Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau (Antwerp, 9 December 1581 - Landsberg, 28 September 1657) was the sixth and youngest daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

Biography

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana married Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1585–1645) in 1616. The couple had three children. Emilia Antwerpiana was her father's last surviving daughter.

Ancestry

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana's ancestors in three generations

Emilia Antwerpiana 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

Persondata
Name	Nassau, Emilia Antwerpiana Of
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Date of birth	9 December 1581
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Date of death	28 September 1657
Place of death	Landsberg, Belgium