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  Genealogie Simonis
Henricus trouwde namelijk in 1720 met Hendrina Wijnants, een dochter van Jan Wijnants en van Alida van Nassau.
Deze Alida was een dochter van Willem, jonker van Nassau, een buitenechtelijke zoon van Willem (bastaard) van Nassau, heer van de Lek (ook wel 'Nassau-La Lecq' genoemd).
Die was op zijn beurt weer een buitenechtelijke zoon van Maurits, graaf van Nassau, prins van Oranje.
www.simonis-genealogie.nl /stamvader.html   (369 words)

  
  Nassau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau; a church in Germany
Nassau Community College: a two-year college in Nassau County, New York, USA
Nassau (bet): a type of bet between golfers that is essentially three separate bets.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nassau   (403 words)

  
 boys clothing: European royalty -- Netherlands
The Royalists won and in 1814 the Kingdom of the Netherlands was declared.
Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik (1840-1879): Willem was recognized as the crown prince in 1849.
Willem Alexander (1967-): Wilhelm Alexander is the Crown Prince of The Netherlands--the Prince of Orange.
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 The House of Orange
Johann V (1455-1516), Count of Nassau, lord of Dillenburg, Siegen, Vianden and Dietz and Breda, Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen 1504-1505, son of Johann IV von Nassau-Dillenburg in Vianden and Dietz (1448-1475), grandson of Engelbert I, married 1482 Elisabeth of Hesse (1466-1523).
Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz (1613-1664), Stadtholder of Frisia 1640, Groningen and Drenthe 1650, heir.
Willem V Batavus of Orange-Nassau (1748-1806), Stadtholder of The Netherlands 1751-1795 (deposed), married 1767 Wilhelmina "Willemijntje" of Prussia (1751-1820).
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 William V of Orange
Willem V was born at The Hague, the son of Willem IV of Nassau.
Willem V assumed the position of stadtholder (chief executive and military commander) in 1766 after a long regency, first by his mother, and then by the German Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Willem oversaw a serious political decline of the Dutch Republic.
Willem V responded by having his powerful brother-in-law, King Frederick William II of Prussia send in an army to attack the dissidents.
www.knowledgefun.com /book/w/wi/william_v_of_orange.html   (331 words)

  
 Duchy of Nassau 1806-1866 (Prussia, Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nassau was one of the larger powers in the Rhineland.
During 1816-1866 all Nassau lands were a single Duchy, except of course the Netherlands, who are ruled by another branch of the Nassau family.
After the death of King William III of the Netherlands in 1890, Duke Adolf of Nassau became Grand Duke of Luxembourg (and his descendents still are).
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 Wikinfo | William I of Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: )
William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje) (1533-1584), also known as William the Silent (Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), was the leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule, known as the Eighty Years War (1568-1648).
Willem was born on April 24, 1533, at Dillenburg in the county of Nassau, presently in Germany.
In 1559, under Charles' son, Philip II of Spain (ruled 1556-1598), Willem became the stadtholder (governor) of the king in the provinces of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=William_I_of_Orange   (1019 words)

  
 Succession in Nassau and Luxemburg
The pact is a convention between the branches of the house of Nassau, that is, all agnates (males and females descended in male line) of the 13th c.
The death of the last male Nassau in 1912 resulted in the application of article 42, whereby the Nassau estates passed to the eldest daughter of the last male.
In 1890, the Nassau-Orange became extinct in male line with the death of Willem III, and the throne of the Netherlands was inherited by the daughter of the last king, William III.
www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/nassau.htm   (7152 words)

  
 Statues   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Willem was killed (by a gunshot) in Delft, by a man he had trusted for a long time, but was in fact a Spanish spy.
Willem was a Protestant German nobel from the land of Nassau.
When young Willem saw the murdering of Protestant people by the Spanish armies (in the Netherlands) and several cities asked him to support their rebellion against Spain he slowly became a leader of the rescistance.
home.tiscali.nl /aarde01/standbld.htm   (1741 words)

  
 The Crossroads: Netherlands Forces at Les Quatre Bras 15 - 16 June
PLATE 3: Willem Frederik van Oranje-Nassau (1772-1843), son of the last Republican Stadhouder Willem V; Sovereign from 1813, and from 1815 to 1840 King Willem I of the Netherlands.
Willem found himself placed in a very difficult position when he was invited to join in; he did not want to offend Austria and particularly not Britain.
Willem delayed as much as he could, but eventually the Netherlands envoys signed the secret treaty-he would not bet on the wrong horse again.
www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/c_quatre2.html   (2118 words)

