Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau

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Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau

Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (Antwerp, 18 August 1579 – St.Croix (near Poitiers), 16 April 1640) was the fourth daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

[edit] Biography

After her mother's death in 1582 her French grandfather asked for Charlotte Flandrina to stay with him. She became a Roman Catholic and entered a convent in 1593.

[edit] Ancestry

Countess Charlotte Flandrina's ancestors in three generations
Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau Father:
Prince William of Orange
(1533–1584)
Paternal Grandfather:
Count William I of Nassau-Dillenburg
(1487–1559)
Paternal Great-grandfather:
Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg
(1455–1516)
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
(1466–1523)
Paternal Grandmother:
Countess Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode
(1506–1580)
Paternal Great-grandfather:
Botho VIII of Stolberg-Wernigerode
(1467–1538)
Paternal Great-grandmother:
Anna of Epstein-Königstein (1482–1538)
Mother:
Charlotte of Bourbon
(1547–1582)
Maternal Grandfather:
Louis de Bourbon-Montpensier
(1513–1582)
Maternal Great-grandfather:
Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme
(1473–1520)
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Louise de Bourbon-Montpensier
(1482–1561)
Maternal Grandmother:
Jacqueline de Longwy-Bar
(before 1524-1561)
Maternal Great-grandfather:
Jean IV de Longwy, Seigneur de Givry, Baron de Pagny et Mirebeau
Maternal Great-grandmother:
Jeanne d'Angoulême

[edit] References

Charlotte Flandrina: biography on Worldroots


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