German count and field marshal of the Dutch States Army (1592?1642)
Field Marshall
William, Count of Nassau-Siegen
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In office
1624?1642
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Preceded by
| John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
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Succeeded by
| John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
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In office
1625?1626
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In office
1626?1637
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In office
1637?1642
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Born
| Wilhelm Graf zu Nassau, Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein
13 August 1592
Dillenburg
,
Germany
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Died
| 17 July 1642
(1642-07-17)
(aged 49)
Orsoy, Germany
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Cause of death
| Died of wounds
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Resting place
| Heusden
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Spouse
| Christiane of Erbach
(1619?his death)
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Children
| John William (1619?1623);
Maurice Frederick
(1621-1638); Mary Magdalene (1622?1647); Ernestine Juliane (1624?1634); Hollandine (1628?1629); Elisabeth Charlotte (1626?1694); Hollandine (1628?1629);
Wilhelmine Christine
(1629?1700)
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Parent(s)
| John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
;
Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen
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Alma mater
| Heidelberg University
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Occupation
| Soldier and statesman
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Allegiance
| Hanseatic League
;
Republic of Venice
;
Dutch Republic
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Years of service
| 1610?1642
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Rank
| Field Marshall
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William, Count of Nassau-Siegen
(13 August 1592 – 17 July 1642),
German
:
Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Siegen
, official titles:
Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein
, was
Count
of
Nassau-Siegen
, a part of the
County of Nassau
from 1624 to 1642. A member of the
House of Nassau-Siegen
, a
cadet branch
of the
Ottonian Line
of the
House of Nassau
, he was a professional soldier who served in the armies of the
Hanseatic League
and the
Republic of Venice
, then with the
Dutch States Army
during the
Eighty Years War
. Promoted
field marshal
in 1633, he was successively
governor
of
Emmerich
,
Heusden
and
Sluis
.
Personal details
[
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]
William was born in
Dillenburg
on 13 August 1592,
[1]
[note 1]
the fifth son of Count
John VII 'the Middle' of Nassau-Siegen
and his first wife, Countess
Magdalene of Waldeck-Wildungen
.
[1]
[3]
[4]
[5]
He studied in
Heidelberg
[5]
[6]
[7]
and then went ? along with the later 'Winter King'
Frederick of the Palatinate
[note 2]
? to the
court
of
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne
,
[note 3]
the
Duke of Bouillon
, in
Sedan
.
[6]
With
Landgrave
Otto of Hesse-Kassel
[note 4]
William visited
England
.
[6]
Career
[
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]
William began his military career in 1610 in his father's army in the
Upper Palatinate
.
[3]
[4]
[
clarification needed
]
In 1615 he was
captain
in the Army of the
Hanseatic League
to end the
siege
of
Brunswick
.
[3]
In 1617 he joined his eldest brother
John Ernest
, who was a
general
for the
Republic of Venice
in the
Uskok War
.
[3]
[4]
[6]
After the end of the
Twelve Years' Truce
in 1621, William recruited troops for the
Dutch Republic
in the
County of Nassau
[4]
and entered the
Dutch States Army
in that same year.
[3]
[6]
[7]
He was appointed
colonel
of the
infantry
on 24 July 1622,
[3]
but lived in
Siegen
until 1625.
[8]
In 1625 he became
governor
of
Emmerich
,
[3]
then of
Heusden
from 1626 to 1637.
[3]
[4]
[6]
The
States of Holland
refused on 25 November 1626 to make an exception for William to the rule that no military charges could be accumulated,
[
clarification needed
]
and the
Gecommitteerde Raden
of Holland decided on 12 December 1626 not to oppose a proposed increase in William's salary in the
States General
but to allow it to fade away. At the
baptism
of his daughter Hollandine in March 1628, the States of Holland were prepared to
sponsor
, complete with a baptismal gift
[9]
(which meant they were willing to spend money on an annuity for life).
[
clarification needed
]
During the
Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch
in 1629, William had his
headquarters
in
Orthen
[
nl
]
,
[10]
from where
's-Hertogenbosch
was first shelled on 15 May.