  
 Inhuldiging van Willem V, prins van Oranje-Nassau, als erfelijk stadhouder van de Nederlanden - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - ...
Inhuldiging van Willem V, prins van Oranje-Nassau, als erfelijk stadhouder van de Nederlanden - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
Inhuldiging van Willem V, prins van Oranje-Nassau, als erfelijk stadhouder van de Nederlanden
Voorzijde: Nederlandse maagd met vrijheidshoed op speer en leeuw met pijlenbundel onder takken van oranjeboom in tuin, waarin Willem V binnen treedt binnen omschrift.
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 Dutch (Netherlands) Royal Family
Willem was Prince of Orange, Prince of Nassau-Dietz and by the Treaty of Vienna (1815) he became King of the Netherlands and Duke of Luxembourg on 16 March 1815.
Willem's marriage to Henriette was not acceptable to the Dutch, this combined with his opposition to reform forced his abdication on 7 October 1840
See 4.8 - Willem II succeeded his father King Willem I who had become unpopular because of his opposition to reform and who abdicated on 7 October 1840.
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Dutch_Royal_Family.htm   (715 words)

  
 Club Photo   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Willem was from the Ottonian Branch of the House of Nassau.
Willem was partly successful against the Spanish, and became the first Statthalter in 1579.
Prince Willem is married to Maxima Zorreguieta, and they have a daughter Catherine (B. Constantijn is married to Laurentienne, and they have children Eloise and Claus.
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 William I (1533-1584)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Far richer than his father's ancestral possessions in the region of the Lahn River in Nassau were the estates that, since 1404, another branch of the family had obtained in Brabant and elsewhere in the Low Countries, where its main seat was at Breda.
At the time of William's birth, the Brabant branch was represented by his father's elder brother Henry and by Henry's only son, René, who in 1530 had inherited from a maternal uncle the domains of the House of Chalon-Arlay, so becoming the greatest seigneur of the Franche-Comté and ruler of the Provençal principality of Orange.
His failure to consolidate the newly won unity was primarily due to the excesses of his Calvinist supporters who forcibly introduced popular and intolerant regimes.
www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/William-I/WilliamI.html   (2776 words)

  
 Holland from 1581 - 1697 The history of the Lowlands during the 80 years war with Spain, The Republic of the Seven ...
On 23 May, the army won the Battle of Heiligerlee against a Spanish army led by the Stadtholder of the northern provinces, Jean de Ligne, Duke of Aremberg.
He reorganized the army together with his nephew Willem Lodewijk, studied military history, strategy and tactics, mathematics and astronomy, and proved himself to be among the best strategists of his age.
The University of Leiden won world acclaim; the philosophers Descartes (1596-1650) and Spinoza (1632-1677), the jurist Hugo Grotius (Hugo de Groot 1583-1645), and the philosopher Erasmus (1466-1536), were active in the United Provinces.
www.geerts.com /holland/holland-4.htm   (4195 words)

  
 ORBSEARCH.COM | encyclopedia of knowledge
William IV, Prince of Orange, stadtholder of The Netherlands (May 4, 1711 - October 22, 1751), was born in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
He was the son of John William Friso of the Frisian branch of the house of Nassau and a descendant of the brother of William the Silent.
After the death of his father, he became at age seven chief executive and military commander of the province of Friesland.
www.orbsearch.com /wi/Willem_IV_of_Nassau.php   (184 words)

  
 Driehonderdjarig bestaan van de universiteit van Leiden, ter ere van Willem I, prins van Oranje-Nassau en Willem III, ...
Driehonderdjarig bestaan van de universiteit van Leiden, ter ere van Willem I, prins van Oranje-Nassau en Willem III, koning der Nederlanden - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
Driehonderdjarig bestaan van de universiteit van Leiden, ter ere van Willem I, prins van Oranje-Nassau en Willem III, koning der Nederlanden
Keerzijde: gekroonde vrouw, voorstellende Akademie, houdt Minervabeeldje in linker- en lauwerkrans in rechterhand; rondom haar vier vrouwen, voorstellende Godgeleerdheid, Rechtsgeleerdheid, Geneeskunde en Wijsbegeerte; voor haar zit Geschiedenis, die op voor helft ontrold stuk papier schrijft binnen stralenkrans en omschrift; afsnede: twee met lint verbonden wapenschilden en signatuur
www.rijksmuseum.nl /collectie/zoeken/asset.jsp?id=NG-VG-1-4301&lang=en   (120 words)

  
 Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau : John William Friso
Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau was stadholder of Friesland until his untimely death by drowning in the Hollands diep[?] in 1711.
After the death of William III of Orange the direct line of the House of Orange was extinct and Johan Willem Friso claimed the succession as stadtholder in all provinces.
His son, however, later became Willem IV of Orange[?] stadtholder of all seven provinces.
www.fastload.org /jo/John_William_Friso.html   (181 words)

  
 Willem George Frederik (1774-99), prins van Oranje-Nassau. Jongste zoon van prins Willem V - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - ...
Jongste zoon van prins Willem V - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
Portret van Willem George Frederik (1774-99), prins van Oranje-Nassau.
Jongste zoon van prins Willem V. Buste, in profiel naar rechts.
www.rijksmuseum.nl /collectie/zoeken/asset.jsp?id=SK-A-4238&lang=en   (46 words)

  
 The Dutch Royal House
William of Nassau was the oldest son of Count Willem of Nassau and Juliana van Stolberg.
When his cousin René de Chalon (see Orange and Nassau) died in 1544, William was still living with his parents.
Emperor Charles V allowed William to accept the inheritance from his cousin on two conditions: first, that he complete his education at the imperial court in Brussels, and second, that he be raised a Catholic.
www.koninklijkhuis.nl /english/content.jsp?objectid=13348   (161 words)

