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William of Nassau-Siegen ( August 13, 1592, Dillenburg – July 18, 1642 in Rheinberg) was Count of Nassau in Hilchenbach. William was the fourth son of John VII, Count of Nassau (1561–1623) and his wife Magdalena von Waldeck-Wildungen (1558–1599). William was educated in the Reformed faith, and...
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William was born in Dillenburg on 13 August 1592,[note 1] the fifth son of Count John VII ‘the Middle’ of Nassau-Siegen and his first wife, Countess Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen. He studied in Heidelberg and then went – along with the later ‘Winter King’ Frederick of the Palatinate[note 2] – to the court of Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne,[note 3] th...
William began his military career in 1610 in his father’s army in the Upper Palatinate.[clarification needed] In 1615 he was captain in the Army of the Hanseatic League to end the siege of Brunswick. In 1617 he joined his eldest brother John Ernest, who was a general for the Republic of Venice in the Uskok War. After the end of the Twelve Years’ Tr...
William married at Siegen Castle on 17 January 1619[note 6] to Countess Christiane of Erbach (5 June 1596 – Culemborg, 6 July 1646[note 7]), daughter of Count George III of Erbach and Countess Mary of Barby and Mühlingen.From this marriage the following children were born: 1. John William (Siegen Castle, 28 October 1619[note 8] – Siegen Castle, 25 ...
Aa, A.J. van der (1877). "Willem graaf van Nassau". Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden, bevattende levensbeschrijvingen van zoodanige personen, die zich op eenigerlei wijze in ons vaderland h...Aßmann, Helmut; Menk, Friedhelm (1996). Auf den Spuren von Nassau und Oranien in Siegen(in German). Siegen: Gesellschaft für Stadtmarketing Siegen e.V.Bastiaensen, Jean (1999). Prins Filip & Prinses Mathilde. Twee families met geschiedenis (in Dutch). Leuven: Uitgeverij Van Halewyck. ISBN 90-5617-262-X.Behr, Kamill (1854). Genealogie der in Europa regierenden Fürstenhäuser(in German). Leipzig: Verlag von Bernhard Tauchnitz.Nassau Part 5. In: An Online Gotha, by Paul Theroff.Stadt Hilchenbach (in German). In: Kulturhandbuch für den Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein(in German).Title: William of Nassau-Hilchenbach from Theatrum pontificum, imperatorum, regum, ducum, principum. Publisher: Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–ca. 1674) Artist: After Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century. Date: 17th century. Medium: Engraving. Classification: Prints. Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
William fue educado en la fe reformada y estudió en Heidelberg y Sedan. Tras la muerte de su hermano mayor Adolf en 1608, fue trasladado al segundo lugar de la sucesión. Así, tras la muerte de su padre en 1623, heredó el castillo de Ginsburg , Hilchenbach y otros lugares y se convirtió en fundador y único representante de la línea Nassau-Siegen, Hilchenbach.
A map describing the Dutch siege of the Spanish-held fortress of Schenkenschanz between 2 August and 5 December 1635, begun by Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (29 January 1584-14 March 1647) and carried on by his cousin, John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (17 June 1604-20 December 1679). Eighty Years War (1568-1648).
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English. William of Nassau-Siegen. Count of Nassau-Siegen, field marshal in the Dutch army, governor of Emmerik, Heusden and Sluis, lord of Poederoijen, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Wilhelm van Nassau-Hilchenbach. Nassau-Siegen, Wilhelm von (1592-1642) Wilhelm von Nassau-Siegen. Nassau-Siegen, Wilhelm von.
