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Encyclopedia > Louise Juliana of Nassau

Louise Juliana of Nassau (1576-1644) was the daughter of William the Silent of Orange and Charlotte of Bourbon. After her father was murdered in 1584, she and her five sisters were raised by their stepmother Louise de Coligny. Events May 5 - Peace of Beaulieu or Peace of Monsieur (after Monsieur, the Duc dAnjou, brother of the King, who negotiated it). ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... William I (William the Silent) William I of Orange-Nassau (April 24, 1533 – July 10, 1584), also widely known as William the Silent [Dutch: Willem de Zwijger], was born in the House of Nassau, and became Prince of Orange in 1544. ...


She married Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine. After the death of her husband in 1610, she reigned in the name of her son Frederick V, who is also nicknamed the Winter King. Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (March 5, 1574-September 19, 1610), only surviving son of Louis VI, Elector Palatine, called Frederick the Righteous (in German, Friedrich Der Aufrichtige; in French Frédéric IV le juste). ... Frederick is also called the Winter King of Bohemia because his peers derisively thought he would only last through the Winter before he would be overthrown. ...


References

  • "Louise Juliana, keurvorstin van de Palts" last accessed April 1, 2007


 

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