Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau

Countess Louise Juliana
Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau
Born	(1576-03-31)31 March 1576 Delft
Died	15 March 1644(1644-03-15) (aged 67) Königsberg
Noble family	Nassau
Spouse(s)	Frederick IV, Elector Palatine
Issue	Luise Juliane, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken Katharina Sofie Frederick V, Elector Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte, Electress of Brandenburg Anna Eleonore Louis William Maurice Christian Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern
Father	William the Silent
Mother	Charlotte of Bourbon

Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (31 March 1576 in Delft – 15 March 1644 in Königsberg) was a countess of the Palatinate by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and regent during the minority of her son from 1610 until 1611. She was the eldest daughter of William of Nassau, Prince of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier.

Biography

Louise Juliana as a girl

Louise Juliana was the first Dutch born member of the House of Orange-Nassau. After her father was murdered in 1584, she and some of her five sisters were raised by their stepmother Louise de Coligny.

On 23 June 1593, Louise Juliana married Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine.

After the death of her husband in 1610, she ruled in the name of her son Frederick V, known as "the Winter King."

Her regency was discontinued in 1611.

Issue

• Luise Juliane of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 16 July 1594 - Meisenheim, 28 April 1640); married in 1612 to Pfalzgraf John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.
• Katharina Sofie of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 10 June 1595 - Köln an der Spree, 28 June 1626).
• Frederick V, Elector Palatine (Jagdschloß Deinschwang, 16 August 1596 - Mainz, 29 November 1632).
• Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate (Neumarkt, 19 November 1597 - Crossen an der Oder, 26 April 1660); married in 1616 to Elector George William of Brandenburg.
• Anna Eleonore of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 4 January 1599 - Heidelberg, 10 October 1600).
• Louis William of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 5 August 1600 - Heidelberg, 10 October 1600).
• Maurice Christian of the Palatinate (Heidelberg, 18 September 1601 - Heidelberg, 28 March 1605).
• Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern (Heidelberg, 23 November 1602 - Krossen, 6 January 1655).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau

16. John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg 8. John V, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg 17. Maria van Loon-Heinsberg 4. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg 18. Henry III, Landgrave of Hesse 9. Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg 19. Countess Anna von Katzenelnbogen 2. William the Silent, Prince of Orange 20. Henry IX, Count of Stolberg 10. Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode 21. Mathilde von Mansfeld 5. Countess Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode 22. Philip I von Eppstein 11. Anna von Eppstein-Königstein 23. Louise de La Marck 1. Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau 24. Jean of Bourbon, Count de Vendôme 12. Louis of Bourbon, Prince de La Roche-sur-Yon 25. Isabelle de Beauvau 6. Louis of Bourbon, Duke de Montpensier 26. Gilbert of Bourbon, Count de Montpensier 13. Louise of Bourbon, Duchess de Montpensier 27. Clara Gonzaga 3. Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier 28. Philippe de Longvy, seigneur de Givry 14. Jean de Longwy 29. Jeanne de Bauffremont 7. Jacqueline de Longwy 30. Charles, Count d'Angoulême 15. Jeanne d'Angoulême 31. Antoinette de Polignac

Links

• "Louise Juliana, keurvorstin van de Palts" last accessed April 1, 2007