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Personal data Jan van Nassau Dillenburg 


Household of Jan van Nassau Dillenburg

He is married to Elisabeth van Leuchtenberg.

They got married on June 6, 1559 at Dillenburg, he was 23 years old.


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Notes about Jan van Nassau Dillenburg

Jan (of Johan) VI de Oude (Wiesbaden, 22 november 1535 - Dillenburg, 8 oktober 1606) was de tweede zoon van Willem de Rijke en Juliana van Stolberg. Hij was een jongere broer van Willem van Oranje.

Jan van Nassau erfde in 1559 als oudste broer na Willem van Oranje de Nassause goederen van het geslacht Nassau in Duitsland, omdat zijn broer Willem (van Oranje) de nalatenschap van zijn neef René van Chalon erfde, namelijk het prinsdom Orange in Frankrijk en de bezittingen in de Nederlanden. Jan was evenals zijn andere broers Luthers opgevoed, maar ging in 1572 uit overtuiging over tot het Calvinisme. In 1577 was hij in de Nederlanden. Hij was dan korte tijd stadhouder van Gelre. In 1579 vervulde hij een belangrijke rol bij de totstandkoming van de Unie van Utrecht. In 1580 echter verliet hij de Nederlanden omdat hij zich niet kon vinden in de Fransgezinde politiek van zijn broer Willem. Hij keerde terug naar de Dillenburg.

Jan van Nassau kan worden gezien als de stamvader van het thans in Nederland regerende vorstenhuis. De afstamming verloopt via zijn zoon Ernst Casimir. Van de vijf zonen van Juliana van Stolberg en Willem de Rijke is hij de enige zoon die een natuurlijke dood is gestorven.

Hij heeft verschillende belangrijke functies vervuld. Hij miste echter wel de takt en de diplomatieke gaven van zijn broers Willem en Lodewijk.

Na zijn overlijden werd, krachtens zijn testament, Nassau verdeeld over zijn vijf dan nog levende zonen. Nassau viel dan uiteen in de graafschappen Nassau-Dillenburg (Willem Lodewijk), Nassau-Siegen (Jan), Nassau-Beilstein (George), Nassau-Dietz (Ernst-Casimir) en Nassau-Hadamar (Johan Lodewijk).

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    Historical events

    Birthday November 22, 1535

    • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1535: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 21 » Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.
      • April 20 » The sun dog phenomenon is observed over Stockholm, as later depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan.
      • May 19 » French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships, 110 men, and Chief Donnacona's two sons (whom Cartier had kidnapped during his first voyage).
      • June 1 » Combined forces loyal to Charles V attack and expel the Ottomans from Tunis during the Conquest of Tunis.
      • June 24 » The Dominion of Münster, a radical communal Anabaptist state in the independent German city of Münster, is conquered by Franz von Waldeck, the Catholic Prince-Bishopric of Münster in a night attack.
      • October 2 » Jacques Cartier discovers the present site of Montreal.

    Day of marriage June 6, 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 10 » The Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
      • April 12 » The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
      • 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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