is buried on December 21, 1675 in Nieuwe Kerk, Delft.
  • This information was last updated on April 5, 2010.

  • There is more biographical information available about Amalia van Solms on RKDartists

Household of Amalia van Solms

She is married to Frederik Hendrik van Oranje.

They got married on April 4, 1625, she was 22 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Willem II van Oranje  1626-1650 

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Birthday August 31, 1602

  • 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 1602: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 20 » The Dutch East India Company is established.
    • November 8 » The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is opened to the public.
    • December 11 » A surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, is repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.

Day of marriage April 4, 1625

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1625: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 27 » Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
    • April 1 » A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
    • May 2 » Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa.
    • June 13 » King Charles I of England marries Catholic princess Henrietta Maria of France and Navarre, at Canterbury.

Day of death September 8, 1675

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1675: Source: Wikipedia
    • August 10 » The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.
    • August 11 » Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
    • November 2 » Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
    • November 11 » Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
    • December 11 » Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.
    • December 19 » The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.

Day of burial December 21, 1675

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1675: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 5 » Battle of Colmar: The French army beats Brandenburg.
    • March 4 » John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
    • August 10 » The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.
    • October 29 » Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
    • November 2 » Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
    • December 19 » The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.

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