William the Silent
William I, Prince of Orange (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also known as William the Silent or William the Taciturn (translated from), or more commonly known as William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1581.
He was born in the House of Nassau as Count of Nassau-Dillenburg.
He became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the branch House of Orange-Nassau and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands.
Within the Netherlands, he is also known as Father of the Fatherland .
A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands.
Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his former masters.
The most influential and politically capable of the rebels, he led the Dutch to several successes in the fight against the Spanish.
Declared an outlaw by the Spanish king in 1580, he was assassinated by Balthasar Gérard (also written as "Gerardts") in Delft in 1584.
Justinus van Nassau
Justinus van Nassau (1559–1631) was the only extramarital child of William the Silent.
He was a Dutch army commander known for unsuccessfully defending Breda against the Spanish, and the depiction of his surrender in the painting by Diego Velázquez, "The Surrender of Breda".
His mother was Eva Elincx, William's mistress between his first and second marriages.
William of Orange recognized Justinus and raised him with his other children.
Justinus studied in Leiden and became Lieutenant-Colonel on May 17, 1583.
On February 28, 1585 he became lieutenant-admiral of Zeeland, and fought in 1588 against the Spanish Armada, capturing two galleons.
From 1601 until 1625 he was governor of Breda.
In 1625 he had to surrender Breda to the Spanish general Ambrogio Spinola after a siege of 11 months.
Justinus was allowed to leave for Leiden.
William of Nassau (1601–1627)
Willem van Nassau, Lord of De Lek( also" Willem van Nassau- LaLecq", or in French" Willem LaLecq"; 18 August 1601 – 18 August 1627) was a Dutch soldier from 1620 until 1627.
He was the illegitimate son of stadholder Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange and his mistress Margaretha van Mechelen.
Like their other illegitimate children, he was recognized with the surname Nassau- LaLecq.
He went by the title Rijksgraaf( Count of the Holy Roman Empire) van Nassau- LaLecq" and was also popularly known in French as the" Chevalier de Nassau".
After 1625 he was granted lands and the title Lord of De Lek.
He received his heerlijkheid of De Lek as a bequest from his father to him and his descendants.
His brother Lodewijk van Nassau had the title" Lord of Beverweerd and Odijk".
From his 19th year on, Willem served in the Dutch army fighting Spain in the Dutch Revolt( 1568 – 1648).
Aged only 24 he received the rank of lieutenant- admiral of Holland and West Friesland, replacing stadholder Frederik Hendrik.
He led the Dutch ships that participated in the Cádiz expedition of 1625.
In the summer of 1627 he was present at the Siege of Grol.
On the 18 August, not long before the end of the siege, fighting with the French troops at the front, Willem received a bullet wound which later proved fatal.
Thus he died on his 27th birthday, with Lodewijk inheriting Willem's fiefdom.
On 4 April 1627, 4 months before his death, Willem married Anna van der Noot, lady of Hoogwoud and Aartswoud, in Sluis.
Though he had no children with Anna, he had one illegitimate son by Barbara Augustinus Cocx, Willem Jonker van Nassau( 1620- 1679).
Emilia Butler, Countess of Ossory
Emilia Butler, Countess of Ossory( 4 March 1635( baptised) – 12 December 1688( buried)), born Emilia van Nassau- Beverweerd, was an Anglo- Dutch courtier.
Emilia was born in The Hague, the daughter of Lodewijk van Nassau, Lord of Beverweerd, the Governor of's- Hertogenbosch, and his wife, Isabella, Countess of Hornes.
Her elder sister, Elisabeth van Nassau- Beverweerd( 1631 – 1717), became the wife of the prominent Stuart politician Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington; her brother was the famous Dutch field marshal Hendrik Van Nassau- Ouwerkerk.
Emilia was married in Den Bosch in the Netherlands on 14 November 1659 to Thomas Butler, viscount Thurles( 1633 – 1680), the eldest son and heir of the Irish peer James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, and accompanied him to England, where she was naturalized by Act of Parliament( 1660).
Lord Thurles became earl of Ossory several years later when his father achieved the dukedom( 1662).
The countess was presented to Catherine of Braganza, the wife of Charles II of England upon her arrival in London and was appointed as lady- in- waiting to the queen at Hampton Court Palace.
She attended the queen at Greenwich Palace when the latter met her mother- in- law, Queen Henrietta Maria, for the first time( August 1662).
During the outbreak of the plague( 1665) the countess accompanied the queen and her household to the safety of Hampton Court, later removing to Oxford.
She accompanied the king and queen to Dover to farewell the Duchesse d' Orleans on her final visit( June 1670).
During the plots directed against the queen and other prominent Catholic figures, the countess and others of the queen's ladies came under the suspicion of being secret papists( 1678).
Lady Ossory served Queen Catherine for over twenty years, retiring from service after the death of Charles II( 1685).
A famous beauty, her portrait was painted by Wissing.
She was buried in Westminster Abbey in London on 12 December 1688.
Her children included:
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Question: When did Justinus Van Nassau's father die?
Answer: 10 July 1584