William of Nassau-Siegen
✓ Source-basedrisingCount of Nassau-Siegen, field marshal in the Dutch army, governor of Emmerik, Heusden and Sluis, lord of Poederoijen, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Wilhelm van Nassau-Hilchenbach (1592-1642)
William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German: Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was Count of Nassau-Siegen, a part of the County of Nassau from 1624 to 1642.
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Group portrait of Count William of Nassau-Siegen with his halfbrothers William Otto and Christian and his son Maurice Frederick. Attributed to Wybrand de Geest, 1635-1640. Foundation Historical Collections of the House of Orange-Nassau, The Hague. From left: William Otto, Christian, William, Maurice Frederick.
Siegen in 1617. From Braun & Hogenberg, Civitates orbis terrarum Band 6, Cologne, 1617. On the left Siegen Castle.In their orbit 13
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About this person
William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German: Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was Count of Nassau-Siegen, a part of the County of Nassau from 1624 to 1642. A member of the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau, he was a professional soldier who served in the armies of the Hanseatic League and the Republic of Venice, then with the Dutch States Army during the Eighty Years War. Promoted field marshal in 1633, he was successively governor of Emmerich, Heusden and Sluis.
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