Answer the following question: Facts: - issue: countess , countess of hohenlohe-langenburg maria philip william , prince of orange maria - death place: breda , duchy of brabant - succession: princess leerdam countess of lingen lady of egmond consort of orange countess of buren countess of - reign: 6 1548 - 24 march 1558 -lrb- 10 years -rrb- july 1551 - 24 march 1558 24 december - successor: william the silent - death date: 24 march 1558 -lrb- aged 25 -rrb- - predecessor: maximiliaan van egmond - spouse: william i , prince of orange - mother: francoise de lannoy - house: house orange-nassau -lrb- by marriage -rrb- of egmond -lrb- by birth -rrb- house of - father: maximiliaan van egmond - birth date: march 1533 - name: anna van egmont - image: anna von egmond.jpg - birth place: grave , duchy of brabant Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anna van egmont .
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anna van egmont -lrb- march 1533 -- 24 march 1558 -rrb- was a wealthy dutch heiress who became the first wife of william the silent , prince of orange .anna was born in grave .as the only child of maximiliaan van egmond and francoise de lannoy , she was '' suo jure '' countess of buren and lady of egmond .she was also countess of lingen and of leerdam , and lady of ijsselstein , of borssele , of grave , of cranendonck , of jaarsveld , of kortgene , of sint maartensdijk , and of odijk .in 1551 she married william the silent in buren , and thereby he earned the titles lord of egmond and count of buren .by william she had three children : countess maria of nassau -lrb- 22 november 1553 -- after 23 july 1555 -rrb- , died in infancy philip william , prince of orange -lrb- 19 december 1554 -- 20 february 1618 -rrb- , married eleonora of bourbon-conde , no issue countess maria of nassau -lrb- 7 february 1556 -- 10 october 1616 -rrb- , married count philip of hohenlohe-neuenstein , no issue anna died and was buried in breda .