Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau

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Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau
Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau (Antwerp, 9 December 1581 - Landsberg, 28 September 1657) was the sixth and youngest daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

[edit] Biography

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana married Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1585-1645) in 1616. The couple had three children. Emilia Antwerpiana was her father's last surviving child.

[edit] Ancestry

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana's ancestors in three generations
Emilia Antwerpiana 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
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