[11]
Accompanied by 24
companies
of infantry and some
cavalry
, William was sent to the
Bommelerwaard
by Prince
Frederick Henry of Orange
to prevent an invasion by
Hendrik Graaf van den Bergh
, then commander of the
Army of Flanders
.
[12]
In the year 1629, William's salary was £400 per month.
[4]
In the winter of 1629?1630, William was sent with his troops east of the
Rhine
to
Cleves
,
Mark
,
Julich
and
Berg
, but without providing sufficient funds. In January 1630, Hendrik van der Capellen,
gecommiteerde ter velde
(representative of the States General of the Dutch Republic at the Dutch State Army), complained in a letter to Prince Frederick Henry that if the Dutch
garrisons
of
Duisburg
and
Essen
did not receive one month's pay immediately,
sy het alsoo ergh als de Keisersche maken sullen
[
clarification needed
]
('they will make it as bad as the Imperial troops') and cause the citizens to leave those cities. The prince argued in response that it were
vrembde maximen
('strange maxims') to worry about this, because after all
die Landen den Vurst van Nieuburch toebehoorende waeren, ende dat het Volck alleene gesonden was om desen winter aldaer geinquartiert te worden
('the lands belonged to the
Prince of Neuburg
, and the troops had only been sent to be quartered there this winter'). In
Soest
Walraven van Gendt also complained but the presence of these soldiers forced the Spanish troops to withdraw from
Unna
,
Hamm
and
Lippstadt
, leaving them to the Dutch. In fact, William's troops returned in 1630 after some unrest over their overdue pay, albeit in a rather desolate state.
[13]
In 1631 William purchased the
heerlijkheid
of
Poederoijen
on the River
Meuse
.
[1]
[3]
During the
March along the Meuse
[
nl
]
in 1632, William and his troops initially kept an eye on the situation near the front in
Zeeland
until he was summoned by Prince Frederick Henry of Orange to the
Siege of Maastricht
in late July.
[14]
William captured the
Kruisschans
on the
Scheldt
and
Fort Sint-Anna
[
nl
]
and other
sconces
near
Antwerp
, later
Orsoy
, in the following year the
Sterreschans
and those of
Philippine
in
State Flanders
[
fr
]
.
[7]
In 1632 William was appointed
ritmeester
of the
cuirassiers
[3]
and in April 1633 succeeded his uncle Count
Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Diez
as Field marshal.
[15]
In 1636, the strongly defended
Schenkenschanz
was captured from the Spanish by William and his brother
John Maurice
.
[16]
In 1637, William became governor of
Sluis
[3]
[4]
and took part in the
Siege of Breda
;
[7]
being paid £7000 for his service.
[4]
In support of his planned attack on
Antwerp
, in 1638 Prince Frederick Henry entrusted William with an important undertaking, the occupation of the
levee
at
Calloo
. Having taken the sconces of
Stabroek
and Calloo and chased off their Spanish defenders, William stopped and awaited reinforcements instead of continuing his march. Receiving false intelligence that a larger Spanish force was approaching, he hastily retreated but was caught and defeated at the
Battle of Kallo
on 17 June. He lost over 2,000 men, including his son
Maurice Frederick
,
[7]
[17]
[18]
which meant Frederick Henry's entire enterprise failed.
[17]
[18]
During the
Siege of Gennep
[
nl
]
in 1641, William received a
musket
shot in the abdomen, from which he later succumbed.
[4]
-
The Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1629). Engraving by
Joan Blaeu
. From
Toonneel der Steden van de Vereenighde Nederlanden
, Amsterdam, 1649.
-
The Siege of Maastricht (1632). From the
Atlas van Loon
, 1649.
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The Siege of Breda (1637). Engraving by Joan Blaeu. From the Atlas van Loon, 1649.
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The Battle of Calloo (1638). Anonymous etching, 1638.
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The Siege of Gennep (1641). Engraving by
Claes Jansz. Visscher
. From the Atlas van Loon, 1649.
