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Family tree of the House of Orange (1450–1815)

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A summary family tree of the House of Orange-Nassau[1]

From the joining of the house of Nassau-Breda/Dillenburg and the House of Châlon-Arlay-Orange to the end of the Dutch Republic is shown below. The family spawned many famous statesmen and generals, including two of the acknowledged "first captains of their age", Maurice of Nassau and the Marshal de Turenne.

John V
Count of Nassau-Siegen
1455–1516
Stadholder of Gelderland

John IV
Prince of Orange, 1475–1502

William
the Rich
Count of Nassau-Siegen 1487- 1559

Henry III
Count of Nassau-Breda
1483–1538

Claudia
of Châlon
1498–1521
Philibert
of Châlon
of Châlon
Prince of Orange
1502–1530

William I
"the Silent"
1533–1584
Prince of Orange 1544
Stadholder of Holland, Zealand & Utrecht

Louis
1538–1574
Adolf
1540–1568
Henry
1550–1574
John VI
"the Elder"
1536–1606
Stadholder of Gelderland
René
of Châlon
1519–1544
Prince of Orange
r.1521

Philip William
1554–1618
Prince of Orange
r.1584

Maurice
1567–1625
Prince of Orange
r.1618
Stadholder of Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, etc.

Frederick Henry
1584–1647
Prince of Orange
r.1625
Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, & etc.

Louise Juliana
1576–1644
married Frederick IV Elector Palatine from whom the British royal family descends
Elisabeth
1577–1642
married Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne
Duke of Bouillon
(illeg.)
Justinus van Nassau
1559–1631
Admiral & General
Governor of Breda 1601–1625
William Louis
"Us Heit"
Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
1560–1620
Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe
Ernst Casimir
Count of Nassau-Dietz
1573–1632
Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe
John VII
"the Middle"
Count of Nassau-Siegen
r.1561–1623
(illeg.)
William
of Nassau
1601–1627
Lord of de Lek
(illeg.)
Louis of Nassau
Lord of De Lek and Beverweerd
1602–1665
Charles I
King of England
1630-1685
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia
(1596–1662)
Frederick V
Elector Palatine
r.1610
King of Bohemia
r.1619–1621
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne
Vicomte de Turenne & Marshal-General of France
1611–1675
James II
King of England

Mary
Princess Royal

William II
1626–1650
Prince of Orange & Stadholder of Holland, Zealand, etc, r.1647

Louise Henriette
1627–1667
married Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
(illeg.)
Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein
1608–1672
general of the army
Albertine Agnes
1634–1696)
William Frederick
1613–1664
Count —later Prince— of Nassau-Dietz, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
Henry Casimir I
Count of Nassau-Dietz
1612–1640
Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
John Maurice
"the Brazilian"
Prince of Nassau-Siegen
1604–1679
Governor of Dutch Brazil
Field Marshal of the Dutch Army
Mary II
Queen of England

William III
1650–1702
Prince of Orange 1650
Stadholder of Holland, Zealand, etc, 1672
King of England, 1689

ceded claims to the lands of Orange to France in 1713 but kept right to use the title in its German form.
Kings of Prussia and later German Emperors
currently Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia, "Prinz von Oranien"
Earls of Rochford in EnglandHenry Casimir II
Prince of Nassau-Dietz
1657–1696
Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
John William Friso
1687–1711
appointed heir by William III
Prince of Orange
r.1702
Stadholder of Frieslandr.1696

Anne
Princess Royal of England
William IV
1711–1751
Prince of Orange
Stadholder of Holland, Zealand, etc. 1747

Wilhelmina of PrussiaWilliam V
1748–1806
Prince of Orange
r.1751
Stadholder of Holland, Zealand, etc.
r.1751–1795

Carolina
1743–1787
Charles Christian
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
r.1735–1788
Princess Louise
of Orange-Nassau
1770–1819
married Karl, Hereditary Prince of Braunschweig(-Wolfenbuttel)
Prince Frederick
of Orange-Nassau
1774–1799
William VI
Fürst of Nassau-Orange-Fulda
1803–1806
Fürst of Nassau-Orange
Prince of Orange
r.1806
later
William I
King of the Netherlands
r.1815

Frederick William
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
1768–1816
Royal Family of the NetherlandsWilliam
Duke of Nassau
1792–1839
Adolphe
1817–1905
Duke of Nassau
r.1839–1866
Grand Duke of Luxembourg
r.1890–1905
Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg
William I, 1772–1843, King of the Netherlands, 1815–1840

Wilhelmina of Prussia
William II, 1792–1849, King of the Netherlands, 1840

Anna Pavlovna of Russia
Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, 1797–1881


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Princess Pauline of Orange-Nassau, 1800–1806Princess Marianne of the Netherlands, 1810–1883

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married Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)
Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont

William III, 1817–1890, King of the Netherlands, 1849

Sophia of Württemberg

Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, 1818–1848Prince Henry of the Netherlands, "the Navigator" 1820–1879Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, 1824–1897 married Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachPrincess Louise of the Netherlands,1828–1871 married Charles XV of SwedenPrincess Marie of the Netherlands, 1841–1910 married William, Prince of Wied one son was William, Prince of Albania
Wilhelmina, 1880–1962, Queen of the Netherlands, 1890–1948


To 1907 after 1907
Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1876–1934, Prince of the Netherlands

William, Prince of Orange 1840–1879

Prince Maurice of the Netherlands, 1843–1850Alexander, Prince of Orange, 1851–1884

Juliana 1909–2004, Queen of the Netherlands, 1948–1980

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of the Netherlands 1911–2004

Beatrix,1938–, Queen of the Netherlands,1980–2013

Claus van Amsberg,1926–2002, Prince of the Netherlands

Princess Irene of the Netherlands, 1939, m.(1964–1981) Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma, 4 children not eligible for thronePrincess Margriet of the Netherlands, 1943–

Pieter van VollenhovenPrincess Christina of the Netherlands,(1947–2019), m. Jorge Pérez y Guillermo (m. 1975; div. 1996), 3 children not eligible for throne
William-Alexander of the Netherlands,1967–


Prince of Orange & Heir Apparent, 1980–2013, King of the Netherlands, 2013–
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands

Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau 1968–2013 m.(2004) Mabel Wisse Smit without permission, his children are not eligible for the throne and he was no longer a Prince of the Netherlands after his marriagePrince Constantijn of the Netherlands, 1969–

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands4 sons, 2 of whom were eligible for the throne until Beatrix abdicated in 2013

Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands,2003– Princess of Orange & heiress apparent, 2013–

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, 2005–

Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, 2007–

Countess Eloise of Orange-Nassau, 2002–Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, 2004–Countess Leonore of Orange-Nassau, 2006–

References

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  1. ^ "Official Website of the Dutch Royal House". Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst (RVD), The Hague, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  2. ^ Rietstap, Johannes Baptist (1875). Handboek der Wapenkunde. the Netherlands: Theod. Bom. p. 348. Prins FREDERIK: Het koninklijke wapen, in 't shcildhoofd gebroken door een rooden barensteel, de middelste hanger beladen met een regtopstaanden goud pijl.
  3. ^ Junius, J.H. (1894). Heraldiek. the Netherlands: Frederik Muller. p. 151. ...de tweede oon voert het koninklijk wapen gebroken door een barensteel van drie stukken met een zilveren pijl.
  4. ^ Junius, J.H. (1894). Heraldiek. the Netherlands: Frederik Muller. p. 151. ...is het wapen afgebeeld van de oudste dochter van den Koning der Nederlanden. De barensteel is van keel en beladen met een gouden koningskroon.

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