# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-of-nassau
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:48:38.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-of-nassau"
name: "William of Nassau"
slug: "william-of-nassau"
description: "Willem van Nassau, Lord of De Lek was a Dutch soldier from 1620 until 1627. He was the illegitimate son of stadholder Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange and his mistress Margaretha van Mechelen.\nLike their other illegitimate children, he was recognized with the surname Nassau-LaLecq. He went by the title Rijksgraaf van LaLecq\" and was also popularly known in French as the \"Chevalier de Nassau\". After 1625, he was granted lands and the title Lord of De Lek. He received his heerlijkheid of De Lek as a bequest from his father to him and his descendants. His brother Lodewijk van Nassau had the title \"Lord of Beverweerd and Odijk\"."
tagline: "Dutch noble"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willem_van_Nassau%2C_Heer_van_de_Leck.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1601-08-18"
deathDate: "1627-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.616884
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%BF%E9%AA%9A%E7%9A%84%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89_(1601%E5%B9%B4%E2%80%941627%E5%B9%B4)"
    title: "拿骚的威廉 (1601年—1627年)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Nassau_(1601%E2%80%931627)"
    title: "William of Nassau (1601–1627)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_de_Nassau_(1601-1627)"
    title: "Guillermo de Nassau (1601-1627)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%98"
    title: "ویلیام اورانژ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_de_Nassau-LaLecq"
    title: "Willem de Nassau-LaLecq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C%EB%9F%BC_%ED%8C%90_%EB%82%98%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%B0_(1601%EB%85%84~1627%EB%85%84)"
    title: "빌럼 판 나사우 (1601년~1627년)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_Nassau_(1601-1627)"
    title: "Willem van Nassau (1601-1627)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_(1601%E2%80%941627)"
    title: "Вильгельм Нассауский (1601—1627)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2451761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump