John Vi Of Nassau-dillenburg

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John VI was second son of Count William I Of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife Juliane Of Stolberg-Wernigerode and brother of William I Of Orange . He was the principal author of the Union Of Utrecht .

FAMILY AND CHILDREN

John VI was married three times. Firstly, he was married on 16 June 1559 with Elisabeth Of Leuchtenberg (1537 – 6 July 1579 ) and had in this marriage the following children:
# Count Willem Lodewijk "Us Heit" ( 13 March 1560 – 31 May 1620 )
# Count John VII Of Nassau-Siegen ( 7 June 1561 – 27 September 1623 )
# Count Georg Of Nassau-Dillenburg ( 1 September 1562 – 9 August 1623 )
# Elisabeth ( 24 January 1564 – 5 May 1611 ), married:
## on 3 October 1583 to Count Philipp IV Of Nassau-Saarbrücken
## on 7 May 1603 to Count Wolfgang Ernst I Of Isenburg-Büdingen
# Juliana ( 6 October 1565 – 4 October 1630 ), married:
## on 24 April 1588 to Wild and Rheingraf Adolf Henry Of Dhaun
## on 8 February 1619 to Count John Albrecht I Of Solms-Braunfels
# Philipp ( 1 December 1566 – 3 September 1595 )
# Maria ( 12 November 1568 – 10 May 1625 ), married on 2 December 1588 to Count John Louis I Of Nasau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
# Anna Sibylla ( 29 September 1569 – 19 December 1576 )
# Mathilde ( 27 December 1570 – 10 May 1625 ), married on 24 June 1592 to Count Wilhelm V Of Mansfeld-Arnstein
# Albert, born and died in 1572
# Count Ernst Casimir Of Nassau-Diez ( 22 December 1573 – 2 June 1632 )
# Louis Günther ( 15 February 1575 – 12 September 1604 )

Secondly, he married on 13 September 1580 with Kunigunde Jakobäa Of Simmern (1556-1586) and had in this marriage two daughters:
# Amalie ( 27 July 1582 – 31 October 1635 ), married on 23 August 1600 to Count Wilhelm I Of Solms-Braunsfeld-Greiffenstein
# Kunigunde ( 12 July 1583 – 4 April 1584 )

Thirdly, he married on 14 June 1586 to Johannetta Of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1561-1622) and had in this marriage the following children:
# Georg Ludwig, born and died in 1588
# Prince John Louis Of Nassau-Hadamar ( 6 August 1590 – 10 March 1653 )
# Johannette Elisabeth ( 13 February 1593 – 13 September 1654 ), married on 16 December 1616 to Count Conrad Gumprecht Of Bentheim-Limburg
# Anna ( 24 November 1594 – 11 February 1660 ), married on 19 June 1619 to Count Philipp Ernst Of Isenburg-Birstein
# Magdalene ( 13 November 1595 – 31 July 1633 ), married on 29 May 1624 to Count Georg Albrecht I Of Erbach
# Anna Amalie ( 19 July 1599 – 4 May 1667 ), married on 25 November 1648 to Count Wilhelm Otto Of Isenburg-Birstein
# Juliane, born and died in 1602