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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
  1. ^ "Official Website of the Dutch Royal House". Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst (RVD), The Hague, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2013-04-30.