Person:Wilhelm I van Nassau-Dillenburg (1)
Wilhelm I van Nassau-Dillenburg,
b.10 Apr 1487 Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
d.6 Oct 1559 Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Feb 1482
  1. Henry III of Nassau-Breda1483 - 1538
  2. Wilhelm I van Nassau-Dillenburg,1487 - 1559
  3. Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg1488 - 1559
  4. Maria, Gräfin von Nassau-Diez1491 - 1547
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Sep 1531
  1. Willem van Oranje1533 - 1584
  2. Jan VI van Nassau-Dillenburg,1535 - 1606
  3. Louis of Nassau1538 - 1574
  4. Maria of Nassau1539 - 1599
  5. Adolf van Nassau1540 - 1568
  6. Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg1541 - 1616
  7. Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg1542 - 1603
  8. Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg1543 - 1624
  9. Juliane of Nassau1546 - 1588
  10. Countess Magdalena of Nassau1547 - 1633
  11. Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg1550 - 1574
Spouse and Children
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Facts and Events
Name Wilhelm I van Nassau-Dillenburg,
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Apr 1487 Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Hessen, GermanyHouse of Nassau
Marriage 20 Sep 1531 to Juliana of Stolberg
Marriage to Walburga van Egmont
Death[1] 6 Oct 1559 Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Gießen, Hessen, Germany
Reference Number? Q688471?
Title (nobility)? Graf von Nassau, Vianden und Dietz


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William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (nicknamed William the Rich, ; 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559) was a count of Nassau-Dillenburg from the House of Nassau. His nickname the Rich refers to him having many children. However, he owned a number of counties: Nassau-Dillenburg, Nassau-Siegen, Nassau-Dietz and Vianden.

William was born in Dillenburg as the younger son of Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Landgravine Elisabeth, daughter of Landgrave Henry III of Hesse-Marburg and Anna of Katzenelnbogen. He was the brother of count Henry III of Nassau-Breda and the father of William I of Orange.

His eldest son William the Silent inherited the principality of Orange in Southern France from his cousin René of Chalon, as well as the vast properties of the House of Nassau-Dillenburg in the Netherlands from his father, which Engelbert I of Nassau had received by marriage in 1403. The early House of Orange-Nassau descends from William I., the Silent, while the later House of Orange-Nassau (and the Dutch royal family) descends in the male line from his younger brother John, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and from the latter's fifth son, Count Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz, however in the female line also from William of Orange.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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