Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau | |
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Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau | |
Spouse(s) | Frederick IV, Elector Palatine |
Noble family | House of Nassau |
Father | William the Silent |
Mother | Charlotte of Bourbon |
Born | 31 March 1576 Delft |
Died | 15 March 1644 Königsberg |
(aged 67)
Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (Delft, 31 March 1576 – Königsberg, 15 March 1644) was the eldest daughter of prince William of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.
Louise Juliana is the first Dutch born member of the House of Orange-Nassau. After her father was murdered in 1584, she and some of her five sisters were raised by their stepmother Louise de Coligny.
On 23 June 1593, Louise Juliana married Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, by whom she had eight children. After the death of her husband in 1610, she ruled in the name of her son Frederick V, who is also nicknamed "the Winter King."
Louise Juliana of Orange-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) |
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Paternal Grandmother: Countess Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1506–1580) |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1467–1538) |
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Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Epstein-Königstein (1482–1538) |
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Mother: Charlotte of Bourbon (1547–1582) |
Maternal Grandfather: Louis III de Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (1513–1582) |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis of Bourbon, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon (1473–1520) |
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Maternal Great-grandmother: Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1482–1561) |
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Maternal Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy (before 1524–1561) |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy, Seigneur de Givry, Baron de Pagny et Mirebeau |
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Maternal Great-grandmother: Jeanne of Angouleme |
Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau
Born: 31 March 1576 Died: 15 March 1644 |
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Preceded by Anne of Ostfriesland |
Electress Palatine 1593–1610 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Stuart |