Count of Nassau-Siegen
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[
clarification needed
]
Settlement of the succession by Count John VII 'the Middle'
[
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]
Because the county of Nassau-Siegen was so small (it had about 9,000 inhabitants and yielded an annual revenue of about 13,000 guilders) William's father John VII 'the Middle' decided that the county should not be divided again. He made a
will and testament
in 1607, which stated that only the eldest son would rule and the other children should be compensated with money or offices. As one of the most convinced advocates of
Protestantism
, it was particularly painful for John that his second son,
John 'the Younger'
,
converted
to the
Catholic Church
in 1613. In a
codicil
of 8 October 1613 he explicitly stipulated that his heirs had to keep the land in the
Reformed confession
. At first, the conversion of John 'the Younger' did not change this
house law
established by the will, because John Ernest was the eldest son.
[19]
To the surprise of his relatives, John 'the Younger' joined the Spaniards in 1617, the opponents of the House of Nassau and the Dutch Republic. In the same year, his older brother John Ernest died in the service of the Republic of Venice. John 'the Middle' had to decide whether an enemy of Nassau and the Netherlands could remain his heir.
[20]
On 15 November 1617, John declared his will of 8 April 1607 to be null and void.
[21]
Abolition of the
primogeniture
would have meant a division of the small country and John opposed all proposals in that direction. In an amicable agreement, he had his son sign a declaration on 31 December 1617, in which the latter declared that, although he remained a Catholic, he would not force his subjects to any other than the existing religious confession.
[19]
On 22 December 1618 John drew up a second will, which promulgated the promises of his son as a condition and still held on to the primogeniture. He imposed the penalty of disinheritance on the introduction of 'papism'.
[21]
Why John 'the Middle' still distrusted his son, in spite of the latter's confirmations, cannot be fully elucidated. Maybe it was because John 'the Younger' loudly proclaimed that no power in the world could prevent him from succeeding in Nassau-Siegen, because the power of the
Emperor
and the
King
of Spain was behind him. Perhaps John 'the Middle' also knew the influence of the
de Ligne family
and the Catholic
clergy
on his son. It is certain that such rumours were conveyed to him from all sides and that his relatives and other Protestant estates of the realm warned him again and again about his son.
[21]
Only when John 'the Middle' was convinced that his son was under the influence of the
Jesuits
and that the possibility of a Catholic area within the Nassau lands was a danger to the Protestant inhabitants, was he persuaded to make a new will.
[19]
On 3 July 1621 John 'the Middle' drew up a third will, in which he laid down that the small county of Nassau-Siegen, which was barely able to support one lord, was to be split into three parts.
[21]
His three eldest sons, John 'the Younger', William and John Maurice, were to receive one third each.
[6]
The administration of the
city
of
Siegen
would remain in joint ownership.
[22]
For John 'the Younger', only one third of the county was provided for in the third will. On 6 August 1621, he was informed of this, with a statement of the reasons that had led his father to take this step. On 9 May 1623, i.e. not until two years later, John 'the Younger' protested against this with a letter from
Frankfurt
to the councillors of Siegen. He had not been idle and had not hesitated to denounce his father to the Emperor. At the time of his letter of protest he was certainly already aware of the
Poenale mandatum cassatorium
, which Emperor
Ferdinand II
officially issued some time later, on 27 June 1623, informing John 'the Middle' that at the time of making his third will as a fellow combatant of the
outlawed
Winter King he was not entitled to make a will. He had to revoke it and answer to an imperial court within two months. It seems that John 'the Younger' then shrank from having the imperial decree delivered to his seriously ill father.
[21]
John 'the Middle' died at
Siegen Castle
[
de
]
on 27 September 1623. None of the three sons mentioned in the will were present at the death of their father. On 13 October William and John Maurice arrived in Siegen, and on 26 October John 'the Younger'.
[23]
Succession dispute
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Everyone knew that there would be a dispute at the reading of the will on 11 December 1623. John 'the Younger' had the imperial decree read out and when his brothers demurred, he said as he stood up '
Der Kaiser wird uns scheiden!
