Count Heinrich "The Rich" of Nassau (1180-1250) was married to the Dutch Machteld of Guelders. Their eldest son Walram II (1220-1276) is the ancestor of the line Nassau-Weilburg and the present Grand Duke of Luxembourg. A younger son, Otto I (†1289), is the ancestor of the line of Nassau-Dillenburg and the present Queen of The Netherlands. The line of Nassau-Dillenburg acquired possessions in the Netherlands when Engelbert I (1370-1442) married the wealthy heiress Johanna van Polanen. They acquired the principality of Orange when Hendrik III of Nassau (1483-1538) married Claudia of Chalon. Hendrik III's nephew, William I "the Silent" of Orange (1533-1584), is a Dutch national hero. William's grandson, William III of Orange (1650-1702), became King of Great-Britain, but remained childless. The line continued through his aunt, Albertine Agnes of Orange (1634-1696), who had married the heir to the Nassaus of Frisia.

Johann V (1455-1516), Count of Nassau, lord of Dillenburg, Siegen and Breda, stadholder of Guelders and Zutphen 1504-1505, grandson of Engelbert I, married 1482 Elisabeth of Hesse (1466-1523). Children:

  1. Hendrik III of Nassau (1483-1538), Count of Nassau, lord of Breda, stadholder of Holland and Zealand 1517-1522, married 1st 1503 Françoise of Savoy (†1511) and 2nd 1515 Claudia of Chalon and Orange (1498-1521). She was the daughter of Jean II of Chalon (†1502), Prince of Orange 1475, and Philiberte of Luxembourgh and the granddaughter of William VII of Chalon (†1475), Prince of Orange 1463, and Catherine of Brittany (1428-1476). Henry married 3rd 1524 Mencia de Mendoza y Fonseca (1508-1554), Marquise of Cenette. He had one child of his 2nd marriage:
  2. John (1484-1504)
  3. Ernst (b†1486) Juliana of Stolberg
  4. William I the Rich (1489-1555), Count of Nassau, Vianden and Dietz, married 1st 1506 Walburgis of Egmond (1489-1529), 2nd 1531 Juliana of Stolberg-Wenigerode (1506-1580), to the right, widow of Philip II of Hanau-Münzenberg (1501-1529). Children:
    1. Elisabeth (1515-1523)
    2. Magdalena (1522-1567) married 1538 Herman of Nieuwenaar and Meurs (1514-1578)

