Parents Maximiliaan van Egmond Name Anna Egmont | Father Maximiliaan van Egmond Successor William the Silent House House of Egmond | |
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Tenure 6 July 1551 - 24 March 1558 Tenure 24 December 1548 - 24 March 1558 Issue Countess Maria
Philip William, Prince of Orange
Maria, Countess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Died March 24, 1558, Breda, Netherlands Spouse William the Silent (m. 1551–1558) Children Philip William, Prince of Orange, Countess Maria of Nassau, Maria of Nassau Similar People William the Silent, Countess Maria of Nassau, Anna of Saxony, Charlotte of Bourbon, Louise de Coligny | ||
Predecessor Maximiliaan van Egmond | ||
Anna van Egmont (March 1533 – 24 March 1558) was a wealthy Dutch heiress who became the first wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
Anna was born in Grave. As the only child of Maximiliaan van Egmond and Françoise de Lannoy, she was suo jure Countess of Buren and Lady of Egmond. She was also Countess of Lingen and of Leerdam, and Lady of IJsselstein, of Borssele, of Grave, of Cranendonck, of Jaarsveld, of Kortgene, of Sint Maartensdijk, and of Odijk.
In 1551 she married William the Silent in Buren, and thereby he earned the titles Lord of Egmond and Count of Buren. By William she had three children:
Anna died and was buried in Breda.
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