' ('The Emperor will part us!'). He had taken the precaution of obtaining a further imperial decree on 20 November 1623 against Countess Dowager
Margaret
and her sons, in which the Emperor strictly forbade impeding John's assumption of government, his taking possession of the land and his inauguration. On 12 January 1624, John 'the Younger' was able to accept the homage from the town of Siegen but only because he had secretly let a
squadron
of selected horsemen into the town through the castle gate (that is, not through a
city gate
) in a heavy snowstorm, so that they could not be seen or heard by the town guards.
[23]
John 'the Younger' received the entire inheritance, and the provisions of the will made in favour of William and John Maurice remained a dead letter. On 13/23 January 1624, John 'the Younger' voluntarily ceded the
sovereignty
over the
Hilchenbach
district with
Ginsburg Castle
[
de
]
and some villages belonging to the
Ferndorf
[
de
]
and
Netphen
districts, to William.
[22]
[24]
With the exception of John Maurice and
George Frederick
, the younger brothers accepted only modest
appanages
.
[25]
[26]
Henceforth, until 1645, the county of Nassau-Siegen had two governments, one in Siegen, the other in Hilchenbach. For a short period (1632?1635) this situation underwent a temporary change, during the
Thirty Years' War
, his brothers, who were fighting on the Protestant side, rebelled against John 'the Younger'.
[22]
Count
Louis Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg
entered the service of King
Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden
on 1 December 1631, who had landed in Germany on 24 June 1630 to intervene in favour of the Protestants in the Thirty Years' War.
[27]
Countess Dowager Margaret, through the mediation of Louis Henry, turned to Gustavus Adolphus and asked for help against the machinations of her stepson John 'the Younger'. On 14 February 1632 the
Swedish
king sent an order from Frankfurt to Louis Henry to provide military support for his first cousin John Maurice. Louis Henry then occupied the city of Siegen with his
regiment
of Dutch and Swedish soldiers. One day later, on 29 February, John Maurice and his brother
Henry
arrived in Siegen. Just as John 'the Younger' had kept his cavalry in reserve eight years earlier, now John Maurice and Henry, supported by the presence of the Swedish regiment, negotiated with the
citizens
, who felt bound by the
oath
they had sworn to John 'the Younger'.
[28]
On 4 March, after long and difficult negotiations, the citizens paid homage to John Maurice and Henry.
[28]
John Maurice obtained for himself not only the
Freudenberg
district, which his father had intended for him in the will of 1621, but also Netphen, which had been intended for John 'the Younger' in the same will. William was confirmed in the possession of Hilchenbach and received Ferndorf and
Krombach
, as stipulated in his father's will. The city of Siegen paid homage only to William and John Maurice, who only in 1635 re-admitted their elder brother John 'the Younger' into co-sovereignty. The latter soon restored the old order: in 1636, he again became the sole owner of his father's property, with the exception of Hilchenbach, which he left to William and he again governed the city of Siegen alone. John Maurice was again excluded from the county's sovereignty.
[22]
Death, burial and succession
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William died at Orsoy on 7/17 July 1642
[1]
[note 5]
and was buried at Heusden on 24 July 1642.
[3]
He left his part of the county of Nassau-Siegen to his half-brother John Maurice.
[2]
[29]
[30]
As field marshal of the Dutch States Army, he was succeeded by his brother-in-law
Johan Wolfert van Brederode
[
nl
]
.
[18]
[31]
Marriage and issue
[
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]
William married at Siegen Castle
[32]
on 17 January 1619
[1]
[note 6]
to Countess
Christiane of Erbach
(5 June 1596
[1]
[3]
[4]
[33]
?
Culemborg
, 6 July 1646
[1]
[note 7]
[3]
[4]
[33]
), daughter of Count
George III of Erbach
and Countess
Mary of Barby and Muhlingen
.
[1]
[3]
[4]
[33]
From this marriage the following children were born:
[33]
[34]
[35]
[36]
- John William (Siegen Castle, 28 October 1619
[note 8]
? Siegen Castle, 25 August 1623
Jul.
[note 9]
).
- Maurice Frederick
(Siegen Castle, 19 January 1621
[note 10]
? Calloo, 17 June 1638), was a captain in the Dutch States Army, was killed in the
Battle of Calloo
.
