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unusual facts about William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg


University of Siegen

In 1536, William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg charged Saxon educator and theologian Erasmus Sarcerius with the task of establishing a Latin school.


Adolf of Nassau

Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg (1629-1676), son of Louis Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg

Bill Orr

William I. Orr (1919–2001), American amateur radio licensee and author

Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg

Catherine of Nassau-Dillenburg (29 December 1543 at Dillenburg Castle in Dillenburg – 25 December 1624 in Arnstadt) was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife, Juliana of Stolberg.

Charles Günther, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Charles Günther was the eldest son of Count Albert VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his first wife Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Coat of arms of Rotterdam

To the surrender of Rotterdam, the weapon was given by William I, Count of Holland and Hainaut in thanks for the support of the lords of the Court of Wena in its fight against Flanders in 1304.

Cologne-Minden Railway Company

The Cologne-Minden Railway Company built the 183 kilometre long railway between 1859 and 1862 from Deutz via Betzdorf, Dillenburg and Wetzlar to Gießen, with a branch to the mines in Siegen.

Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau

After her father had been assassinated in 1584, her aunt Catherine took her to Arnstadt, while most of her sisters were raised by Louise de Coligny.

Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg

Countess Juliane of Nassau-Dillenburg (3 September 1587, Dillenburg – 15 February 1643, Rotenburg an der Fulda), was the fifth child and second daughter of Count John VII of Nassau-Dillenburg (1561–1623), who became Count John I of Nassau-Siegen when his father's inheritance was divided in 1606, and his wife Countess Magdalena of Waldeck (1558–1599).

Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied

He married in 1543 in Königstein to Catherine (26 March 1525 – 15 June 1581 in Runkel), the daughter of Philip II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (17 August 1501 – 28 March 1529) and Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (15 February 1506 in Stolberg – 18 June 1580 in Dillenburg), who after Philip's death remarried to William the Rich.

Eschenburg

Eschenburg borders in the north on the communities of Dietzhölztal (Lahn-Dill-Kreis) and Breidenbach, in the east on the communities of Steffenberg and Angelburg (all three in Marburg-Biedenkopf), in the south on the community of Siegbach, in the southwest on the town of Dillenburg, and in the west on the town of Haiger (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis).

Excelsior Hotel Ernst

From early times, the hotel had very famous guests, such as German Emperor William I and American Artist Andy Warhol.

George Louis, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

George Louis married on 19 February 1638 in Coppenbrügge to Anna Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1612-1673), a daughter of Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Elizabeth of Denmark.

Gerlach I, Count of Nassau

Gerlach I of Nassau (before 1288 – 7 January 1361), Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau.

Gießen station

At that time local freight trains operated from here to several stations in the area (e.g. Frankenberg (Eder), Dillenburg and Nida).

Grunewald Tower

In 1897 Teltow, a rural district of the Province of Brandenburg, mandated the construction of a memorial tower to mark the 100th birthday of the German Emperor Wilhelm I (d. 1888).

Herborn Academy

In 1584 Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg founded the Academia Nassauensis as a post secondary institution.

Hessian War

In 1605, the dispute over the Marburg inheritance flared up again after Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Cassel, whose beliefs since his accession in 1592 increasingly moved towars the Calvinistic confession of his wife, Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg, enacted several Calvinist-oriented laws in his domain and in the same year, converted to Calvinism himself.

History of Baden-Württemberg

The new king, William I (reigned 1816–1864), at once took up the constitutional question and, after much discussion, granted a new constitution in September 1819.

Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland

The organization was established in 1289 when William I, Duke of Bavaria (As William V, Duke of Holland) authorized the "Heemraden of Delft" to manage water and serve as a court.

John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar

William Louis received Nassau-Dillenburg, John received Nassau-Siegen, George received Nassau-Beilstein, Ernst Casimir received Nassau-Dietz and John Louis received Nassau-Hadamar.

Joseph Jessing

He was decorated by King William I of Prussia for bravery at the Battle of Dybbøl, earning many decorations and medals for his service in the Seventh Westphalian Artillery during both the First and the Second wars with Denmark over the Schleswig-Holstein Question.

Kaiser William monuments

A large number of monuments were erected in Germany in honour of Emperor William I (known in German as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal).

