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Noble family House of Nassau (by birth)House of Wittelsbach (by marriage)House of Palatinate-Simmern(by marriage) Born 31 March 1576Delft ( 1576-03-31 ) Died March 15, 1644, Konigsberg Children Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate Parents William the Silent, Charlotte of Bourbon Grandchildren Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg Similar People William the Silent, Charlotte of Bourbon, Frederick V - Elector Palatine, Louise de Coligny, Countess Maria of Nassau |
Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (31 March 1576 in Delft – 15 March 1644 in Königsberg) was a countess consort and a regent of the Palatinate. She was the eldest daughter of William of Nassau, Prince of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier.
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Louise Juliana is the first Dutch born member of the House of Orange-Nassau. After her father was murdered in 1584, she and some of her five sisters were raised by their stepmother Louise de Coligny.
On 23 June 1593, Louise Juliana married Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, by whom she had eight children:
After the death of her husband in 1610, she ruled in the name of her son Frederick V, known as "the Winter King."
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