Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau

Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau
Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau

Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (Antwerp, July 1578 – Hanau 12 April 1648) was the third daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

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Biography

Countess Catharina Belgica married Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg by whom she had ten children. The Countess became regent for her son Philipp Moritz after her husband's death in 1612. When emperor Ferdinand II requested passage through Hanau, she refused him entry. Her territories were ravaged by imperial troops in 1621. In 1626 her son took over government.

Family

During a wedding feast in Dillenburg that lasted from 23 October 1596 - 3 November 1596, she married Philip Louis II of Hanau-Münzenberg, producing the following children:

  1. Charlotte Louise (1597–1649 Kassel), not married
  2. Daughter (29 July 1598-9 August 1598), died unbaptised
  3. Philipp Ulrich (2 January 1601-7 April 1604 Steinau)
  4. Amalia Elisabeth (1602–1651 Kassel), married to William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
  5. Katharina Juliane (1604–1668 Hanau), married first on 11 September 1631 to Count Albert Otto II. of Solms-Laubach, Rödelheim and Assenheim and second on 31 March 1642 to Moritz Christian von Wied-Runkel
  6. Philipp Moritz (1605–1638), buried in the Marienkirche in Hanau
  7. Wilhelm Reinhard (1607–1630 Aachen), buried in the Marienkirche in Hanau
  8. Heinrich Ludwig (1609–1632) died during the Siege of Maastricht
  9. Friedrich Ludwig (27 July 1610-4 October 1628 Paris), buried in the family tomb of the Duke of Bouillon in Sedan
  10. Jakob Johann (1612–1636 Zabern), buried in St. Nicholas in Strasbourg

Ancestry

Countess Catharina Belgica's ancestors in three generations
Catharina Belgica 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 de Longwy
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Jeanne d'Angoulême

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