- Mary Magdalene (Siegen Castle, 21 October 1622
[note 11]
?
Spa
, 20/30 August 1647
[note 12]
), married in Culemborg on 25 August 1639 to Count
Philip Theodore of Waldeck-Eisenberg
(2 November 1614 ?
Korbach
, 7 December 1645).
- Ernestine Juliane (Siegen, 17/27 July 1624 ? Heusden, 9 July 1634).
[note 13]
- Elisabeth Charlotte (Emmerich, 11 March 1626
[note 14]
? Culemborg, 16 November 1694
Jul.
[note 15]
), married in Culemborg on 29 November/9 December 1643
[note 16]
to
Furst
George Frederick of Waldeck-Eisenberg
(
Arolsen
, 31 January 1620
Jul.
? Arolsen, 9 November 1692
Jul.
).
- Hollandine (Heusden, 2 March 1628
[note 17]
? Heusden, 14 October 1629
[note 18]
).
- Wilhelmine Christine
(1629
[note 19]
?
Hildburghausen
, 22 January 1700
[note 20]
), married at
Arolsen Castle
on 26 January 1660
[note 21]
to Count
Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen
(
Wildungen
, 31 July 1636 ?
Kandia
, 8 August 1669).
One of the daughters from this marriage was engaged to Count
Crato of Nassau-Saarbrucken
.
[40]
Known descendants
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]
William has several known descendants. Among them are:
- the
German Emperors
Wilhelm I
,
Frederick III
and
Wilhelm II
,
[41]
- the
monarchs
George IV
,
William IV
,
Victoria
,
Edward VII
,
George V
,
Edward VIII
,
George VI
,
Elizabeth II
and
Charles III
of the
United Kingdom
,
[41]
[42]
[43]
- the
kings
Leopold I
,
Leopold II
,
Albert I
,
Leopold III
,
Baudouin I
,
Albert II
and
Philippe I
of the
Belgians
.
[42]
[43]
- the
tsars
Ferdinand I
,
Boris III
and
Simeon II
of
Bulgaria
.
[43]
- the kings
Ferdinand II
,
Pedro V
,
Luis I
,
Carlos I
and
Manuel II
of
Portugal
,
[43]
- the
grand dukes
Adolph I
,
William IV
,
Marie-Adelaide
,
Charlotte
,
Jean I
and
Henri I
of
Luxembourg
,
[41]
- the
Romanian
writer
Carmen Sylva
.
[41]
Ancestors
[
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]
Notes
[
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]
- ^
"
Europaische Stammtafeln
says he was born on 12-8-1592, a date confirmed by Dek (1970), with mention of the place of birth. But a notification from the father sent from Siegen of 24 August 1592 (see State Archives Wiesbaden 170
III
, Korrespondenzen) indicates the date "13 hujus"."
[2]
- ^
Frederick of the Palatinate was the eldest son of Countess
Louise Juliane of Nassau
, the eldest daughter of Prince
William I 'the Silent' of Orange
and Duchess
Charlotte of Bourbon-Montpensier
.
- ^
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne had been married since 1595 to Countess
Elisabeth of Nassau
, the second daughter of Prince William I 'the Silent' of Orange and Duchess Charlotte of Bourbon-Montpensier.
- ^
Otto was the eldest son of Landgrave
Maurice of Hesse-Kassel
from his first marriage to
Agnes of Solms-Laubach
. Maurice remarried in 1603 to William's sister
Juliane
.
- ^
"See Menk (1967), p. 57. The author establishes that the death took place in Orsoy (Lower Rhine) on Thursday 7/17 July 1642, between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, and bases himself on the documents found in the Royal House Archive of the Netherlands (IV, 1444): a notification addressed to the widow from Orsoy on 7/17 July 1642 (≪heute den 7/17 disses ...≫) and an death announcement from a priest from Kampen (≪Donnerstag, den 7/17 juli 1642 zwischen 1 u. 2 Uhr nachmittags zu Orsoy ...≫)."
