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| Willem I of Nassau Prince of Orange |
Prince of Orange
1544-1584
Also known as:
Prince Wilhelm of Orange 1545
William of Orange
Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands 1559
2nd Prince of Orange
Count of Nassau-Orange
Count of Katzenelnbogen
Count of Vianden
Count of Dietz.
Son of Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg & Julian zu Stolberg.
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| Anna van Egmont Princess of Orange @Wikipedia |
Husband of:
1. Anna van Egmont (1533-1558), mar 1551, daughter of Maximiliaan van Egmont & Françoise de Lannoy.
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| Anna of Saxony Princess of Orange @Wikipedia |
2. Anna von Sachsen (1544-1577), mar 1561, div 1574, daughter of Moritz von Sachsen & Agnes von Hessen
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| Charlotte of Bourbon Princess of Orange @Wikipedia |
3. Charlotte de Bourbon (1547-1582), mar 1575, daughter of Louis II de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier & Jacqueline de Longwy.
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| Louise de Coligny Princess of Orange @Wikipedia |
4. Louise de Coligny (1555-1620), mar 1583, daughter of Gaspard II de Coligny, Comte de Coligny & Charlotte de Laval
" . . . William of Orange was separated from his wife, Anne of Saxony, who became the mistress of a gentleman known in correspondence of the house of Nassau as R-----. R's wife, to round the circle of adultery, was the paramour of Count Jean de Nassau, younger brother of William. The Prince of Orange himself was yet to be husband to an apostate nun, and finally son-in-law to Coligny. But Cardinal Chatillon and wife, as they were called in England, seemed models of conjugal felicity as they were met and entertained by one after another of the new Protestant nobility whose names are conspicuous in the annals of Freemasonry." (Philip II (1527-1598)
William's "other exercises".
"In addition to the Elincx affair, there are hints of other exploits. William was allegedly involved with a certain Barbara of Lier and a Mademoiselle de Maudrimont. In a letter, the prince also mentioned his excitement over upcoming adventures with a blonde after enjoying the favors of a brunette sometime in the middle of 1560. At the same time, Orange was engaged in deep talks with the Saxon court about marrying Anna." (Anna of Saxony: The Scarlet Lady of Orange)
Lover in 1558.
"After passing the spring in deep mourning, the prince had tired of the single life by summer. Being a widower did not suit him well, William confessed to his brother John of Nassau, as he spent his time with a number of women. 'In those years,' Orange later admitted, 'I had nothing so much in my head as the play of arms, the chase, and other exercises suitable to young lords.' To his mother's distress, those 'other exercises' centered on a Flemish girl named Eva Elincx, a burgomaster's daughter from the city of Emmerich on the Rhine. To judge by her later conduct, William's paramour was no professional courtesan, but a pretty patrician's daughter. Eva hailed from a respectable family who chose to look the other way in view of her admirer's station in life. After giving birth to a son who was acknowledged and educated by his father under the name of Justin of Nassau, Eva gradually passed out of her lover's life, and out of history, as the respectable wife of a respectable burgher, the secretary Abraham Arondeaux. As for Justin, 'le petit Monseigneur,' he appears among the list of pages at his father's Dutch country estate and later gained fame as an admiral and governor of the city of Breda, his career unhampered by his illegitimacy." (Anna of Saxony: The Scarlet Lady of Orange)
Natural offspring:
a. Justin van Nassau (1559-1631), illegitimate son of William, Prince of Oragne and his mistress Eva Elincx. Appointed lieutenant admireal of Zaeeland, 28 February 1585, Governor of Breda, 1601-25, when he surrended the city to the Spanish after an eleven-month siege." (The Spanish Armada)
2) Barbara of Lier.
3) Mademoiselle de Maudrimont.
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| Maurits of Orange-Nassau Prince of Orange @Wikipedia |
Also known as Maurits van Nassau.
Count of Nassau
Stathouder de Hollande 1585.
Son of: Willem I van Oranje-Nassau, Prince of Orange & Anna von Sachsen.
