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William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen
German count (1487-1559)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 10 April 1487
- Died
- 6 October 1559
- Place of birth
- Dillenburg
- Place of death
- Dillenburger Schloss, Dillenburg
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Father
- John V of Nassau-Siegen
- Child
- William the Silent, John VI, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Louis of Nassau, Maria of Nassau, Adolf of Nassau, Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg, Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg, Magdalena of Nassau-Dillenburg, Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg, Catharine of Nassau-Dillenburg, Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen
- Sibling
- Henry III of Nassau-Breda, Mary of Nassau-Siegen, Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen, John of Nassau-Siegen, Ernest of Nassau-Siegen
- Occupation
- Count of Diez
- Native language
- German
- birth name
- Wilhelm Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Oranje-Nassau, Schloss und Stadt Dillenburg, Siegerland und Nederland
- has works in the collection
- Royal Collections of the Netherlands
- name in native language
- Wilhelm I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen
- nickname
- der Ältere, der Reiche, Willem de Rijke, Willem de Oude
- noble title
- Graf, Count of Nassau-Siegen
- place of burial
- Evangelische Stadtkirche
- significant person
- Philipp Melanchthon
- social classification
- nobility
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