Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg (25 September 1542,

Dillenburg Dillenburg, officially Oranienstadt Dillenburg, is a town in Hesse's Gießen (region), Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis. The town lies on the German-N ...

– 18 November 1603,

) was a daughter of

William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen Count William I of Nassau-SiegenIn many sources he is called William I of Nassau(-Dillenburg) and in some sources of Nassau-Katzenelnbogen. He was born with the titles Count of Nassau, Vianden and Diez. Two years before his death, he o ...

and

Juliana of Stolberg Juliana, Countess of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt – 18 June 1580) was the mother of William the Silent, the leader of the successful Dutch Revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century. Juliana was born i ...

and one of the sisters of

William the Silent William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Re ...

Marriage and issue

On 16 June 1559, she married Count Conrad of Solms-Braunfels at the age of 16. They had 14 children, nine of whom lived to adulthood: * Philip Frederick (13 October 1560 – 26 June 1567), died in childhood * Juliana (5 February 1562 – 19 February 1563), died in childhood * John Albert I (5 March 1563 – 14 May 1623), married Countess Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein. They were the parents of

Amalia of Solms-Braunfels Amalia may refer to: People *Amalia (given name), feminine given name (includes a list of people so named) *Princess Amalia (disambiguation), several princesses with this name Films and television series * ''Amalia'' (1914 film), the first ...

. * Eberhard (11 January 1565 – 12 February 1596) * Elisabeth (18 March 1566 – 28 July 1570), died in childhood * Ernest (18 November 1568 – 24 August 1595) * William I (18 April 1570 – 3 February 1635), married

Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg Maria Amalia (or Amalie), born countess of Nassau-Dillenburg (27 August 1582 – 31 October 1635) was countess of Solms-Greifenstein. In 1600 she married William I, Count of Solms-Braunfels (1570-1635), and their descendants ruled the region ...

* Otto (3 January 1572 – 23 July 1610) * Reinhard (27 March 1573 – unknown), married Walburga Anna of Daun and, secondly Elisabeth of Salm * Philip (29 March 1575 – 20 January 1628) * Juliana (7 May 1578 – 1634), married Louis II of Sayn-Wittgenstein * Anna Elisabeth (15 April 1580 – 18 August 1580), died in infancy * Henry (10 March 1582 – 23 April 1602) * Anna Maria (3 January 1585 – 19 June 1586), died in childhood

, a daughter of her eldest son John Albert I, married her nephew

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange Frederick Henry ( nl, Frederik Hendrik; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1625 until his death in 1647. In the last ...

, the second wife of her son William I, was a daughter of Elisabeth's brother

John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg (22 November 1536 – 8 October 1606) was the second son of William the Rich and the younger brother of William the Silent. He has a special place in the history of the Netherlands because he is the male-lin ...

from his second marriage to

Kunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern Kunigunde, Kunigunda, or Cunigunde, is a European female name of German origin derived from "kuni" (clan, family) and "gund" (war). In Polish this is sometimes Kunegunda or Kinga. People with such names include: *Kunigunde of Rapperswil (c. early 4 ...

, so Elisabeth was both Maria's aunt and her mother-in-law.

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