The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau, pronounced [ˈɦœys fɑn oːˌrɑɲə ˈnɑsʌu]) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands. A...
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Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau,...
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During his whole life he was furthermore ruler of the Principality of Orange-Nassau within the Holy Roman Empire. William was born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands...
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House of Orange. John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg was a Count of Nassau in Dillenburg. Other names he had were Jan VI or Jan de Oude ("John the Elder", to...
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William the Silent (redirect from William I of Orange-Nassau)
Elincx. They had a son, Justinus van Nassau (1559–1631), whom William acknowledged. On 4 December 1597 Justinus van Nassau married Anne, Baronesse de Mérode...
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Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen (1 August 1410 – 3 February 1475), German: Johann IV. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und...
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Lion of the House of Nassau (French: Ordre du Lion d'Or de la Maison de Nassau, Dutch: Huisorde van de Gouden Leeuw van Nassau) is a chivalric order...
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John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (Jan or Johan; Dillenburg, 29 September 1583 – Ronse, 27 July 1638) was a German nobleman and militarist of the 17th...
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Monarchy of the Netherlands (redirect from Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Söhngen)
of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven HH Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van den Broek Miss Anna van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven...
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William I of Nassau-Siegen (German: Wilhelm I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen; 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559), nicknamed the Elder (German: der Ältere) or the...
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Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg, making Maria a sister of William the Silent. On 11 November 1556 she married count Willem IV van den Bergh...
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Studio of Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn, c. 1614–1633. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. Adolf of Nassau-Siegen (1586–1608). Attributed to Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn...
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son Jan IV of Brabant. He would later serve Philip the Good. Engelbert's brothers were childless and he left the deanery so he could marry Johanna van Polanen...
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Lodewijk, koning der Nederlanden, groothertog van Luxemburg, hertog van Limburg, prins van Oranje-Nassau". parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 September...
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Count John V of Nassau-Siegen (9 November 1455 – 30 July 1516), German: Johann V. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez...
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Mechelen. They had six children: John IV (b. 1410), Count of Nassau-Breda Henry II (b. 1414), Count of Nassau-Siegen Margaret (b. 1415) William (b. 1416)...
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William III of England (redirect from William III of Orange-Nassau)
lion rampant Or (for Nassau); II Or a lion rampant guardant Gules crowned Azure (Katzenelnbogen); III Gules a fess Argent (Vianden), IV Gules two lions passant...
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Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (redirect from Ariane of Orange-Nassau)
Princess of Orange-Nassau. (Dutch: Hare Koninklijke Hoogheid Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés, Prinses der Nederlanden, Prinses van Oranje-Nassau). "Current line...
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the Netherlands. Filips IV van Wassenaer [nl], the 15th century Hook-favouring mayor of Leiden and viscount of Leiden. Jan II van Wassenaer [nl] (1483-1523)...
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Nassau, a son of William. Leicester left in 1587, leaving the military power in the Netherlands to Maurice. During the governorship of Leicester, Van...
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John III of Egmont (redirect from Jan III van Egmont)
Count of Nassau-Siegen, father of William of Orange. John IV (1499–1528), his successor. George (ca. 1504 – 1559), Bishop of Utrecht. Egmond (Jan van), in:...
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William IV, Prince of Orange. His family portrait paintings hang in many museums located in former residences of the Hesse-Cassel and Orange-Nassau families...
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Wolfert VI van Borselen 1480–1483: Joost de Lalaing 1483–1515: Jan III van Egmond 1515–1521: Henry III of Nassau-Breda 1522–1540: Antoon I van Lalaing 1540–1544:...
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1403 the German count Engelbert I of Nassau. Their son John IV of Nassau enlarged the castle. Henry III of Nassau-Breda changed the castle into a Renaissance...
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practical extension, the list includes the stadtholders of the House of Orange Nassau since 1556. However, they were voted into office by, and were civil servants...
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William, Count of Nassau-Siegen (13 August 1592 – 17 July 1642), German: Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen...
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preacher Douwe Sirtema van Grovestins (1710–1778), courtier and politician Willem van Haren (1710–1768), poet Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710–1777),...
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Willem IV, Count van den Bergh (1537-1586) was the Dutch Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen from 1581 until his arrest for treason in 1583. Willem was...
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Maria of Looz-Heinsberg (redirect from Maria van Loon-Heinsberg)
Neue Folge (in German). Marburg: J.A. Stargardt. Van der Aa, A.J. (1860). "Jan IV, graaf van Nassau, Vianden, Dietz enz.". Biographisch Woordenboek der...
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Eventually, Gijsbrecht IV van Amstel rose up against the weaker successor of Henry of Vianden, the bishop-elect John I of Nassau, during the Kennemer uprising...
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