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Encyclopedia > Johan of Nassau

Count Johan of Nassau (November 22, 1535 – October 8, 1606) was the brother of William I of Orange. Other names he had were Jan VI or Jan de Oude. He was the second son of Willem of Nassau. November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... Events January 27 - The trial of Guy Fawkes and other conspirators begins ending in their execution on January 31 May 17 - Supporters of Vasili Shusky invade the Kremlin and kill pretender Dmitri December 26 - Shakespeares King Lear performed in court Storm buries a village of St Ismails near... William I (William the Silent) William I, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau (April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584) was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. ... William of Nassau (1487-1559), count of Nassau-Dillenburg, was a nobleman of the house of Nassau. ...


He was the principal author of the Union of Utrecht. For the union of old Catholic churches named Union of Utrecht, see Old Catholic Church. ...


He was married to:

  • Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (1537-1579)
  • Cunigonda v.d. Palts (1556-1586)
  • Johannetta van Sayn-Wittgenstein (1561-1622)

His son was Jan VII of Nassau. Jan VII of Nassau-Siegen was father of John Maurice of Nassau. ...


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Nassau was founded by the British in the mid-17th century as Charles Towne, but it was renamed to Nassau after William III of Orange-Nassau in 1695.
Nassau was subjected to numerous attempted invasions by the Spanish during the late 18th century, and in 1776 it was captured and briefly held by American revolutionaries.
Maurice of Nassau (in Dutch ''Maurits van Nassau'') (14 November 1567–23 April 1625), Prince of Orange (1618–1625), son of William the Silent and Princess Anna of Saxony, was born at the castle of Dillenburg.
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