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Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau

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Countess Emilia Antwerpiana
Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg
Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau
BornDecember 9, 1581
Antwerp
Died28 September 1657(1657-09-28) (aged 75)
Landsberg
Noble familyHouse of Orange-Nassau (by birth)
House of Wittelsbach (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg
IssueFrederick Louis
FatherWilliam the Silent
MotherCharlotte of Bourbon

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau (Antwerp, 9 December 1581 - Landsberg, 28 September 1657) was the sixth and youngest daughter of William the Silent and his third wife, Charlotte of Bourbon.[1]

Biography

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Emilia Antwerpiana was her father's last surviving daughter. When her elder sister Louise Juliane married in 1593, she went to live with her in Heidelberg. She was neither beautiful nor did she have any money, and therefore remained unmarried until a later age than was normal for princesses at the time.[2]

On 4 July 1616, Emilia Antwerpiana married Frederick Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1585–1645) and settled with him in Landsberg.

In 1621, Emilia Antwerpiana and Frederick Casimir had to flee Landberg for Strasbourg during the Thirty Years' War. The flight caused long standing economic problems, and for many years she tried to get access to her inheritance and asked her siblings for money.[3] Her sister Charlotte Brabantine finally arranged for her to live at the castle Montfort in France.

She was finally able to return to Landberg after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.

Issue

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She had three children:

  • Frederick (1617-1617) Died one day after birth
  • Frederick Louis (1619-1681) Married to Juliana Magdalena of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
  • Charles Henry (1622-1623) Died as a child

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ "Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland". 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ Marjolein Jorna, Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana van Oranje, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/DVN/lemmata/data/EmiliavanNassau Archived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine [13/01/2014]
  3. ^ Marjolein Jorna, Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana van Oranje, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/bwn1880-2000/DVN/lemmata/data/EmiliavanNassau Archived 2021-05-19 at the Wayback Machine [13/01/2014]
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