Charlotte Brabantina of Nassau

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Countess 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.

[edit] Biograhpy

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 with a couple of young children.

[edit] 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-Vendome
(1473-1520)
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Louise de Bourbon-Montpensier
(1482-1561)
Maternal Grandmother:
Jacqueline de Longwy-Bar
(before 1524-1561)
Maternal Great-grandfather:
unknown
Maternal Great-grandmother:
unknown

[edit] References

Charlotte Brabantina: biography on Worldroots

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