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Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg
Portret van Elisabeth, gravin van Nassau (1542-1603)
Born(1542-09-25)25 September 1542
Dillenburg
Died18 November 1603(1603-11-18) (aged 61)
Dillenburg
Noble familyHouse of Nassau
Spouse(s)Conrad, Count of Solms-Braunfels
FatherWilliam I, Count of Nassau-Siegen
MotherJuliana of Stolberg

Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg (25 September 1542, Dillenburg – 18 November 1603, Dillenburg) was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg and one of the sisters of William the Silent.

Marriage and issue

On 16 June 1559, she married Count Conrad of Solms-Braunfels at the age of 16. They had 14 children, nine of whom lived to adulthood:

  • Philip Frederick (13 October 1560 – 26 June 1567), died in childhood
  • Juliana (5 February 1562 – 19 February 1563), died in childhood
  • John Albert I (5 March 1563 – 14 May 1623), married Countess Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein. They were the parents of Amalia of Solms-Braunfels.
  • Eberhard (11 January 1565 – 12 February 1596)
  • Elisabeth (18 March 1566 – 28 July 1570), died in childhood
  • Ernest (18 November 1568 – 24 August 1595)
  • William I (18 April 1570 – 3 February 1635), married Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg
  • Otto (3 January 1572 – 23 July 1610)
  • Reinhard (27 March 1573 – unknown), married Walburga Anna of Daun and, secondly Elisabeth of Salm
  • Philip (29 March 1575 – 20 January 1628)
  • Juliana (7 May 1578 – 1634), married Louis II of Sayn-Wittgenstein
  • Anna Elisabeth (15 April 1580 – 18 August 1580), died in infancy
  • Henry (10 March 1582 – 23 April 1602)
  • Anna Maria (3 January 1585 – 19 June 1586), died in childhood

Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, a daughter of her eldest son John Albert I, married her nephew Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.

Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg, the second wife of her son William I, was a daughter of Elisabeth's brother John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg from his second marriage to Kunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern, so Elisabeth was both Maria's aunt and her mother-in-law.

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