    3. William I the Silent of Orange (1533-1584), heir, see Below.
    4. Hermanna (b†1534)
    5. Johann VI the elder (1535-1606), Count of Nassau and Dietz, stadholder of Guelders and Zutphen 1578-1581, married 1st 1559 Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (1537-1579), 2nd 1580 Kunigunde of The Palts (1556-1586), 3rd 1586 Johanetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1561-1622). He had 24 children, including:
      1. Willem Lodewijk "Us Heit" (1560-1620), Count of Nassau, stadholder of Frisia 1584, Drenthe 1593 and Groningen 1594, married Anna of Orange-Nassau (1563-1588)
      2. Johann VII (1561-1623), Count of Nassau-Siegen, married 1st 1581 Magdalena of Waldeck (1558-1599), widow of Philipp Ludwig I of Hanau-Münzenberg (1553-1580), a grandson of Juliana of Stolberg-Wenigerode, 2nd 1603 Margaretha of Holstein-Sonderburg (1583-1658). He had 25 children, including:
        1. Johann VIII "The Young" (1583-1638), Count of Nassau-Siegen, married 1618 Ernestina Yolanda de Ligne (1594-1663). They had 5 daughters and 1 son.
        2. Juliana (1587-1643) married 1603 Moritz of Hesse-Cassel (1572-1632), widower of Agnes of Solms-Laubauch (1578-1602)
        3. Johan Maurits "The Brasilian" (1604-1679)
        4. George Frederick (1606-1674) married 1647 Mauritia Eleonora of Portugal (1609-1674), daughter of Emilia of Orange-Nassau (1569-1629)
      3. George "The Old" (1562-1623), Count of Nassau-Beilstein, married 1st 1584 Anna Amalia of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1565-1605), 2nd 1605 Amalia of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1585-1633), line of Nassau-Dillenburg. He had 15 children by his 1st wife and only one by his 2nd:
        1. Margarete of Nassau-Dillenburg (1606-1661) married 1626 Count Otto of Lippe-Brake (1589-1657). They had 7 sons and 5 daughters, including:
          1. Dorothea of Lippe-Brake (1633-1706) married 1665 Count Johann Dietrich von Kunowitch (1624-1700). Their daughter
            • Juliane Luise of Kunowitch (1671-1754) married 1705 Count Rudolf of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1671-1726). Their eldest son Julius of Lippe
              • Friedrich of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1706-1781) married 1732 Barbara Eleonore of Solms-Baruth (1707-1744). Their eldest surviving son Karl of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1735-1810) married 1769 Ferdinande of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda (1737-1779). Their eldest surviving son Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1777-1840) married 1803 Modeste von Unruh (1781-1854). Their 2nd son Julius of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1812-1884), to the right, married 1859 Countess Adelheid of Castell-Castell (1818-1900). Their eldest surviving son Ernst (1842-1904) married 1869 Countess Karoline von Wartensleben (1844-1905). Their 2nd son Bernhard (1872-1934) married 1909 Baroness Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm (1883-1971). Their eldest son Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b1911) married 1937 Queen Juliana of The Netherlands (b1909).
      4. Elisabeth (1564-1611) married 1st Philip IV of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1542-1602), 2nd Wolfgang Ernst I of Isenburg-Büdingen (1560-1633)
      5. Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg (1565-1630) 1st1588 Adolf Heinrich of Salm-Dhaun (1557-1606), 2nd 1619 Johann Albrecht I of Solms-Braunfels (1563-1623)
      6. Maria (1568-1625) married 1588 Johann Ludwig I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein (1567-1596). He died falling out of a window.
      7. Mathilde (1570-1625) married 1592 Willem of Mansfeld (1555-1615)
      8. Ernst Casimir (1573-1632) Count of Nassau and Dietz, stadholder of Frisia 1620, Groningen and Drenthe 1625, was killed fighting in the Eighty Years War, married 1607 Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1592-1642). Of their children 3 sons and 2 daughters died young. Other children:
        1. Henry Casimir I (1612-1640), stadholder of Frisia, Groningen and Drenthe 1631
        2. Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz (1613-1664), stadholder of Frisia 1640, Groningen and Drenthe 1650, heir.
          See below.
        3. Maurits (1619-1628)
        4. Elisabeth Friso (1620-1628)
      9. Lodewijk Günther (1575-1605) married 1601 Anna Margaretha of Manderscheidt-Blankenheim (†1606), 1 daughter died young.
      10. Amalia (1582-1635) married 1600 Wilhelm I of Solms-Braunfels-Greiffenstein (1570-1635)
    6. Louis (1538-1574) was killed fighting in the Eighty Years War
    7. Maria (1539-1599) married 1556 Willem IV of 's-Heerenberg (1537-1586), stadholder of Guelders and Zutphen 1581-1583. They had 8 sons and 8 daughters.
    8. Adolf (1540-1568) was killed fighting in the Eighty Years War
    9. Anna (1541-1616) married 1559 Albert of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler (1537-1593)
    10. Elisabeth (1542-1603) married 1559 Conrad of Solms-Braunfels (1540-1592). Of their children 1 son and 4 daughters died young. Other children:
      • Johann Albrecht I of Solms (1563-1623), Count of Solms-Braunfels, married 1st 1590 Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1569-1617), 2nd 1619 Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg (1565-1630). Children:
        1. Elisabeth of Solms-Braunfels (1593-1636) married 1619 Wolfgang Friedrich of Salm-Dhaun (†1637)
        2. Ursula of Solms-Braunfels (1594-1657) married 1620 Christoph zu Dohna (1583-1637), stadholder of Orange 1630
        3. Conrad Ludwig of Solms-Braunfels (1595-1635) married 1623 Anna Sibylla von Winneburg und Beilstein (1595-1635)
        4. Johann Albrecht II of Solms-Braunfels (1599-1648) married 1638 Anna Elisabeth of Daun-Falkenstein (†1705), 1 son, 1 daughter. Their last descendent died in 1693.
        5. Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675) married 1625 Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau (1584-1647), see below.
        6. Ludowika Christina of Solms-Braunfels (1606-1669) married 1638 Johann Wolfhart van Brederode (1599-1655)
      • Eberhard of Solms (1565-1596)
      • Ernst of Solms (1568-1595)
      • Wilhelm I (1570-1635), Count of Solms-Greiffenstein, married 1600 Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg (1582-1633). They are the ancestors of the Princes of Solms-Braunfels.
      • Otto (1572-1610), Count of Solms-Braunfels-Hungen 1602, married 1604 Ursula von Gleichen (†1625)
      • Reinhard (1573-1630), Count of Solms-Braunfels-Hungen 1610, married 1st 1615 Walpurgis Anna of Daun-Falkenstein (1580-1618) married 2nd 1621 Elisabeth of Salm-Dhaun (1593-1656), a daughter of Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg. She remarried 1653 Ludwig Heinrich of Nassau-Dillenburg (†1662). Four sons and one grandson.
      • Philipp of Solms-Braunfels (1575-1628)
      • Juliana of Solms-Braunfels (1578-1634) married 1598 Ludwig of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1571-1634)
      • Heinrich of Solms-Braunfels (1582-1602)
    11. Catharina (1543-1624) married 1560 Günther XLI of Schwarzenburg-Arnstadt (1529-1583)
    12. Juliana (1546-1588) married 1575 Albrecht VII of Schwarzenburg-Rudolstadt (1537-1605), a brother of Günther XLI.
    13. Magdalena (1547-1633) married 1567 Wolfgang of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (1546-1610)
    14. Hendrik (1550-1574), was killed fighting in the Eighty Years War
  5. Elisabeth (1488-1559) married 1506 Johann of Wied-Runckel (1485-1533)
  6. Maria (1491-1547) married 1506 Jobst of Schauenburg and Holstein-Pinneburg (1483-1531)

William I the silent (1533-1584), also known as William of Orange, to the left, Prince of Orange 1544, Anna of Saxony Count of Nassau, Vianden and Dietz, viscount of Antwerp, Baron of Breda, stadholder of Holland, Zealand and Utrecht 1559, Brabant 1577 and Frisia 1580. He married 1st 1551 Anna of Egmont (1533-1558), Countess of Buren. After the death of his 1st wife William of Orange had an affair with Eva Elinx and fathered a son, Justinus of Nassau (1559-1631), who married in 1597 Anna of Merode (1565-1634). He married 2nd 1561 Anna of Saxony (1544-1577), to the right, annulled, 3rd 1575 Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier (1546/7-1582), 4th 1583 Louise de Coligny (1555-1620), widow of Charles de Téligny and daughter of Gaspard de Coligny. Children of his 4 marriages:

