Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau

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Father William the Silent Mother Charlotte of Bourbon		Name Countess Antwerpiana

Noble family House of Orange-Nassau (by birth)House of Wittelsbach (by marriage) Role William the Silent's daughter Died September 28, 1657, Germany Spouse Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken-Landsberg (m. 1616) Children Frederick Louis, Count Palatine of Zweibrucken Parents William the Silent, Charlotte of Bourbon Cousins Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz Similar People William the Silent, Charlotte of Bourbon, Countess Maria of Nassau, Anna of Saxony, Louise de Coligny

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau (Antwerp, 9 December 1581 - Landsberg, 28 September 1657) was the sixth and youngest daughter of William the Silent and his third wife, Charlotte of Bourbon.

Biography

Emilia Antwerpiana was her father's last surviving daughter. On 4 July 1616, Countess Emilia Antwerpiana married Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1585–1645). The couple had three children:

Frederick (1617-1617) Died as a child

Frederick Louis (1619-1681) Married to Juliana Magdalena of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

Charles Henry (1622-1623) Died as a child

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