Maria Amalia of Nassau Dillenburg

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Noble family House of Nassau Name Maria of		Died October 31, 1635 Uncles William the Silent
Spouse(s) William I, Count of Solms-Braunfels Father John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg Mother Kunigunde Jakobaa of Simmern Born 27 August 1582 ( 1582-08-27 ) Parents Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg Grandparents Juliana of Stolberg, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg Cousins Maurice - Prince of Orange, Frederick Henry - Prince of, Justinus van Nassau, Countess Maria of Nassau, Countess Emilia of Nassau Similar People Juliana of Stolberg, William the Silent, Justinus van Nassau

Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg (27 August 1582 – 31 October 1635) was a daughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife, Countess Palatine Kunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern.

Marriage and issue

In 1600, she married her cousin William I, Count of Solms-Braunfels, a son of Conrad of Solms-Braunfels and Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, who was Maria Amalia's aunt. William I and Maria Amalia had the following children:

Joanna Elisabeth (27 December 1602 – 27 March 1627)

John Conrad (17 December 1603 – 4 December 1635), married Anna Margaret of Solms-Hohensolms

Juliana (30 May 1605 – 16 August 1629)

Sabine (b. 9 July 1606), married George Hartmann of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf

Amalia (11 September 1607 – 4 November 1608)

William II (9 August 1609 – 19 July 1676), married Jhanetta Sibylla of Solms-Hohensolms and, secondly, Ernestine Sophie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

Louis (7 April 1614 – 7 November 1676), married Anna Maria of Criechingen

Kunigunde (18 June 1615 – 22 October 1635)

Anna Amalia (2 June 1617 – 4 November 1635), married Philip Reinhard II of Solms-Hohensolms

Ernest Casimir (11 June 1620 – 9 August 1648)

References

Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg Wikipedia

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