  1. Maria (1553-1554)
  2. Filips Willem (1554-1618), Prince of Orange 1584, Count of Nassau, Vianden and Buren, married Eléonore of Bourbon-Condé (1587-1619). No issue.
  3. Maria (1556-1616) married 1595 Philip of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1550-1606),
  4. Anna (b†1562)
  5. Anna of Orange-Nassau (1563-1588) married 1587 Willem Lodewijk of Nassau-Dietz (1560-1620), stadholder of Frisia
  6. Maurits (1564-1566)
  7. Maurits (1567-1625), Prince of Orange 1618, Count of Nassau, stadholder of Holland and Zealand 1585, Guelders, Utrecht and Overijssel 1590, Groningen and Drenthe 1620. He never married, but fathered several bastards by Margaretha van Mechelen, Anna van de Kelder and others, including:
  8. Emilia (1569-1629), to the right, married 1597 Emanuel of Portugal (1568-1638), son of Antonio, bastard of Portugal.
    9. Emilia the Elder as a child
  9. Louise Juliana (1576-1644) married 1593 Frederick IV of The Palts (1574-1610)
  10. Elisabeth (1577-1642) married 1595 Henri de la Tour (1555-1623), Duke of Bouillon, Prince of Sedan, widower of Charlotte of the Marck (1574-1594), Duchess of Bouillon and Sedan. They had 2 sons and 6 daughters, including Marie de La Tour (~1599-1665), who married in 1619 her cousin, Henri de La Trémoïlle (1598-1674).
  11. Catharina Belgica (1578-1648) married 1596 Filips Lodewijk II of Hanau-Münzenberg (1576-1612), a great-grandson of Catharina's grandmother, Juliana of Stolberg-Wenigerode. Children:
    1. Charlotte of Hanau-Münzenberg (1597-1649)
    2. Friedrich Ludwig of Hanau-Münzenberg (†1628)
    3. Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg (1602-1651), Regent of Hesse-Cassel 1637-1650, married 1619 Wilhelm V of Hesse-Cassel (1602-1637). They had 14 children, but only 3 survived infancy:
      1. Amalie of Hesse (1626-1693) married 1648 Henri Charles de La Trémoïlle (1620-1672)
      2. Charlotte (1627-1686)
      3. Wilhelm VI of Hesse-Cassel (1629-1663) married 1649 his 2nd cousin Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg (1623-1683), a granddaughter of Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (1576-1644), see above. Children:
        • Charlotte of Hesse (1650-1714) married 1667 Christian V of Denmark (1646-1699). Their eldest son, Frederick IV of Denmark (1671-1730), married Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1667-1721). Their eldest surviving son, Christian VI of Denmark (1699-1746), married Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700-1770). Their son, Frederick V of Denmark (1723-1766), married as his 1st wife Louise of Great-Britain (1724-1751), youngst daughter of King George II. They were the parents of the mad Monarch Christian VII of Denmark (1749-1808).
        • Wilhelm VII of Hesse-Cassel (1651-1670)
        • Karl of Hesse-Cassel (1654-1730) married 1673 Marie Amalie of Koerland (1653-1711). Children:
          1. Frederick I of Sweden (1676-1751), Duke of Hesse-Cassel 1670, King of Sweden 1720, married 1st 1700 his cousin Luise of Prussia (1680-1705), married 2nd 1715 Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (1688-1741), Queen of Sweden 1719-1720. She abdicated in favour of her husband.
          2. Sophie of Hesse (1678-1749) married 1704 Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1675-1713)
          3. Wilhelm VIII of Hesse-Cassel (1682-1760), regent of Hesse-Cassel 1730, married 1717 Dorothea Wilhelmina of Saxe-Zeitz (1691-1743). They are the ancestors of the current pretenders of the House of Hesse.
          4. Leopold of Hesse (1684-1704)
          5. Ludwig of Hesse (1686-1706)
          6. Maximilian of Hesse (1687-1753) married 1729 Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1689-1777), 4 daughters.
          7. Marie Louise "Maaike Meu" of Hesse-Cassel (1688-1765) married 1709 Johan Willem Friso of Nassau-Dietz and Orange (1687-1711)
          8. Georg of Hesse (1691-1755)
          9. Wilhelmine Charlotte of Hesse (1695-1722)
        • Philipp of Hesse-Philippsthal (1655-1721) married 1680 Catharina Amalia of Solms-Laubach (~1654-1736), a granddaughter of Catharina Juliana of Hanau-Münzenberg, see below.
        • Georg of Hesse (1658-1675)
        • Elisabeth Henriëtte of Hesse (1661-1683) married in 1679 as his 1st wife Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713), 1st King of Prussia 1701. She had one child, Luise (1680-1705), who married her cousin Frederick of Hesse-Cassel (1676-1751), who became King of Sweden after her death.
    4. Catharina Juliana of Hanau-Münzenberg (1604-1668), married 1st 1631 Albrecht Otto II of Solms-Laubach (1610-1639), 1 son, 1 daughter, married 2nd Moritz Christian of Wied-Runckel (1620-1653), 1 daughter.
    5. Philipp Moritz of Hanau-Münzenberg (1605-1638) married 1627 Sibylle Christina of Anhalt-Dessau (1603-1686). Their 5 children died young.
    6. Wilhelm Reinhard of Hanau-Münzenberg (1607-1630)
    7. Heinrich Ludwig of Hanau-Münzenberg (1610-1631)
    8. Jacob Johann of Hanau-Münzenberg (1612-1636)

  12. Charlotte Flandrina (1579-1640), abbess of St. Croix 1605
  13. Charlotte Brabantina (1580-1631) married March 11, 1598 Claude de La Trémoïlle (1566-1604), Duke of Thouars. His sister, Charlotte de La Trémoïlle (1568-1629), married in 1586 Henri I of Bourbon-Condé (1552-1588) and their daughter Eléonore of Bourbon-Condé (1587-1619) married Charlotte Brabantina's half-brother, Filips Willem (1554-1618). Charlotte Brabantina had 2 sons and 2 daughters, including Henri de La Trémoïlle (December 22, 1598-1674), who married in 1619 his cousin, Marie de La Tour of Bouillon (~1599-1665). They had a son, Henri Charles de La Trémoïlle (1620-1672), who married in 1648 his relative Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1626-1693).
  14. Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana (1581-1657) married 1616 Frederik Casimir of The Palts-Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1585-1645)
  15. Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau (1584-1647), heir, see Next.

Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau (1584-1647), Prince of Orange 1625, Count of Nassau, stadholder of Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, Overijssel and Guelders 1625, Groningen and Drenthe 1640. Frederick Henry recognised one illegitimate child, Frederik of Nassau-Zuylenstein (1623/4-1672), whose eldest son, Willem (1649-1708), became Count of Rochford and viscount of Tunbridge. The last male descendant of the line of Nassau-Zuylenstein died in 1990. In 1625 Prince Frederick Henry married Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675). Children:

  1. William II of Orange-Nassau (1626-1650), Prince of Orange 1647, Count of Nassau, married 1641 Mary Stuart (1631-1660) of England, Scotland and Ireland, daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland. One child was born 8 days after his father's death:


