Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg

Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg
Princess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg, later landgravine of Hesse-Kassel
Spouse(s)	Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
Noble family	House of Nassau
Father	John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
Mother	Countess Magdalena of Waldeck
Born	3 September 1587(1587-09-03) Dillenburg
Died	15 February 1643(1643-02-15) (aged 55) Rotenburg an der Fulda

Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg (3 September 1587, Dillenburg – 15 February 1643, Rotenburg an der Fulda), was the fifth child and second daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Dillenburg (1561–1623), who became Count John I of Nassau-Siegen when his father's inheritance was divided in 1606, and his wife Countess Magdalena of Waldeck (1558–1599).

Life

Juliane was married on 22 May 1603 Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (1572–1632). She was his second wife. Between 1603 and 1628, she gave birth to seven sons and seven daughters. In order to ensure that they all had incomes befitting a landgrave, she had a policy of transferring income and ownership rights to her children. Eventually, Maurice transferred a quarter of Hesse, the so-called Rotenburg Quarter to his children. However, this area remained under Hesse-Kassel's sovereignty. Thus, Juliane's sons Herman and Frederick founded the Hesse-Rotenburg" and "Hesse-Eschwege" cadet branches of the House of Hesse and in 1649 her son Ernest founded the "Hesse-Rheinfels" line. Herman and Frederick died childless and by 1658, Ernest had inherited all parts of the Rotenburg Quarter. Nevertheless, in the next 250 years, Rotenburg was divided, merged and again divided, giving rise to cadet branches with names like Hess-Rheinfels-Roternburg, Hesse-Eschwege-Wanfried“ and „Hessea-Rotenburg-Eschwege“.

Landgrave Maurice abdicated in 1627, under pressure from the Estates. He retired to Eschwege, where he died in 1632. Hesse-Kassel was inherited by William V, Maurice's son from his first marriage. In 1629, Juliane and her children moved into Rotenburg Castle in Rotenburg an der Fulda, where she died in 1643.

References and sources

• Lemberg, Margret: Juliane Landgräfin zu Hessen (1587 - 1643), published as: Quellen und Forschungen zur hessischen Geschichte, vol. 90, Darmstadt, Marburg, 1994.
• This page is a translation of its German equivalent.

Vacant Title last held by Agnes of Solms-Laubach

Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel 1603– 1627

Vacant Title next held by Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg

Persondata
Name	Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg
Alternative names	Juliane von Nassau-Dillenburg (German)
Short description	daughter of Count John of Nassau-Dillenburg, by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-kassel
Date of birth	3 September 1587
Place of birth	Dillenburg
Date of death	15 February 1643
Place of death	Rotenburg an der Fulda