His lovers were:
1) Anna van de Kelder (d.1674)
Natural offspring:
a. Carel Maurits van Oranje-Nassau (d.1646)
"Prince Maurits had a long affair with Margaretha van Mechelen by whom he fathered his first three illegitimate children. However, army life was rough and lonely, resulting in several more illegitimate children. Sadly, only the children of Margarethe van Mechelen were regarded almost as members of the family as it was expected Maurits would marry her. His other illegitimate children were hardly aware of each other yet were not neglected. (Dinastias)
2) Cornelia Jacobsdochter.
Natural offspring:
a. Anna van Nassau (d.1673)
3) Deliana de Backer.
Natural offspring:
a. Eleonora van Oranje-Nassau (1620-1693/1703)
married Gerhard Bernhard, Freiherr von Pollnitz (1620-1676)
Also known as Joghen Arentsdochter van Alphen
Natural offspring:
a. Carel van Nassau (1612-1637)
5) Margarethe van Mechelen (1581-1662)
Also known as Margareta van Mechelen.
Natural offspring:
a. Willem van Nassau, Heer van de Lek (1601-1627)
b. Lodewijk van Nassau, Prins van Nassau, Seigneur de Beverweerd (1602-1665)
c. Maurits van Nassau (1604-1617)
" . . . Maurice, whose relationship to freule Margaretha of Mechelen had been emotionally a kind of marriage, but without the public and ceremonial aspects of formal wedded status, had not interfered with his brother's preference until he realized his own death was nearing; then he put his put down his foot. Frederick Henry, already forty-one years of age, must marry at once and assure the continuation of the family; else Maurice would legitimize his own children by his mistress. . . ." (Rowen: 59)
" . . . Maurits never married, but did have three sons with Margaretha van Mechelen, a distant relative. The sons enjoyed a genteel education at the court, Margaretha owned a house in The Hague close to Maurits' quarters, and one at Rijswijk, close to Maurits' stud farm, but she was not part of his court. Maurits had also five children with five 'women for one night' who had a lower status. Unlike Margaretha's sons, they did not participate in Maurits' funeral in 1625. . . ." (Designing a New World: 151)
(Venema: 151) [Bio2:Historici]
6) Ursula de Rijk.
Natural offspring:
a. Elisabeth van Nassau (1611-1679)
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| Frederick Henry Prince of Orange- @Wikipedia |
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| Amalia of Solms-Braunfels Princess of Orange @Wikipedia |
Husband of Amalia von Solms-Braunfels (1602-1675)
His lovers were:
1) Amalia van Solms-Braunfels, Princess of Orange (1603-1675), mar 1625, daughter of Johann Albrect I von Solms-Braunfels & Agnes von Sayn-Wittgenstein
" . . . Frederick Henry, already forty-one years of age, must marry at once and assure the continuation of the family; else Maurice would legitimize his own children by his mistress. Since this would deprive him of the heritage that would otherwise come to him, Frederick Henry knuckled under. He took as his bride his current mistress, the German-born Countess Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, a lady-in-waiting in the miniature court-in-exile of Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia. . . ." (Rowen: 59)
2. Margareta Katharina Bruyne.
Also known as Margarethe Catharina Bruyns
Natural offspring:
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| Willem II Prince of Orange @Wikipedia |
(1626-1650)
Prince of Orange
1647-1650
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| Mary of England Princess of Orange @Wikipedia |
Husband of Mary of England (1631-1660), mar 1641, daughter of Charles I of England & Henrietta Maria of France
His lovers were:
1) Johanna Silfvercrona.
". . . Henne de Bommert Sylvercroon, the stepdaughter of the Swedish envoy in The Hague, Pieter Spierinck . . . (was) not known for a virtuous life, had many love affairs, so the rumors (about paternity of her son) could well have been true." (Frey & Frey: 10)
"In 1687 Major-General Tassin de Torsay was a Huguenot soldier of enormous influence in the Netherlands, in part due to his family connection to William of Orange. His brother, Charles Tassin d'Alonne, was married to one Johanna Silfvercrona who bore a son in 1646; the boy was her love-child by William II, Prince of Orange. This child, Abel Tassin d'Alonne had a fine career as secretary to Queen Mary II and later as private secretary to William in England. Jean Rou, in his memoirs, speaks of de Torsay's 'nephew', d'Alonne, at some length and mentions a letter which he received from the Major-General, naming d'Alonne as his nephew. D'Alonne had no children, but when he died in 1723, he left wills in both England and Holland naming cousins of the Damin, Brunier, Joly, Silfvercrona, Van Cralingue, Willocquaus and de Guickery families. He also left money to establish schools for the instruction of 'young children of negro slaves' in the West Indies." (War, Religion and Service: Huguenot Soldiering, 1685–1713)
2) Margarethe van de Merwede.