  2. Louise Henriette (1627-1667) married 1646 Frederick William "the Great Elector" of Brandenburg (1620-1688). They had 3 sons, including: Frederick William I of Prussia
    1. Frederick I of Prussia (1657-1713), 1st King of Prussia 1701, married 1st 1679 Elisabeth Henriëtte of Hesse-Cassel (1661-1683), 2nd 1684 Sophia Charlotte of Great-Britain and Hannover (1668-1705) and 3rd 1708 Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg (1685-1735). Children:
      1. Luise of Prussia (1680-1705) married 1700 Frederick I of Hesse-Cassel (1676-1751), King of Sweden 1720
      2. Frederick William I (1688-1740), to the right, King of Prussia 1713, married 1706 his cousin, Sophia Dorothea of Great-Britain and Hannover (1687-1757). They had 14 children, including:
        1. Frederick II "The Great" (1712-1786), King of Prussia 1740, married 1733 Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1715-1797)
        2. Charlotte Philippine of Prussia (1716-1801) married 1733 Karl I of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1713-1780). They had 7 sons and 6 daughters, including:
          1. Karl II of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1735-1806) married 1764 his 2nd cousin Augusta of Great-Brittain and Hannover (1737-1813). Children:
            1. Auguste (1764-1788 under misterious circumstances) married 1780 Friedrich I of Württemberg (1754-1816)
            2. Karel Georg of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1766-1806) married 1790 Frederica Louise of The Netherlands (1770-1819)
            3. Caroline (1768-1821) married 1795 her cousin George IV of Great-Brittain and Hannover (1762-1830)
            4. Georg of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1769-1811)
            5. August of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1770-1820)
            6. Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1771-1815) married 1802 Marie of Baden (1782-1808). They had two sons and a stillborn daughter. This line became extinct in 1884.
            7. Amalie of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1772-1773)
          2. Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1739-1807), patroness of Goethe, married 1756 Ernst August II of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1737-1758). Two children:
            1. Carl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757-1828), married 1775 Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757-1830). They had 7 children, including:
              • Carl Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar (1783-1853) married 1804 Maria Pawlowna of Russia (1786-1859). Children:
                1. Maria of Saxe-Weimar (1808-1877) married 1827 Karl of Prussia (1801-1883)
                2. Augusta of Saxe-Weimar (1811-1890) married 1829 Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany (1797-1888), see below.
                3. Carl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818-1901) married 1842 Sophie of The Netherlands (1824-1897).
              • Bernhard Karl of Saxe-Weimar (1792-1862) married 1816 Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (1794-1852). Their son Hermann (1825-1901) married in 1851 Auguste of Württemberg (1826-1898) and their eldest daughter, Pauline of Saxe-Weimar (1852-1904) married in 1873 her 2nd cousin, Karl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844-1894).
            2. Friedrich Ferdinand of Saxe-Weimar (1758-1793)
          3. Elisabeth Christina of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1746-1840) married 1765, divorced 1769 her cousin King Frederick William II of Prussia (1744-1797), see below.
        3. Sophie of Prussia (1719-1765) married 1734 her 2nd cousin Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1700-1771), see below.
        4. August William of Prussia (1722-1758) married 1742 Luise of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1722-1780). Children:
          1. Frederick William II (1744-1797), King of Prussia 1786, married 1st 1765, divorced 1769 his cousin, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolffenbüttel (1746-1840), see above, 2nd 1769 Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751-1805). He contracted a 3rd bigamous and morganatic marriage in 1787 to Julie von Voss (1766-1789) and a 4th in 1790 to Juliane von Dönhoff (1768-1834). In addition he recognized and ennobled the children of his liaison with Wilhelmina Enke (1753-1820). He had 9 legitimate children by his first 2 marriages, including:
            1. Friederike of Prussia (1767-1820) married 1791 Frederick August of Great-Britain and Hannover (1762-1827), second son of mad King George III
            2. Frederick William III (1770-1840), King of Prussia 1797, married 1st 1793 the famous Louise of Mecklenburg (1776-1810), 2nd 1824 Augusta von Harrach (1800-1873). He had 5 sons and 5 daughters by his first wife, including:
              1. Frederick William IV (1795-1861), King of Prussia 1840, married 1823 Elisabeth of Bavaria (1801-1873)
              2. Wilhelm I of Germany (1797-1888), King of Prussia 1861, Emperor of Germany 1871, married 1829 Augusta of Saxe-Weimar (1811-1890), see above. They are the ancestors of the pretender of Germany.
              3. Charlotte "Alexandra Feodorovna" (1798-1860) married 1817 Nicholas I of Russia (1796-1855)
              4. Karl of Prussia (1801-1883) married 1827 Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808-1877), two daughters and one son , Friedrich Karl (1828-1885), who married Maria Anna of Anhalt (1837-1906) in 1854. The eldest of their 5 children, Marie of Prussia (1855-1888), married in 1878 Hendrik of The Netherlands (1820-1879)
              5. Alexandrine of Prussia (1803-1892) married 1822 Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800-1842). They had two daughters and two sons. The eldest, Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1823-1883) married 3rdly 1868 Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1850-1922). Their youngest son, Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876-1934) married in 1901 Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands (1880-1962).
              6. Luise Augusta of Prussia (1808-1870) married 1825 Frederik of The Netherlands (1797-1881)
              7. Albrecht of Prussia (1809-1872) married 1st 1830, divorced 1849 Marianne of The Netherlands (1810-1883). He contracted a 2nd, morganatic, marriage in 1853 to Rosalie von Rach (1820-1879). Issue.
            3. Wilhelmina of Prussia (1774-1837) married 1791 her cousin, King Willem I Frederik of The Netherlands (1772-1843)
          2. Heinrich of Prussia (1747-1767)
          3. Wilhelmina "Willemijntje" of Prussia (1751-1820) married 1767 Willem V of Orange-Nassau (1748-1806)
  3. Henriette Amalia of Orange-Nassau (b†1628)
  4. Elisabeth of Orange-Nassau (b†1630)
  5. Isabella Charlotte of Orange-Nassau (1632-1642)
  6. Albertine Agnes of Orange-Nassau (1634-1696), married 1652 Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz (1613-1664), heirs. See below.
  7. Henriette Catharina (1637-1708) married 1659 Johann George II of Anhalt-Dessau (1627-1693). Children:
    1. Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau (1665-1706) married 1686 Heinrich of Saxe-Weissenfels und Barby (1657-1728)
    2. Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726) married 1683 her cousin Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1657-1696). See below.
    3. Louise Sophie of Anhalt-Dessau (1667-1678) The Old Dessauer
    4. Marie Eleonore of Anhalt-Dessau (1671-1756) married 1687 Jerzy Józef Radziwill (†1689)
    5. Henriëtte Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1674-1729)
    6. Leopold I "the Old Dessauer" of Anhalt-Dessau (1676-1747), to the right, married 1698 Anna Luise Föse (1677-1754)
    7. Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau (1682-1750) married 1699 Philipp Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt (±1668-1711), 2 sons, 1 daughter, including:
      1. Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1700-1771) married 1734 his 2nd cousin Sophie of Prussia (1719-1765), above, and had 3 daughters, including:
        1. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-1798) married 1753 Friedrich II Eugen of Württemberg (1732-1797), 8 sons, 4 daughters, including:
          1. Friedrich I of Württemberg (1754-1816), 1st King of Württemberg, married 1st 1780 Augusta of Brunswick (1764-1788, under misterious circumstances), married 2nd 1797 Charlotte of Great-Britain and Hannover (1766-1828), 2 sons, 2 daughters of his 1st marriage, including:
            1. Wilhelm I of Württemberg (1781-1864), married 1st 1808, annulled 1814, Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), married 2nd 1816 Catharina Pawlowna of Russia (1788-1819), married 3rd 1820 his niece Pauline of Württemberg (1800-1873), 5 children, including:
              1. Sophie of Württemberg (1818-1877) married 1839 her 1st cousin Willem III of The Netherlands (1817-1890). See below.
  8. Hendrik Lodewijk of Orange-Nassau (b†1639)
  9. Maria of Orange-Nassau (1642-1688) married 1666 Ludwig Heinrich of The Palts-Simmern (1640-1674). No issue.

