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William the Silent
Gulielmus Auriacus la
Dutch statesman and revolt leader (1533-1584)
- Child of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg
- Married to Anna van Egmont, Anna of Saxony, Charlotte of Bourbon and 1 more
- Dated 24 April 1533 CE – 10 July 1584 CE
Prince of Orange
stadtholder
Offices on record
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Life
Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
What this means
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Belonged to
Offices held 2
Family
The family of William the Silent
Parents, spouses and children as the records give them.
Documented family only. A teacher, a successor or a patron is never drawn in this tree.
The family as a list · 36
Family 36
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a religious affiliation held by the whole house · continuous rule · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (mother) Juliana of Stolberg German countess (1506–1580)
- child of (father) William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen German count (1487-1559)
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of the house House of Nassau European aristocratic dynasty -
of the house House of Orange-Nassau royal house of the Dutch royal family - parent of (child) Countess Anna of Nassau Countess of Nassau (1563-1588)
- parent of (child) Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau Countess of Orange-Nassau by birth and by marriage Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg (1578-1648)
- parent of (child) Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau Dutch noble (1580-1631)
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parent of (father) Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau Countess of Nassau - parent of (child) Countess Elisabeth of Nassau French noble (1577-1642)
- parent of (child) Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1581-1651)
- parent of (child) Countess Emilia of Nassau German noblewoman (1569-1629)
- parent of (child) Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau Electress Palatine (1576-1644)
- parent of (child) Countess Maria of Nassau Countess of Nassau (1556-1616)
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parent of (father) Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland (1584-1647) - parent of (child) Justinus van Nassau Dutch noble (1559-1631)
- parent of (child) Maria van Nassau (1553-1555)
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parent of (father) Maurice of Nassau Dutch Republic stadtholder and Prince of Orange (1567-1625) - parent of (child) Philip William, Prince of Orange Prince of Orange (1554–1618)
- partner of Eva Elincx 1539 -
- sibling of Adolf of Nassau Count of Nassau (1540–1568)
- sibling of Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg German countess (1541-1616)
- sibling of Catharine of Nassau-Dillenburg German nobleman (1543–1624)
- sibling of Catherine of Hanau, Countess of Wied German noblewoman; wife of John IV of Wied-Runkel and Isenburg
- sibling of (half) Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg Sister of William the Silent (1542-1603)
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- sibling of Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg Dutch noble (1550-1574)
- sibling of Hermanna of Nassau-Siegen German countess
- sibling of Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg sister of prince William I of Orange-Nassau
- sibling of Juliana van Hanau-Münzenbergen German nobles
- sibling of Louis of Nassau nobleman of the Netherlands; military leader in the Eighty Years' War (1538-1574)
- sibling of (half) Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg German noblewoman
- sibling of Maria of Nassau Countess of Nassau
- sibling of Philip III, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1526-1561)
- married to Louise de Coligny fourth wife of William the Silent (1555-1620)
- married to Anna of Saxony Dutch princess (1545-1577)
- married to Anna van Egmont first wife of William the Silent (1533-1558)
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married to Charlotte of Bourbon French noblewoman (1546-1582); third wife of William the Silent (1546-1582)
Religious context
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
What this means
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Sources
Sources and evidence
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41 statements on this record
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- 24 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 3 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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