Q:Facts: - burial place: grote kerk -lrb- breda -rrb- - deathplace: saint-dizier , france - caption: rene of chalon - mother: claudia of chalon - death date: 15 july 1544 -lrb- aged 25 -rrb- - spouse: anna of lorraine - father: henry iii of nassau-breda - birth date: 5 february 1519 - name: rene of chalon , prince of orange - image: rene van chalon.jpg - death place: saint-dizier , kingdom of france - birth place: breda , duchy of brabant - birthplace: breda , duchy of brabant Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rene of chalon .
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rene of chalon -lrb- 5 february 1519 -- 15 july 1544 -rrb- , also known as renatus of chalon , was a prince of orange and stadtholder of holland , zeeland , utrecht and gelre .rene was born in breda , the only son of count henry iii of nassau-breda and claudia of chalon .claudia 's brother , philibert of chalon , was the last prince of orange from the house of chalon .when philibert died in 1530 , rene inherited the princedom of orange on condition that he used the name and coat of arms of the chalon-orange family .history knows him therefore as rene of chalon instead of as '' rene of nassau-breda . ''rene of chalon married anna of lorraine -lrb- 1522 -- 1568 -rrb- on 20 august 1540 at bar-le-duc .they had only one child , a daughter named maria , who lived only 3 weeks and was buried in the grote kerk in breda .in 1544 , rene took part in the siege of st. dizier in the service of emperor charles v .he was mortally wounded in battle and died with the emperor attending at his bedside .rene was buried in grote kerk in breda , near the resting-place of his short-lived daughter .a commemorative cenotaph stands in the church of st. etienne in bar-le-duc .rene of chalon , as the last descendant of the original princes , left the principality to his first cousin william of nassau-dillenburg -lrb- better known as '' william the silent '' -rrb- , who was not a descendant of the original orange family but the legal heir to the principality of orange , and heir of all of rene 's lands .the principality of orange had already passed , through the female line , from the first dynasty of orange to the families les baux , and de chalon .william added the name of orange to his own paternal dignities and thus became in 1544 the founder of the house of orange-nassau .