Albertine Agnes Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz (1613-1664), Prince of Nassau-Dietz, stadholder of Frisia 1640, Groningen and Drenthe 1650, married 1652 Albertine Agnes of Orange-Nassau (1634-1696), to the right, 5th daughter of Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau, stadholder of Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, Overijssel and Guelders. Children:

  1. Amalia (1655-1695) married 1690 Johann Wilhelm of Saxony-Eisenach (1666-1729)
  2. Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1657-1696), stadholder of Frisia and Groningen 1664 and Drenthe 1674, married 1683 his cousin Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau (1666-1726). Children:
    1. Willem George Friso (1685-1686)
    2. Henriette Albertine (1686-1754)
    3. Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711), Prince of Nassau-Dietz 1696 and Orange 1702, stadholder of Frisia and Groningen 1696, drowned near Strijen, married 1709 Marie Louise of Hesse-Cassel (1688-1765). Children:
      1. Anna Charlotte Amalie (1710-1777), to the right, married 1727 Frederick of Baden-Durlach (1702-1732)
      2. Willem IV of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751), heir.
    4. Maria Amalia (1689-1771)
    5. Sophia Hedwig (1690-1734) married 1708, divorced 1710 Karl Leopold of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678-1747). Only 5 days after he obtained a divorce, Karl Leopold contracted a morganatic marriage and in 1711 he obtained his second divorce. In 1716 he married 3rdly Catharine Ivanovna of Russia (1692-1733) and their daughter, Anna Leopoldovna, gave birth to Tsar Ivan VI of Russia (1740-1764).
    6. Isabella Charlotte (1692-1757) married 1725 Christian of Nassau-Dillenburg (1688-1739)
    7. Johanna Agnes (1693-1765)
    8. Louisa Leopoldina (1695-1758)
    9. Henrietta Casimira (1696-1738)

    Willem IV

Willem IV of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751), to the right, Prince of Nassau-Dietz and Orange 1711, stadholder of Frisia 1711, Groningen 1718, Drenthe and Guelders 1722, Zealand, Holland, Utrecht and Overijssel 1747, stadholder of The Netherlands 1748, married 1734 Anna of Great-Britain and Hannover (1709-1759), the Princess Royal. Two daughters were still-born. Other children:

  1. Carolina (1743-1787) married 1760 Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg (1735-1788). A daughter was stillborn, a son died young. Other children:
    1. Georg Wilhelm Belgicus (1760-1762)
    2. Wilhelm Ludwig Flamand "the Colonel Lutz" (1761-1770)
    3. Marie of Nassau-Weilburg (1764-1802)
    4. Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765-1837) married 1786 Prince Heinrich XIII Reuß zu Greiz (1747-1817)
    5. Friedrich Wilhelm (1768-1816), Prince of Nassau-Weilburg 1788, married 1788 Luise of Sayn-Hachenburg-Kirchberg (1772-1827). Children:
      1. Wilhelm (1792-1839), Duke of Nassau 1816, married 1st Luise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794-1825), 2nd Pauline of Württemberg (1810-1856). Three daughters died young. Other children:
        1. Therese (1815-1871) married 1837 Peter of Oldenburg (1812-1881)
        2. Adolphe (1817-1905), Duke of Nassau 1839-1866, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1890-1905 after the death of King Willem III of The Netherlands, married 1st Elisabeth Mikhailowna of Russia (1826-1845), 2nd Adelheid of Anhalt (1833-1916). The present Grand Duke of Luxembourg descends from his 2nd marriage.
        3. Wilhelm (1819-1823)
        4. Moritz (1820-1850)
        5. Wilhelm (1823-1828)
        6. Marie of Nassau (1825-1902) married 1842 Hermann of Wied (1814-1864). Children:
          1. Elisabeth "Carmen Sylva" (1843-1916) married 1869 King Carol I of Rumania (1839-1914).
          2. Wilhelm of Wied (1845-1907) married 1871 Marie of The Netherlands (1841-1910). Issue.
          3. Otto of Wied (1850-1862)
        7. Helene (1831-1888) married 1853 George Victor of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1831-1893). After her death he remarried in 1891 Luise of Holstein-Sonderburg (1858-1936) and had a son Wolrad Friedrich (1892-1914). Children of his 1 marriage to Helene of Nassau:
          • Sophie of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1854-1869)
          • Pauline of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1855-1925) married 1881 Alexis von Bentheim und Steinfurt (1845-1919)
          • Marie of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1857-1882) married 1877 King Wilhelm II of Württemberg (1848-1921). Their only daughter Pauline of Württemberg (1877-1965) married 1898 Friedrich of Wied (1872-1945).
          • Adelheid Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1858-1934), regent of The Netherlands 1890-1898, married 1879 King Willem III of The Netherlands (1817-1890).
          • Helene of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1861-1922) married 1882 Leopold of Great-Britain (1853-1884), a son of Queen Victoria.
          • Friedrich (1865-1946), Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont 1893-1918, married 1895 Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873-1962). They had 3 children.
          • Elisabeth of Waldeck-Pyrmont (1873-1961) married 1900 Alexander of Erbach-Schönberg (1872-1944)
        8. Nikolaus (1832-1905) contracted a morganatic marriage in 1868 to Natasja Pushkin (1836-1913), formerly wife of Michael Leontievitch von Dubelt and daughter of Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin, the famous poet. They had two daughters and one son, the Count of Merenberg.
        9. Sophie (1836-1913) married 1857 King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (1829-1907). They are the ancestors of the present King of Sweden.
      2. Auguste (1794-1796)
      3. Henriëtte (1797-1829) married 1815 Archduke Karl of Austria (1771-1847)
      4. Friedrich (1799-1845) contracted a morganatic marriage in 1840 to Anna Ritter (1802-1864) and had one daughter.
    6. Caroline of Nassau-Weilburg (1770-1828) married 1787 Karl Ludwig of Wied-Runckel (1763-1824)
    7. Karl of Nassau-Weilburg (1775-1807)
    8. Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg (1776-1841) married 1st 1793 Victor II of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg (1767-1812), 2nd 1813 Friedrich von Stein-Liebenstein zu Barchfeld (1777-1849)
    9. Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857) married 1797 Ludwig of Württemberg (1756-1817)

