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from the

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and through marriage Countess of

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Biography

Walburga was born Schutte (1979), p. 43.Dek (1970), p. 72.Dek (1968), p. 228. as the eldest daughter of Count John III of Egmont and Countess Magdalene of Werdenberg (from the

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). Walburga met her future husband, William I of Nassau-Siegen (

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, 10 April 1487Van Ditzhuyzen (2004), p. 249.Menk (1994), p. 120.Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 97. – Dillenburg, 6 October 1559), in

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in 1505, where he accompanied

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Frederick III 'the Wise' of Saxony. The following year, the marriage was arranged at

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with a messenger from Walburga's father.Lück (1981), p. 41. The marriage was consummated at

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on 29 May 1506.Becker (1983), p. 55 mentions as the wedding date ''Sonntag Cantate'' (10.5.) 1506. ''Sonntag Cantate'' is the fourth Sunday after Easter. In 1506, Easter fell on 19 April and 10 May was only the third Sunday after Easter. Dek (1968), p. 228 and Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 98 mention the wedding date 29 October 1506. The glorious wedding was attended by the

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s Herman IV of

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and John II of

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and many other guests from the high

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.Becker (1983), p. 55.

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, the groom's brother, had come over from

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. Shortly before, on 16 February 1506, the ''Beilager'' of William's sisters Elisabeth and

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, who married the counts and Jobst I of Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneberg repectively, was celebrated in Dillenburg with the greatest of festivities. The purchase of

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for 747

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and

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fabric for 396 guilders at the

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for these celebrations, as well as the unusually high total expenditure of 13,505 guilders in the accounts of 1505/1506, show that these weddings must have been splendid events. Soon after the wedding, William set up his own

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. In 1516, following the death of his father Count John V of Nassau-Siegen, William succeeded him as Count of

and of half Diez. Since then William and Walburga had their ''

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'' in Siegen.Assman & Menk (1996). Walburga died on 7 March 1529Vorsterman van Oyen (1882), p. 98. and was buried next to her eldest daughter in the

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of St. John's Church in the

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in Siegen, which her father-in-law had founded. In 1836, they were reburied in in Siegen. William's brother Henry suggested the widower to look for a new life companion in the highest princely houses and suggested a princess of

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, "''die ein gut heiratgut mitbrächte''" ("who brought in a rich marital estate"). Instead William remarried in Siegen on 20 September 1531Van Ditzhuyzen (2004), p. 162.Lück (1981), p. 43. to Countess Juliane of Stolberg-Wernigerode ( Stolberg, 15 February 1506 – Dillenburg, 18 June 1580).

Issue

From the marriage of Walburga and William, the following children were born:One can find the claim that Walburga and William had five children in But Van Stipriaan (2021), p. 20 confirms that there were only two daughters. # Elisabeth (

, October 1515 – Siegen (?), January 1523). # Magdalene (Siegen, 6 October 1522 – 18 August 1567), married on 16 July 1538 to Count (1514 – 4 December 1578).

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