Family tree Oving » Willem van ORANJE (1533-1584)

Personal data Willem van ORANJE 

  • He was born on May 4, 1533 in Dillenburg.
  • Profession: Prins van Oranje / Graaf van Nassau / Stadhouder van Franche-Comte / Stadhouder van Holland.
  • He died on July 10, 1584 in Delft, he was 51 years old.
  • A child of Willem 1 de Rijke van NASSAU DILLENBURG and Juliana van STOLBERG

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  • This information was last updated on August 19, 2023.

Household of Willem van ORANJE

(1) He is married to Anna van SAKSEN.

They got married on September 3, 1561 at Leipzig, DUITSLAND, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Maurits van ORANJE  1567-1625
  2. Emilia van NASSAU  1569-1629


(2) He is married to Charlotte de BOURBON.

They got married on July 4, 1575, he was 42 years old.


Child(ren):



(3) He is married to Louise de COLIGNY.

They got married on April 12, 1583 at Antwerpen, BELGIE, he was 49 years old.


Child(ren):



(4) He is married to Anna van EGMOND.

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


Child(ren):

  1. Maria van NASSAU  1556-1616

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Birthday May 4, 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 July 18, 1551

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1551: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 12 » National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
    • September 8 » The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil.
    • September 30 » A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.

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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