Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau

Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau

Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (Antwerp, 18 August 1579 - St.Croix (near Poitiers), 16 April 1640) was the fourth daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

Biography

After her mother's death in 1582 her French grandfather asked for Charlotte Flandrina to stay with him. She became a Roman Catholic and entered a convent in 1593.

Ancestry

Countess Charlotte Flandrina's ancestors in three generations

Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau	Father: Prince William of Orange (1533–1584)	Paternal Grandfather: Count William I of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487–1559)	Paternal Great-grandfather: Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg (1455–1516)
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg (1466–1523)
		Paternal Grandmother: Countess Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1506–1580)	Paternal Great-grandfather: Botho VIII of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1467–1538)
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Epstein-Königstein (1482–1538)
	Mother: Charlotte of Bourbon (1547–1582)	Maternal Grandfather: Louis de Bourbon-Montpensier (1513–1582)	Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme (1473–1520)
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Louise de Bourbon-Montpensier (1482–1561)
		Maternal Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy-Bar (before 1524-1561)	Maternal Great-grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy, Seigneur de Givry, Baron de Pagny et Mirebeau
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Jeanne d'Angoulême

References

Charlotte Flandrina: biography on Worldroots

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Name	Nassau, Charlotte Flandrina Of
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Date of birth	18 August 1579
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Date of death	16 April 1640
Place of death	Poitiers, Belgium