[2]
- ^
"The marriage is said to have taken place on 20-8-1616, according to
Europaische Stammtafeln
. Dek (1970) is closer to the truth when he puts forward the date of 16-1-1619 (without place). It is in fact on 17-1-1619 that the ceremony on the occasion of the baptism of
John Ernest
was celebrated, which had taken place on 10-1, old style, in Siegen (see State Archives Wiesbaden 170
III
: Count Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Diez answers to his brother John 'the Middle' of Nassau-Siegen about the marriage that followed the recent baptism in Siegen ≪auf nachstabgewichener Kindstauf zu Siegen mit dem Fraulein zu Erbach sein hochzeitliches Beilager gehalten≫). See also Royal House Archive of the Netherlands (4/1591 II): John 'the Middle' writes on 2?1?1619 in Siegen to his daughter Juliane with the request to arrive on the evening of the 16th to attend William's wedding on the 17th. On 3-1-1619, William personally requests the
Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
to arrive on the 16th in the evening to attend his wedding that would take place ≪den 17 dieses allhier≫. It is the marriage contract that was signed on the 16th, in Siegen."
[2]
- ^
"See Dek (1962). On the other hand, her daughter Mary Magdalene reports from Culemborg on 9-7-1646 that the death took place ≪auf den 1 huius des Vormittags um zehn Uhr≫."
[2]
- ^
"
Europaische Stammtafeln
and Dek (1970) write that he was born on 23-1-1620, which is absolutely incorrect: see State Archives Marburg 115, 2, 340, a notification addressed to the brother from Siegen on 29-10-1619: ≪diese vergangene Nacht≫. A document attached to his death notification also confirms this: ≪gebohren den 28ten 8ber intra 9 et 10≫."
[8]
- ^
"See State Archives Marburg (115, Waldeck, 2). A notification dated Siegen 25-8-1623 announces the death ≪gestrigen Sonntags (or Montags, the first letter, corrected, is illegible) zu morgen≫, which does not seem to correspond to the statement of the genealogists (
Europaische Stammtafeln
, Dek (1970), etc.) which indicate that he died on the 25th. But attached to this notification is a document stating that the child died on 25 August ≪intra 4 et 5≫. Therefore, it must be assumed that the author of the notification made a mistake, which he tried to correct by changing one letter of the word, as mentioned above. Since it is a Sunday or a Monday on the one hand, and 25-8 on the other, only the date Monday 25-8-1623 old style is acceptable. According to the new style, 25-8 fell on a Friday and 24 on a Thursday."
[8]
- ^
"Dek (1970) and
Europaische Stammtafeln
give the date 20-1, but a notification of the birth (see State Archives Marburg 115, 2, 340) dated Siegen 19-1-1621 mentions that the birth took place ≪heute dato≫."
[8]
- ^
"Born on the 26th in
Europaische Stammtafeln
and Dek (1970), but a notification of birth, dated Siegen 1-11-1622, says: ≪jungsthin den 21. abgelaufenen Monats 8bris≫. The place of birth must therefore be Siegen, where the parents lived until 1625 (see Menk (1967)). The inscription on the coffin reads: ≪nata XX Octobris MDCXXII ad fontes spadanos≫ (i.e. Spa, sic!). See Leiss (1928), p. 108."
[8]
- ^
"See State Archives Wiesbaden (130
II
7826), notification of death, Spa 20/30?8?1647: ≪heut frue umb halbvier Uhr, alhir zu Spa≫."
[8]
- ^
"This young countess is not mentioned in any printed genealogy. However, she is mentioned in a handwritten family tree, which is kept in the Royal House Archive of the Netherlands. The places and dates mentioned are confirmed by official notifications (see State Archives Marburg 115, 2, 340). In the notification of the birth, sent from Siegen on 23-7-1624, it says that the event took place ≪Samssdagth den 17/27 hujus≫."
[37]
- ^
"Born on 11-2-1626 at
Europaische Stammtafeln
I, 117; on 8-2-1626 at
Europaische Stammtafeln
I, 139 and on 11-3-1626 at Dek (1970). The latter date is confirmed by a notification preserved in the State Archives Marburg (115, Waldeck, 2) and dated Emmerich 12-3-1626: ≪gestriges tagks umb zwo Uhren vormittags≫."