  2. Anna (b†1746)
  3. Willem V Batavus of Orange-Nassau (1748-1806), stadholder of The Netherlands 1751-1795 (deposed), married 1767 Wilhelmina "Willemijntje" of Prussia (1751-1820). One son died in infancy, another child was still-born. Other Children:
    1. Frederica Louise Wilhelmina (1770-1819) married 1790 Karl George August of Brunswick (1766-1806). No issue.
    2. Willem I Frederik of The Netherlands (1772-1843), heir.
    3. Willem George Frederik (1774-1799)

Willem I Frederik of The Netherlands (1772-1843), Prince of the Netherlands 1813, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815-1840 (abdicated), Belgium became independent in 1830, married 1st 1791 his cousin, Frederika Louise Wilhelmina of Prussia (1774-1837), 2nd 1841 Henriette d'Oultremont (1792-1864), Countess of Nassau 1841, who had been lady in waiting to his 1st wife. Children of his 1st marriage:

  1. Willem II of The Netherlands (1792-1849), heir.
  2. Willem Frederik Karel (1797-1881), a soldier, married 1825 his cousin, Louise Augusta of Prussia (1808-1870). One child was stillborn. The others are:
    1. Louise (1828-1871) married 1850 Karl XV of Sweden and Norway (1826-1872). Children:
      • Karl Oscar of Sweden (1852-1854)
      • Louisa of Sweden (1851-1926) married 1869 Frederik VIII of Denmark (1843-1912). Children:
        1. Christian X (1870-1947), King of Denmark, married 1888 Alexandrina of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879-1952), ancestors of the present Queen of Denmark
        2. Haakon VII (1872-1957), King of Norway, married 1896 Maud of Great-Britain (1869-1938). Only child:
          • Olav V (1903-1991), King of Norway, married his cousin 1929 Martha of Sweden (1901-1954), parents of the present King of Norway
        3. Louisa of Denmark (1875-1906) married 1896 Frederik van Schaumburg-Lippe (1868-1945)
        4. Harald of Denmark (1876-1949) married 1909 Helena of Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg (1888-1962), 2 sons, 3 daughters.
        5. Ingeborg of Denmark (1878-1958) married 1897 Karl of Sweden (1861-1951), 1 son, who contracted morganatic marriages, and 3 daughters:
          1. Margareta of Sweden (1899-1977) married 1919 Axel of Denmark (1888-1964), 2 sons.
          2. Martha of Sweden (1901-1954) married 1929 Olav V of Norway (1903-1991), above.
          3. Astrid of Sweden (1905-1935) married 1926 Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983). He remarried 1941 Liliane Baels (b1916). Children of the 1st marriage:
            • Josephine Charlotte (1927-2005) married 1953 Jean of Luxembourg (b1921), parents of the present Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
            • Boudewijn I (1930-1993), King of Belgium, married 1960 Fabiola de Mora y Aragon (b1928)
            • Albert II (b6-6-1934), King of Belgium, married 1959 Paola de Ruffo di Calabria (b11-9-1937).
              Children:
              1. Philipp (b15-4-1960), married 1999 Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b20-1-1973), daughter of Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz (1936-2008) and countess Anne Komorowski (b1947).
                Children:
                • Elisabeth (b25-10-2001).
                • Gabriel Boudewijn Maria (b20-8-2003).
                • Emmanuel Leopold Guillaume François Marie (b4-10-2005).
                • Eléonore (b16-4-2008).
              2. Astrid (b1962), married 1984 Lorenz of Austria-Este (b1962), and has 5 children: Amedeo, Maria Laura, Joachim, Luisa Maria and Laetitia Maria.
              3. Laurent (b1963), married 2003 Claire Louise Coombs (b1974). Children:
                • Louise (b2004).
                • Nicolas (b2005), twin.
                • Aymeric (b2005), twin.
        6. Thyra of Denmark (1880-1945)
        7. Dagmar of Denmark (1890-1961) married 1922 Jorgen Castenkiold (1893-1978)
    2. Willem Frederik (1833-1834)
    3. Willem Frederik (1836-1846)
    4. Marie (1841-1910) married 1871 Wilhelm of Wied (1845-1907). Children:
      1. Wilhelm Friedrich (1872-1945), Prince of Wied 1907-1918, married 1898 Pauline of Württemberg (1877-1965). They had two sons. The eldest married a countess of Stolberg-Wenigerode and his eldest son married a Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont.
      2. Hermann of Wied (1874-1877)
      3. Wilhelm I of Albania (1876-1945), sovereign of Albania in 1914, married 1906 Sophia of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1885-1936). They had a daughter and a son. Princess Marianne
      4. Victor of Wied (1877-1946) married 1912 Gisela of Solms-Wildenfels (1891-1975). They had two daughters.
      5. Luise of Wied (1880-1965)
      6. Elisabeth of Wied (1883-1938)

