Count John VII of Nassau (7 June 1561 – 27 September 1623) was Count of Nassau in Siegen

Siegen

Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...

 and Freudenberg as John I. He was the second son of Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg

John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg

Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg was a Count of Nassau in Dillenburg. Other names he had were Jan VI or Jan de Oude....

 and his wife Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg.

Family and children

He was married twice. Firstly, he married on 9 December 1581 with Countess Magdalena of Waldeck

Countess Magdalena of Waldeck

Countess Magdalena of Waldeck was a daughter of Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen and his wife, Jutta of Isenburg .- First marriage :...

, daughter of Count Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen

Philip IV, Count of Waldeck

Count Philip IV of Waldeck was Count of Waldeck-Wildungen from 1513 to 1574...

 and Jutta of Isenburg. They had the following children:

1. Johann Ernst (21 October 1582 – 27 September 1617), a general in the Venetian army, involved in the Uskok War
   Uskok War
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   ;
2. Count John VIII of Nassau in Siegen (29 September 1583 – 27 July 1638)
3. Elizabeth (8 November 1584 – 26 July 1661), married on 26 July 1604 to Count Christian of Waldeck
4. Adolf (8 August 1586 – 7 November 1608)
5. Juliane
   Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg
   Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg , was the fifth child and second daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Dillenburg , who became Count John I of Nassau-Siegen when his father's inheritance was divided in 1606, and his wife Countess Magdalena of Waldeck .- Life :Juliane was married on...
   
    (3 September 1587 – 15 February 1643), married on 22 May 1603 to Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
   Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
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6. Anna Maria (3 March 1589 – 27 February 1620), married on 3 February 1611 to Count John Adolf of Daun
7. Johann Albrecht, born and died in 1590
8. Count William of Nassau
   William of Nassau-Hilchenbach
   William of Nassau-Siegen was Count of Nassau in Hilchenbach.- Life :William was the fourth son of John VII, Count of Nassau and his wife Magdalena von Waldeck-Wildungen .William was educated in the Reformed faith, and studied in Heidelberg and Sedan...
   
    in Hilchenbach
   Hilchenbach
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    (13 August 1592 – 18 July 1642)
9. Anna (2 March 1594 – 7 December 1636), married on 14 June 1619 Johann Wolfart von Brederode
10. Frederick Louis (2 February 1595 – 22 April 1600)
11. Magdalena (23 February 1596 – 6 December 1662), married:
    1. in August 1631 to Bernhard Moritz von Oeynhausen;
    2. on 25 August 1642 Philipp Wilhelm zu Inn und Knyphausen
12. John Frederick, born and died in 1597

Secondly, he married on 27 August 1603 with Duchess Margaretha of Holstein-Sonderburg, a daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. They had the following children:

1. Prince John Maurice of Nassau
   John Maurice of Nassau
   John Maurice of Nassau was count and prince of Nassau-Siegen.He was born in Dillenburg...
   
    (18 June 1604 – December 1679)
2. Prince George Frederick Louis (23 February 1606 – 2 October 1674) married Mauritia Eleonora of Portugal (1609-1674), daughter of Emilia of Nassau
   Emilia of Nassau
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   , daughter of William the Silent
   William the Silent
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    and daughter-in-law of António, Prior of Crato
   António, Prior of Crato
   António, Prior of Crato , was a grandson of King Manuel I of Portugal, claimant of the Portuguese throne during the 1580 dynastic crisis, who was King of Portugal as António I of Portugal during 33 days in the continent in 1580, and, after the crowning of Philip II of Spain as King of Portugal,...
   
   .
3. William Otto (22 June 1607 – 14 August 1641)
4. Luise Christiane (8 October 1608 – 19 December 1678), married on 4 July 1627 Marquis Philippe de Conflans
5. Sophie Margarete (16 April 1610 – May 1665), married on 13 January 1656 to Count Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum
   Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum
   Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum, count of Limburg Stirum, count of Bronckhorst, Lord of Wisch, Lichtenvoorde and Wildenborch, son of Jobst of Limburg....
   
   
6. Henry (9 August 1611 – 17 November 1652)
7. Marie Juliane (14 August 1612 – 21 January 1665), married on 13 December 1637 to Duke Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg
8. Amalie (2 September 1613 – 24 August 1669), married:
   1. on 23 April 1636 to Herman Wrangel
      Herman Wrangel
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   2. on 27 March 1649 to Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
      Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
      Christian Augustus was the Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1632 until 1708.-Life:Christian Augustus was born in Sulzbach in 1622 as the eldest son of Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach. He succeeded his father in 1632. Christian Augustus was a tolerant ruler...
      
      
9. Bernhard (18 November 1614 – 6 January 1617)
10. Christian (16 July 1616 – April 1644)
11. Katharine (1 August 1617 – 21 August 1645)
12. Johann Ernst (8 November 1618 – 23 November 1639)
13. Elisabeth Juliane (1 May 1620 – 13 May 1665), married in 1647 to Count Bernhard of Sayn-Wittgenstein

External links

• The Wetterau Association of Counts (Wittgenstein, Nassau-Dillenburg-Siegen, Wied)