Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg
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Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (born: March 1537- died: 6 July 1579 in Dillenburg
) was the daughter of Landgrave George III of Leuchtenberg
and Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
en Juliana of Stolberg
. She married on 6 Junie 1559 at Dillenburg Castle. They had thirteen children:
Elisabeth died in 1579. After her death, John VI had two later marriages.
Dillenburg
Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
) was the daughter of Landgrave George III of Leuchtenberg
Leuchtenberg
Leuchtenberg is a municipality in the district of Neustadt in Bavaria in Germany, essentially a suburb of nearby Weiden in der Oberpfalz, and a historical region in Old Germany governed by the Landgrave of Leuchtenberg....
and Margravine Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Marriage and issue
Elisabeth was the first wife of John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg, son of William "the Rich" of NassauWilliam I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
William of Nassau was a count of Nassau-Dillenburg from the House of Nassau. He was called William the Rich....
en Juliana of Stolberg
Juliana of Stolberg
Juliana, Countess of Stolberg-Wernigerode was the mother of William the Silent, the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century....
. She married on 6 Junie 1559 at Dillenburg Castle. They had thirteen children:
- William LouisWilliam Louis, Count of Nassau-DillenburgWilliam Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg was Count of Nassau-Dillenburg from 1606 to 1620, and stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe. He was the eldest son of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.William Louis served as a cavalry officer under William the Silent...
(1560-1620), stadtholderStadtholderA Stadtholder A Stadtholder A Stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder [], "steward" or "lieutenant", literally place holder, holding someones place, possibly a calque of German Statthalter, French lieutenant, or Middle Latin locum tenens...
of FrisiaFrisiaFrisia is a coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea, i.e. the German Bight. Frisia is the traditional homeland of the Frisians, a Germanic people who speak Frisian, a language group closely related to the English language...
(1584-1620), married met Anna of NassauCountess Anna of NassauCountess Anna of Nassau was a daughter of William the Silent and his second wife, Anna of Saxony. She was the wife of William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.- Biography :...
(1563-1588) - John VII (1561-1623)
- George (1562-1623)
- Elisabeth (1564-1611), married in 1583 with Philip IV, Count of Nassau-WeilburgPhilip IV, Count of Nassau-WeilburgPhilip IV of Nassau-Weilburg, also known as Philip III of Nassau-Saarbrücken was Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1559 until his death and since 1574 also Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken. Both possessions belonged to the Walram line of the House of Nassau...
and in 1603 with Wolfgang Ernest I of Isenburg-Birstein, - Juliana (1565-1606)
- PhilipPhilip of NassauPhilip of Nassau or Filips of Nassau was a Count of Nassau, Katzenelbogen, Vianden and Dietz, fought for the United Provinces during the Eighty Years' War...
(1566-1595) - Maria (1568-1625), married John Louis I of Nassau-Wiesbaden-IdsteinJohn Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-IdsteinJohn Louis I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein was the son of Count Balthasar of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein and his wife Margaret of Isenburg-Bierstein. He succeeded his father in 1568 as Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden....
, - Anna Sibylla (1569-1576), died young
- Mathilda (1570-1625), married Count William V, of Mansfeld-Arnstein
- Albert (1572-1572), died young
- Ernst CasimirErnst CasimirErnst Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz was count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.-Biography:...
(1573-1632), Count of Nassau-Dietz, stadtholder of Frisia and GroningenGroningen (province)Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea...
(1620-1632), married in 1597 with Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1583-1642). The Dutch Royal Family descend from this marriage. - Louis Gunther (1575-1604), died in battle at SluisSluisSluis is the name of both a municipality and a town located in the west of Zeelandic Flanders, in the south-western part of the Netherlands....
, married in 1601 Countess Margareta of Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1575–1606) - stillborn son (1579)
Elisabeth died in 1579. After her death, John VI had two later marriages.