John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

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Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg (November 22, 1535 – October 8, 1606) was a Count of Nassau in Dillenburg. Other names he had were Jan VI or Jan de Oude.

John VI was second son of Count William I of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife Juliane of Stolberg-Wernigerode and brother of William I of Orange. He was the principal author of the Union of Utrecht.

[edit] Family and children

John VI was married three times. Firstly, he was married on 16 June 1559 with Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (1537 – 6 July 1579) and had in this marriage the following children:

1. Count Willem Lodewijk "Us Heit" (13 March 1560 – 31 May 1620)
2. Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen (7 June 1561 – 27 September 1623)
3. Count Georg of Nassau-Dillenburg (1 September 1562 – 9 August 1623)
4. Elisabeth (24 January 1564 – 5 May 1611), married:
   1. on 3 October 1583 to Count Philipp IV of Nassau-Saarbrücken
   2. on 7 May 1603 to Count Wolfgang Ernst I of Isenburg-Büdingen
5. Juliana (6 October 1565 – 4 October 1630), married:
   1. on 24 April 1588 to Wild and Rheingraf Adolf Henry of Dhaun
   2. on 8 February 1619 to Count John Albrecht I of Solms-Braunfels
6. Philipp (1 December 1566 – 3 September 1595)
7. Maria (12 November 1568 – 10 May 1625), married on 2 December 1588 to Count John Louis I of Nasau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
8. Anna Sibylla (29 September 1569 – 19 December 1576)
9. Mathilde (27 December 1570 – 10 May 1625), married on 24 June 1592 to Count Wilhelm V of Mansfeld-Arnstein
10. Albert, born and died in 1572
11. Count Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Diez (22 December 1573 – 2 June 1632)
12. Louis Günther (15 February 1575 – 12 September 1604)

Secondly, he married on 13 September 1580 with Kunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern (1556-1586) and had in this marriage two daughters:

1. Amalie (27 July 1582 – 31 October 1635), married on 23 August 1600 to Count Wilhelm I of Solms-Braunsfeld-Greiffenstein
2. Kunigunde (12 July 1583 – 4 April 1584)

Thirdly, he married on 14 June 1586 to Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1561-1622) and had in this marriage the following children:

1. Georg Ludwig, born and died in 1588
2. Prince John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar (6 August 1590 – 10 March 1653)
3. Johannette Elisabeth (13 February 1593 – 13 September 1654), married on 16 December 1616 to Count Conrad Gumprecht of Bentheim-Limburg
4. Anna (24 November 1594 – 11 February 1660), married on 19 June 1619 to Count Philipp Ernst of Isenburg-Birstein
5. Magdalene (13 November 1595 – 31 July 1633), married on 29 May 1624 to Count Georg Albrecht I of Erbach
6. Anna Amalie (19 July 1599 – 4 May 1667), married on 25 November 1648 to Count Wilhelm Otto of Isenburg-Birstein
7. Juliane, born and died in 1602

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