Kaisermarsch

The victory in the Franco-Prussian War and the consequent proclamation of William I, King of Prussia, as German Emperor spurred patriotism and incited several German composers to write patriotic music dedicated to the nation and the new empire.

Kingdom of Württemberg

He was succeeded by his son, William I (reigned 1816–1864), who after much discussion, granted a new constitution in September 1819.

Lancaster Castle

Part of the agreement was that the King of Scotland would relinquish the Honour of Lancaster, which would be held by William, Stephen's son.

Landgravine Sophie of Hesse-Kassel

Sophie was a daughter of Count Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (1572–1632) from his marriage to Juliane (1587–1643), daughter of Count John of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Louis Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Louis Günther I was the son of Count Albrecht VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his wife Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Louis Gunther of Nassau

Count Louis Gunther of Nassau (15 February 1575 in Dillenburg – 12 September 1604, outside Sluis) was a Count of Nassau-Katzenelnbogen and a Dutch lieutenant general of cavalry in the Eighty Years' War.

Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

Louis was the eldest son of Count Albert of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler and Countess Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg.

Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg

Louis released Holland and Hainaut for his brothers William I and Albert I in 1349, since he expected to acquire the Polish crown by his marriage with Cunigunde of Poland, a daughter of Casimir III and Aldona Ona of Lithuania.

Marie de Castellane

The daughter of Henri de Castellane and Pauline de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marie de Castellane married prince Antoine Radziwill (1833–1904), a member of the House of Lords of Prussia and general à la suite of William I, German Emperor, at Sagan on 3 October 1857.

Marie Lesueur

With her protector, the comte van Gobbelschroy, interior minister to William I, she set up home in the rural property (later known as the château Malou) he had acquired at Woluwe-Saint-Lambert near Brussels.

Martin Ernst von Schlieffen

Schlieffen became the most important adviser of Landgraves Frederick II and William IX.

Prussian T 16.1

In addition to heavy shunting and line duties the locomotives were also employed on steep lines such as the Friedbergbahn (SuhlSchleusingen), Scheldetalbahn (Dillenburg-Gönnern), Rennsteigbahn (IlmenauSchleusingen), the Erkrath–Hochdahl ramp and the Murgtalbahn (RastattFreudenstadt).

Reginald II, Count of Burgundy

Reginald II, Count Palatine of Burgundy and Count of Mâcon, Vienne and Oltingen, was born in 1061; he was the eldest son of William I of Burgundy and brother to Stephen I of Burgundy, his successor, as well as to Pope Callixtus II.

Romans, Ain

The land of Romans became in 917 the property of Cluny Abbey, when it was given by Ingelberge, wife of William I, Duke of Aquitaine who founded Cluny Abbey and the daughter of King Boso of Provence.

Walkelin

William I also granted Wlkelin as much timber for the building and its scaffolding from the Forest of Hempage Wood (on the Old Alresford Road in Hampshire) as his carpenters could take in four days and nights.

William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

# Juliana (10 August 1546 – 31 August 1588), married 14 June 1575 to Count Albrecht VII of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

William I, Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen

Before he took up government, he studied for several years, in Erfurt, Jena, Leuven, and Padua.

William I, Duke of Bavaria

William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (Frankfurt am Main, 12 May 1330 – 15 April 1389, Le Quesnoy), was the second son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland and Hainaut.

William I, Elector of Hesse

During the lifetime of his father, William had already received the Principality of Hanau, south of the Hessian territories near Frankfurt, as successor of its newly extinct princes.

William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

He abdicated in favor of his brother William II on 3 June 1493, and spent his life in Spangenberg.

William I, Marquess of Montferrat

Various legendary assertions about his Saxon and Kentish origins and the origins of his wife have been met by the definitive Dizionario Biografico with the pronouncement: Ma tali asserzioni non sono ancora state seriamente coinprovate da documenti: "But such assertions are not yet seriously backed up by the documents."

William I. Nolan

Nolan was elected as a Republican to the 71st congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter Newton.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the 73rd congress and continued to be an unsuccessful candidate for nomination in 1934, 1936, and 1938.

William I. Skinner

William I. Skinner (October 24, 1812 - February 13, 1891) was an American politician from New York.


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