[38]
- ^
"See State Archives Wiesbaden (130
II
2183): notification of death ≪allhier den 16. dieses fruh morgens zwischen 3 und 4 Uhr≫. The notification is dated Culemborg, unfortunately the date of dispatch is difficult to read: 10/20 or 18/28, making it impossible to establish the style of the death date with certainty. Hoffmeister (1883) wrongly claims it is the new style. There is in fact another notification (kept in the State Archives Karlsruhe Abt. 47 Nr. 1410) dated Culemborg 18-11 and stating that the Furstin died ≪den 16/26 dieses fruh morgens zw. 3 u. 4 Uhr≫. Therefore, it is 16 o.s."
[38]
- ^
"See State Archives Wiesbaden (170
III
), invitation from Culemborg 24-11-1643 for the wedding that will be celebrated ≪nachtskommenden Mittwoch den 29 November alten Kalenders auf meinem Hause≫. See the princely archives in Schloss Wittgenstein, F. 320 III, notification dated Culemborg 4-12-1643: ≪am verschienen Mittwoch 29. Novembris≫."
[38]
- ^
"See Dek (1962), p. 83 and 118 (with reproduction of the notification of birth). See also notification of birth in State Archives Marburg (115, Waldeck, 2)."
[38]
Strangely enough, Dek (1968), p. 276 and Dek (1970), p. 88 mention the date 6 March 1628.
- ^
"See notification of death in State Archives Marburg (115, Waldeck, 2)."
[38]
- ^
"She was certainly not born in 1625, as
Europaische Stammtafeln
claims. She was baptised in Heusden on 10-6-1629 and probably born there. However, it should be noted that William of Nassau-Siegen notified the birth of his daughter on 31-5-1629 from Ortheim (See: State Archives Wiesbaden 170
III
)."
[38]
- ^
"Died on 21-1-1700 according to
Europaische Stammtafeln
I, 117; on 22-1-1707 according to
Europaische Stammtafeln
I, 139 and Hoffmeister (1883), confirmed by Dek (1970), with Saalfeld as place of death. But the death does not occur in the parish registers of Saalfeld, neither in January 1700 nor in January 1707. Saalfeld must be excluded as a possible place of death.
Waldeckischer Helden ? und Regenten ? Saal
, a manuscript written in 1737 by the
Geheimrat
August von Klettenburg and preserved in the State Archives Marburg, mentions that the Furstin died at Cuylenborg in Holland on 21-1-1700. It is possible that she was mistaken for her sister-in-law Juliane Elisabeth, who was called ≪Grafin Culenborg≫ and died in 1707, which seems to be a cause of the mistake for some authors who, as we have seen, have the Furstin die in that year. Finally, in the book
Bau und Kunstdenkmaler, Kreis der Eder
is claimed that she died in Altwillungen Castle. None of these claims are true. The death certificate can be found in the parish registry of Hildburghausen, Stadtkirche, part I, p. 475 R, year 1700: ≪Die Hochgeb. Grafin u. Frau Wilhelmine Christina Verwittibte Grafin zu Waldeck Wildungen, gebohrene Grafin zu Nassau usw. wird aus diesem Hochfurstl. Residence Schlosse, den 22. January seelig Entschlafen, den 27, abendts umb 7 Uhr in Hochansehentlichen Leichenprocess von hier auf bis vors thor Begleithet, und so ferner auf Saaltfeld gebracht worden.≫"
[38]
- ^
"Dek (1970): married in Helsen, suburb of Arolsen 26-1-1660. This is a misinterpretation of the marriage certificate. One does indeed find in the Helsen parish records, the marriage certificate, but in this one it says: ≪1660 den 26 Januar ist der Hochgeborene Graff und Herr, Herr Josias Graff zu Waldeck u. Piermont ... mit der Hochgebohrenen Grafinnen Frewlein Wilhelmine Christina, Frewlein von Nassau, Catzenelnbogen, Vianden u. Diez,
uff Arolsen
abends umb 7 Uhren copulirt worden≫. One finds the date 26?1?1659 in
Europaische Stammtafeln
I, 117."
[39]
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