Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau

Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau

Louise Juliana as a girl

Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (Delft, 31 March 1576 – Königsberg, 15 March 1644) was the eldest daughter of prince William of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

Biography

Louise Juliana is the first Dutch born member of the House of Orange-Nassau. After her father was murdered in 1584, she and some of her five sisters were raised by their stepmother Louise de Coligny.

On 23 June 1593, Louise Juliana married Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, by whom she had eight children. After the death of her husband in 1610, she ruled in the name of her son Frederick V, who is also nicknamed "the Winter King."

Ancestry

Louise Juliana's ancestors in three generations

Louise Juliana of Orange-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 III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (1513–1582)	Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis of Bourbon, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon (1473–1520)
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1482–1561)
		Maternal Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy (before 1524–1561)	Maternal Great-grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy, Seigneur de Givry, Baron de Pagny et Mirebeau
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Jeanne of Angouleme

References

• "Louise Juliana, keurvorstin van de Palts" last accessed April 1, 2007

Preceded by Anne of Ostfriesland

Electress Palatine 1593–1610

Succeeded by Elizabeth Stuart

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Name	Louise Juliana Of Orange-Nassau
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Date of birth	31 March 1576
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Date of death	15 March 1644
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