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Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
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1536 – 1606
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Who was Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg?
Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg was a Count of Nassau in Dillenburg. Other names he had were Jan VI or Jan de Oude.
John VI was born in Dillenburg, the second son of Count William I of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife Juliane of Stolberg-Wernigerode and brother of William I of Orange. He was the principal author of the Union of Utrecht.
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- Born
- Nov 22, 1536
Dillenburg - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg
(1559/06/16 - 1579/07/06) - Kunigunde Jakobäa
(1580/09/13 - 1586/01/26) - Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein
(1586/06/14 - 1606/10/08)
- Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg
- Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- Died
- Oct 8, 1606
Dillenburg
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on July 23, 2013
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