  
 Groenlo (The Netherlands)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The old flag (rampant lion or on blue) had been long in use, before it was officially adopted on 5 September 1961.
That flag was derived from the municipal CoA, where the lion reminds of the death of Willem van Nassau before the walls of Groenlo in 1627.
Willem aka Willem Lalecq (1601-1627) was the bastard son of Maurits van Nassau and Margaretha van Mechelen.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/nl-ge-gl.html   (129 words)

  
 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg881 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Willem Frederik of NASSAU-DIETZ Stadholder [Parents] was born 7 Aug 1613.
Albertina married Willem Frederik of NASSAU-DIETZ Stadholder on 1652.
Henry Casimir II VAN NASSAU-DIETZ was born 17 Jan 1657 and died 25 Mar 1696.
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 Willem I, King of Netherlands - Romanov Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Willem I, King of Netherlands - Romanov Genealogy
Henriette d'Oultremont de Wegimont, Countess of Nassau (b.
King of Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxemburg; Reign 1813-1840 (Abdicated 1840); Belgium (part of the Netherlands) became independent 1830.
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 royal-family - parkstad.com
Willem Alexander (1967), Johan Friso (1968) Constantijn (1969).
Since the age of 18 she sits on the "Raad van State", the State Council.
Oranje Nassau is the familyname of the Royal Dutch family,
www.parkstad.com /nl/royl-fam.html   (133 words)

  
 Risto's Events: Period III
As long as Willem of Nassau is HOL monarch, the leader counter W. Nassau is regarded to represent him.
While in play the leader counter W. Nassau is regarded in all respects as a monarch counter except for the fact that it must be placed on the map each turn as any other leaders.
In this case SPA has won the war and HOL returns to the restricted conditions of play that affected it before the event was rolled.
www.saunalahti.fi /~virranko/RPeriodIII.html   (5920 words)

  
 Allegorische voorstelling op de geboorte van Willem Frederik (1772-1843), prins van Oranje-Nassau, de latere koning ...
Allegorische voorstelling op de geboorte van Willem Frederik (1772-1843), prins van Oranje-Nassau, de latere koning Willem I - Rijksmuseum Amsterdam - National Museum for Art and History
Allegorische voorstelling op de geboorte van Willem Frederik (1772-1843), prins van Oranje-Nassau, de latere koning Willem I
Allegorische voorstelling op de geboorte van Willem Frederik (1772-1843), prins van Oranje-Nassau, de latere koning Willem I. Rechts zit de Nederlandse Maagd bij een oranjeboom, aan haar voeten ligt de Nederlandse Leeuw met pijlenbundel.
www.rijksmuseum.nl /collectie/zoeken/asset.jsp?id=SK-A-4194&lang=en   (128 words)

  
 Off the Beaten Path - Breda Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
The KMA is situated at the Breda castle build in 1350, actually it was build at the 12th century as a fortress, later on Jan van Polanen a noblemen bought the fortress and made a strong castle of it with a canal and 4 corner towers.
Jan's grandchild married Engelbrecht van Nassau in 1403 and this way the castle came in hands of this important Nassau family.
Willem Merkx used to be the mayor of Breda between 1967 and 1983.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Netherlands/Provincie_Noord_Brabant/Breda-462725/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Breda-BR-1.html   (692 words)

  
 The Dutch Royal House
The links between the House of Nassau and the Netherlands date back to 1403, when Count Engelbrecht I of Nassau married Johanna van Polanen, the lady of Breda.
The stadholders of the 16th and 17th centuries were not sovereign rulers, though they did play an important role in the political life of the Dutch Republic.
In his will William III left all his estates and titles to his kinsman, Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711), of the Frisian branch of the family.
www.koninklijkhuis.nl /english/content.jsp?objectid=13345   (182 words)

  
 Introduction
Ghent University was founded in 1817, during the Dutch reign of Prince Willem of Oranje-Nassau, and thus predates the modern state of Belgium.
The Faculty of Law, situated in the heart of the city, was one of the first faculties at the time the university opened.
In the field of this academic experience in European education and the involvement in European research programmes, the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, took the initiative to start, for the first time in October 1999, with an advanced Master in European Criminology and Criminal Justice Systems.
www.law.rug.ac.be /crim/mastercrim/intro.htm   (526 words)

  
 Keyboard Variations K24 and K25 - MozartForum
The Mozart family was in The Hague from September 16, 1765 until about January 27, 1766; then in Amsterdam until the beginning of March, when they returned to The Hague for the ceremonies surrounding the Installation of Prince Willem V of Orange.
The two sets of variations referred to here are those on a Dutch Song by Christian Ernst Graaf "Laat ons Juichen" (K24) and on the theme of "Willem van Nassau" (K25).
K25 as "the well-known ditty Wilhelmus van Nassau andc., varied for the clavier by the aforesaid young Mozart".
www.mozartforum.com /VB_forum/showthread.php?t=1754   (597 words)

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