Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau

Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau

Countess Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau (Antwerp, 17 September 1580 – Château-Renard, August 1631) was the fifth daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

Biography

Countess Charlotte Brabantina, her sister Elisabeth and their stepmother Louise de Coligny went to Paris in 1593. Elisabeth married Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon and at that wedding Charlotte Brabantine met the Claude, Duc de Thouars, whom she married in 1598. The Duke died only six years later, leaving Charlotte Brabantina a widow. They had four children:

• Henry de La Trémoille, who married his first cousin, Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne. They had children.
• Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby, who married James Stanley, Earl of Derby
• Élisabeth (1601–1604)
• Frédéric (1602–1642) comte de Laval.

Ancestry

Countess Charlotte Brabantina's ancestors in three generations

Charlotte Brabantina 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 Brabantina: biography on Worldroots

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Name	Charlotte Brabantina Of Nassau
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Date of birth	17 September 1580
Place of birth	Antwerp, Belgium
Date of death	August 1631
Place of death	Château-Renard, France