Johann VI. von Nassau-Dillenburg, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Stadtholder of Gelderland, was born 22 November 1535 in Wiesbaden to Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg (1487-1559) and Juliana zu Stolberg (1506-1580) and died 8 October 1606 Dillenburg of unspecified causes. He married Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg (1537-1579) 1 June 1559 JL in Dillenburg. He married Kunigunde Jakobäa von Pfalz (1556-1586) 1 September 1580 JL in Dillenburg. He married Johannetta von Sayn-Wittgenstein (1561-1622) 1 June 1586 in Bad Berleburg.
Johann was the principal author of the Union of Utrecht. His properties were divided among his five surviving sons, but as Wilhelm Ludwig died childless, Nassau-Dillenburg and Nassau-Beilstein were re-united under Georg.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
NN von Nassau-Dillenburg (1581-1581) | |||
Maria Amalia von Nassau-Dillenburg (1582-1635) | 27 July 1582 Dillenburg, Germany | 31 October 1635 Greifenstein, Germany | Wilhelm I. zu Solms-Braunfels (1570-1635) |
Cunigonda von Nassau (1583-1584) | |||
NN von Nassau-Dillenburg (1585-1585) |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Georg Ludwig von Nassau-Dillenburg (1588-1588) | |||
Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Hadamar (1590-1653) | 6 August 1590 Dillenburg, Hesse, Germany | 10 March 1653 Hadamar, Hesse, Germany | Ursula zur Lippe (1598-1638) |
Johanetta Elisabeth von Nassau (1593-1654) | |||
Anna von Nassau (1594-1654) | |||
Magdalena von Nassau-Dillenburg (1595-1633) | 13 November 1595 Dillenburg, Germany | 31 July 1633 Michelstadt, Germany | Georg Albrecht I. von Erbach-Erbach (1597-1647) |
Anna Amalia von Nassau-Dillenburg (1599-1667) | 19 July 1599 | 4 May 1667 Birstein, Hesse, Germany | Wilhelm Otto von Isenburg-Birstein (1597-1667) |
Juliana von Nassau (1602-1602) |
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