  3. Pauline (1800-1806)
  4. Marianne (1810-1883), to the right, married 1830, divorced 1849 her cousin, Albert of Prussia (1809-1872). Marianne had a love affair with Johannes van Rossum (1809-1873). Children:
    1. Charlotte of Prussia (1831-1855) married 1850 Georg II of Saxe-Meiningen (1826-1914)
    2. Albrecht of Prussia (1837-1906) married 1873 Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1854-1898). They had 3 sons.
    3. Elisabeth of Prussia (b†1840)
    4. Alexandrine of Prussia (1842-1906) married 1865 Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1827-1879), a son of Paul Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800-1892), see above.
    5. Johan Willem (1849-1861), illigitimate

Willem II of The Netherlands (1792-1849), King of The Netherlands 1840, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1840, married 1816 Anna Pawlowna of Russia (1795-1865). Children:

  1. Willem III of The Netherlands (1817-1890), heir.
  2. Willem Alexander Frederik (1818-1848)
  3. Willem Frederik Hendrik (1820-1879), stadholder of Luxembourg 1850, married 1st 1853 Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1830-1872), married 2nd 1878 Maria of Prussia (1855-1888). Their age difference was 35 years. After his death she married Albert of Saxe-Altenburg (1843-1902) in 1885.
  4. Willem Alexander Frederik Ernst Casimir (b†1822)
  5. Wilhelmine Marie Sophie Louise (1824-1897) married 1842, her cousin, Karl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818-1901), son of Maria Pawlowna of Russia. Children:
    1. Karl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844-1894) married 1873 his 2nd cousin, Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852-1904). Children:
      1. Wilhelm Ernst (1876-1923), grandduke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1901-1918, married 1st 1903 Princess Caroline Reuß zu Greiz (1885-1905) married 2nd 1910 Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen (1890-1972). Children:
        1. Sophia (1911-1988) married 1938 Friedrich Günther of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1901-1971)
        2. Karl August (b1912), pretender of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1923, married 1944 Elisabeth von Wangenheim (b1912) and had 1 son and 2 daughters
        3. Bernard Friedrich (b1917) married 1943, divorced 1956 Felicitas of Salm-Horstmar (b1920) and had 1 son and 1 daughter
        4. Georg "Brena" (b1921), renounced his rights, married 1953 Gisela Janisch (b1930), 3 daughters
      2. Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1878-1960)
    2. Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1849-1922), married 1876 Prince Heinrich VII Reuß zu Köstritz (1825-1906)
    3. Elisabeth of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1854-1908), married 1886 Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1857-1920)

Willem III of The Netherlands (19/2/1817 - 23/11/1890), King of The Netherlands 1849, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1849, married 1st his cousin, Sofia Frederika Mathilde (Sophie) of Württemberg (17/6/1818 - 3/6/1877), a daughter of Catharina Pawlowna of Russia, married 2nd 1879 Adelheid Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont (2/8/1858 - 20/3/1934). Their age difference was more than 41 years. Children:

19th century Crown Prince Alexander
  1. Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik (4/9/1840 - 11/6/1879), "Wiwill", Crown Prince of The Netherlands 1849.
    He asked for permission to marry the Dutch Countess Anna Mathilda "Mattie" van Limburg Stirum (24/7/1854 - 14/5/1932), but was not allowed to do so. After his death she married the Dutch Baron William Charles Reginald van Tuyll van Serooskerken (25/9/1845 - 17/10/1903).
    From 1867 onwards Willem lived in Paris.
  2. Willem Frederik Maurits Alexander Hendrik Karel (25/9/1843 - 4/6/1850)
  3. Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik (25/8/1851 - 21/6/1884), to the right, Crown Prince of The Netherlands 1879.
  4. Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie (31/8/1880 - 28/11/1962), Queen of The Netherlands 1890-1948 (abdicated),
    married 1901 Heinrich Wladimir Albrecht Ernst (Hendrik) of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (19/4/1876 - 3/7/1934). One daughter:
    • Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina (30/4/1909 - 20/3/2004) Queen of The Netherlands 1948-1980 (abdicated),
      married 1937 Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter von Lippe-Biesterfeld (b 28(29)/6/1911 - 1/12/2004). Children:
      1. Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard ( b 31/1/1938), Queen of The Netherlands 1980-2013,
        married 1966 Claus George Willem Otto Frederik Geert von Amsberg (6/9/1926 - 6/10/2002), to the right, son of Claus von Amsberg and Gosta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen.
         Children:
        1. Willem Alexander Claus George Ferdinand (b 27/4/1967), King of The Netherlands 2013.
          He married on 2/2/2002 Máxima Zorreguieta (b 17/5/1971), below right,
          daughter of Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta (b1928) and Maria del Carmen Cerruti (b1944).
           Children,
          • Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria (b 7/12/2003).
          • Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien (b 26/6/2005).
          • Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines (b 10/4/2007).
        2. Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David (b 25/9/1968), Prince of Orange-Nassau, living in London.
          He married on April 24, 2004 Mabel Wisse Smit (b 11/8/1968),
          daughter of Hendrik (Henk) Cornelis Los (1944-1978) and Florence (Flos) Malde Gijsberdina Kooman (b1944), stepdaughter of Peter Wisse Wisse Smit (†2000). Willem Alexander & Máxima
          Children,
          • Emma Luana Ninette Sophie van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg (b 26/03/2005)
          • Joanna Zaria Nicoline Milou van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg (b 18/06/2006)
        3. Constantijn Christof Frederik Aschwin (b 11/10/1969), married 2001 Laurentien Brinkhorst (b 25/5/1966),
          daughter of the politician Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst (b1937) and Jantien Heringa (b1935).
           Children:
          • Eloise Sophie Beatrix Laurence (b 8/6/2002),
            Countess of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg.
          • Claus-Casimir ("Clausimir") Bernhard Marius Max (b 21/3/2004),
            Count of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg.
          • Leonora Marie Irene Enrica (b 3/6/2006),
            Countess of Orange-Nassau, Jonkvrouw van Amsberg.
      2. Irene Emma Elisabeth (b 5/8/1939), renounced her rights,
        married 1964, divorced 1981, Carlos Hugo Xavier Marie Sixte Louis Robert Jean Georges Benôit Michel of Bourbon-Parma (b 8/4/1930, d18/08/2010), son of Xavier of Bourbon-Parma and Marie Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset.
         Children:
        1. Carlos Javier Bernardo Sixta Maria of Bourbon-Parma (b 27/1/1970), Hereditary Prince of Parma, Prince of Piacenza.
          Carlos supposedly conceived an illegitimate son in a relation with Brigitte Klynstra (b 10/1/1959), daughter of Sybren Bonno Klynstra and Ingrid Pieksma (b 30/12/1935), who later married count Roderik van Rechteren Limpurg.
          Illegitimate child:
          • Carlos Hugo Roderik Sybren Klynstra (b 10/1/1997)
           Carlos married 12/6/2010 (civ), 20/11/2010 (rel) Annemarie Gualthérie van Weezel (b 18/12/1977), daughter of politician Hans Gualthérie van Weezel and Gerarda Gezina Jolande (Ank) de Visser.
          Child:
          • Luisa Irene Constance Anna Maria (b 9/5/2012)
        2. Jaime Bernardo of Bourbon-Parma (b 13/10/1972), twin, Conti di Bardi,
        3. Margarita Maria Beatriz of Bourbon-Parma (b 13/10/1972), twin, Contessa di Colorno,
          Margarita married in 2001 dr. Edwin Karel Willem de Roy van Zuydewijn (b 19/6/1966),
          son of Leo de Roy van Zuydewijn and Wijnanda Eleonore van Gulden.
          They had been separated for 2 years, before their final divorce on 8/11/2006. According to the catholic church, however, they are still married.
          Margarita married on 3/5/2008 Tjalling ten Cate (b 23/12/1965)
          4. .
          Children:
          • Julia Carolina Catharina ten Cate (b 3/9/2008)
          • Paola Cecila Laurentien (b 25/2/2011)
        4. Maria Carolina Cristina of Bourbon-Parma (b 23/6/1974), Marchessa di Sala.
          Carolina married 21/4/2012 (civ), 16/6/2012 (rel) Albert Brenninkmeijer (b 16/5/1974).

