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Personal data Jan VII van Nassau-Siegen 


Household of Jan VII van Nassau-Siegen

(1) He is married to Magdalena van Waldeck.

They got married on December 9, 1581 at Dillenburg, he was 20 years old.


(2) He is married to Margaretha van Holstein-Sonderburg.

They got married on August 27, 1603 at Rothenburg, he was 42 years old.


Notes about Jan VII van Nassau-Siegen

Jan (of Johan) VII (of I) de Middelste (Dillenburg, 7 juni 1561 - Siegen, 27 september 1623) was de tweede zoon van Jan VI van Nassau-Dillenburg en Elisabeth van Leuchtenberg.
In 1607 erfde hij van zijn vader het graafschap Nassau-Siegen.
Hij was graaf van Nassau in Siegen en Freudenburg.
Hij diende in het leger van de keurvorst van de Paltz en ook in het Staatse leger waar hij aanwezig was bij de belegeringen van Steenwijk, Coevorden en Groenlo.
In het Zweedse leger had Jan de rang van veldmaarschalk in de oorlog tegen Polen.

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Birthday June 7, 1561

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1561: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 31 » The city of San Cristóbal, Táchira is founded.
    • July 2 » Menas, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz.
    • August 19 » Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
    • August 24 » Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
    • September 9 » The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
    • September 10 » Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.

Day of marriage August 27, 1603

  • 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 1603: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 24 » James VI of Scotland is proclaimed King James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
    • March 24 » Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
    • July 25 » James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707.
    • November 17 » English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.

Day of death September 27, 1623



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