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. Alfred the Great (849-899)/s, Charlemagne (747-814)/s, Henry II of England (1133-1189)/s, Hugh Capet (c940-996)/s, William I of England (1027-1087)/s, Rollo of Normandy (860-932)/s.
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
| Offspring of Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg and Kunigunde Jakobäa von Pfalz (1556-1586) | |||
| 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) | |||
| Offspring of Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg and Johannetta von Sayn-Wittgenstein (1561-1622) | |||
| 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) | |||
Footnotes (including sources)
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