      3. Margriet Francisca (b 19/1/1943) married 1967 mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven (b 30/4/1939),
        son of Pieter van Vollenhoven and Jacoba Gijsbertha de Lange.
         Children:
        1. Maurits Willem Pieter Hendrik (b 17/4/1968),
          married 1998 Marie-Helène Angela (Marilène) van den Broek (b 4/2/1970),
          youngest daughter of the politician Hans van den Broek (b1936) and José van Schendel (b1943).
          Children,
          • Anastasia Margriet Josephine (Anna) van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (b 15/4/2001)
          • Lucas Maurits Pieter Henri van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (b 26/10/2002)
          • Felicia Juliana Bénedicte Barbara van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven (b 31/05/2005)
        2. Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel, "Bernhard Jr.", (b 25/12/1969),
          married 2000 Annette Sekrève (b 18/4/1972),
          daughter of Ulrich Sekrève and Jolanda de Haan.
          Children,
          • Isabella Lily Juliana van Vollenhoven (b 14/5/2002)
          • Samuel Bernard Louis van Vollenhoven (b 25/5/2004)
          • Benjamin Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven (b 12/3/2008)
        3. Pieter-Christiaan Michiel (b 22/3/1972),
          married 2005 Anita Theodora van Eijk (b 27/10/1969),
          daughter of ir. L.A van Eijk and J.C.M. Steens.
          Children,
          • Emma Francisca Catharina van Vollenhoven (b 28/11/2006)
          • Pieter Anton Maurits Erik van Vollenhoven (b 19/11/2008)
        4. Floris Frederik Martijn (b 10/4/1975),
          married 20/10/2005 Aimée Leonie Allegonde Marie Söhngen (b 18/10/1977),
          daughter of Hans Söhngen and Eleonoor Stammeijer.
          Children:
          • Magali Margriet Leonoor van Vollenhoven (b 9-10-2007)
          • Elisane Sophie Carolina van Vollenhoven (b 5-7-2009)
          • Willen Jan Johannes Pieter Floris van Vollenhoven (b 1-7-2013)

      4. Maria Christina, "Marijke" until 1964, (b 18/2/1947), renounced her rights, married 1975, divorced 1996, Jorge Guillermo, "Jorge Pérez y Guillermo" until 1960, (b Havanna 1/8/1946),
        son of Frederico Gilberto Pérez y Castillo and Edenia Guillermo y Marrero.
        Children:
        1. Bernardo Federico Tomás Guillermo (b 17/6/1977)
        2. Nicolás Daniel Mauricio Guillermo (b 6/7/1979)
        3. Juliana Edenia Antonia Guillermo (b 8/10/1981)


Short Bibliography

Europäische Stammtafeln by the Prince zu Isenburg, Burke's Royal Families of the World (Europe and Latin America), Nassau en Oranje (in de Nederlandse geschiedenis) by dr. C.A. Tamse, Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (Fürstlicher Häuser), Genealogie der in Europa Regierenden Fürstenhäuser by dr. Kamill von Behr, Britain's Royal Families by A. Weir, De Europese vorstenhuizen by Ch. Cannuyer, Nassau & Oranje (600 Jaar geschiedenis) by W. Ruizendaal, M. Contrads, P. Kooman & G. van de Nes, Debrett's Kings and Queens of Europe by D. Williamson, the Almanach de Gotha, Nederland's Adelsboek 1985, Nederland's Patriciaat, The Descendants of Louis XIII by D. Willis, Oranje-Nassau van A tot Z (Biografieën en stamboom van 1146 tot 2001), Iconografie van het Geslacht van Limburg Stirum, Vorsten Magazine, May 1998, The website of the Dutch Royal House.


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