Natural Offspring:
a. Abel Tassin d'Alonne:
". . . Abel Tassin d'Alonne . . . acted as private secretary to Princess Mary from the very moment onwards that she came to live in The Hague after she married Stadholder William III; and he stayed so after her return in England until her demise in 1695. It was generally believed that he was an illegitimate brother of the Stadholder-King but there is no conclusive proof of this. There is little doubt, however, that he was a man of influence at the Dutch Court and that he was a confidant of the royal couple. . . . " (Leeuw Bergstra, 2007, p. 343)
COUNTS OF HOLLAND.
Dirk VI van Holland.
His lover was:
Unnamed mistress.
Natural offspring:
a. Robert (d. bef.1190)
Floris V van Holland (1254-1296)
Count of Holland.
Son of: Willem II van Holland & Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Luneburg.
Husband of Beatrix de Dampierre.
His lovers were:
1) Unnamed mistress.
Natural offspring:
a. Witte van Haamstede (d.c1280)
b. Gerhard van Haamstede
c. Willem van Holland
d. Peter van Haamstede
e. Katharina van Haamstede.
2) Agatha N.
Natural offspring:
a. Willem von Haamstede
b. Alida von Haamstede
3. Dirk von Haamstede
Willem II van Holland.
His lover was:
Johanna Silfvercrona.
Also known as Jenne (Jeanne?) de Bommert Sylvercroon.
Natural Offspring: "In 1687 Major-General Tassin de Torsay was a Huguenot soldier William of Orange. His brother, Charles Tassin d'Alonne, was married to one Johanna Silfvercrona who bore a son in 1646; the boy was her love-child by William II, Prince of Orange. This child, Abel Tassin d'Alonne, was, therefore, the ilegitimate half-brother of William III. Abel Tassin d'Alonne had a fine career as secretary to Queen Mary II and later as private secretary to William in England. . . . " (Glozier & Onnekink: 134)
Personal & Family Background: ". . . Jenne de Bommert Sylvercroon (was) the stepdaughter of the Swedish envoy in The Hague, Pieter Spierinck. . . . " (Frey & Frey, 1995, p.10)
Spouse & Children: She married ". . . Charles d'Alonne, a Walloon infantry captain in the service of the States-General. . . . " (Frey & Frey, 1995, p. 10)
Willem III of Holland (1286-1337)
Count of Hainaut 1302
Count of Ostrevant 1304
Count of Holland 1304
Count of Friesland 1304
Count of Zeeland 1304.
Also known as:
Guillaume I de Hainaut
Willem III van Zeeland
Husband of: Jeanne de Valois.
His lovers were:
1) Unnamed mistress.
Natural offspring:
a. Jan van de Poel batard de Hainaut (d.1392)
2) Unnamed mistress.
Natural offspring:
a. Jan Aeleman, batard de Hainaut (d.1389)
b. Claas van de Gheijne, batard de Hainaut (fl.1347)
c. Jan van Dolre, batard de Hainaut
d. Willem, batard de Hainaut (fl.1339)
e. Jan Zuurmond, batard de Hainaut (fl.1385)
f. Aleide, batarde de Hainaut (d.1332), Nun.
Willem IV van Holland (1307-1345)
Count of Hainaut 1337
Count of Holland 1337
Count of Zeeland 1337.
Also known as:
Guillaume II de Hainaut
Willem IV van Holland.
Son of: Willem III van Holland & Jeanne de Valois.
Husband of: Jeanne de Brabant, mar 1334, daughter of Jean III de Hainaut & Marie d'Evreux.
His lover was:
Unnamed mistress.
Natural offspring:
a. Adam van Berwaerde
b. Jan van Henegouwen, Heer van Sissingen.
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