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Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg

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Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg
Born(1582-08-27)27 August 1582
Died31 October 1635(1635-10-31) (aged 53)
Noble familyHouse of Nassau
Spouse(s)William I, Count of Solms-Braunfels
FatherJohn VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
MotherKunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern

Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg (27 August 1582 – 31 October 1635) was a daughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife, Countess Palatine Kunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern.

Marriage and issue

In 1600, she married her cousin William I, Count of Solms-Braunfels, a son of Conrad of Solms-Braunfels and Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, who was Maria Amalia's aunt. William I and Maria Amalia had the following children:

  • Joanna Elisabeth (27 December 1602 – 27 March 1627)
  • John Conrad (17 December 1603 – 4 December 1635), married Anna Margaret of Solms-Hohensolms
  • Juliana (30 May 1605 – 16 August 1629)
  • Sabine (b. 9 July 1606), married George Hartmann of Zinzendorf-Pottendorf
  • Amalia (11 September 1607 – 4 November 1608)
  • William II (9 August 1609 – 19 July 1676), married Jhanetta Sibylla of Solms-Hohensolms and, secondly, Ernestine Sophie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
  • Louis (7 April 1614 – 7 November 1676), married Anna Maria of Criechingen
  • Kunigunde (18 June 1615 – 22 October 1635)
  • Anna Amalia (2 June 1617 – 4 November 1635), married Philip Reinhard II of Solms-Hohensolms
  • Ernest Casimir (11 June 1620 – 9 August 1648)