Peerage Record – 11318

     Johann I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg was born on 22 November 1536.^1,2 He was the son of Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode.¹ He married, firstly, Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg, daughter of Georg Landgraf von Leuchtenberg, in 1559.¹ He married, secondly, Joan zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, daughter of Ludwig I Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Anne zu Solms-Braunfels, in 1586.¹ He died on 8 October 1606 at age 69.^1,2
     He gained the title of Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg.¹

     Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg was the daughter of Georg Landgraf von Leuchtenberg.¹ She married Johann I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg, son of Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, in 1559.¹ She died in 1579.¹

     Georg Landgraf von Leuchtenberg was born on 13 December 1502.¹ He was the son of Johann IV Landgraf von Leuchtenberg and Margareta von Schwarzburg-Arnstadt.¹ He married Barbara von Brandenburg-Ansbach, daughter of Friedrich V Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach and Zofia Jagiellon, Królewna Polska, on 29 September 1510 at Schloss Plassenburg, Kulmbach, Germany.¹ He died on 21 May 1555 at age 52.¹
     He was also known as Georg de Beauharnais.

     Joan zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was born in 1561.¹ She was the daughter of Ludwig I Graf zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Anne zu Solms-Braunfels.^1,2 She married Johann I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg, son of Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, in 1586.¹ She died in 1622.¹

     Johann Ernst Prinz von Nassau-Weilburg was born on 13 June 1664.^1,2 He was the son of Friedrich Graf von Nassau-Weilburg and Christine Elizabeth Gräfin von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg.^1,3 He married Marie Polyxena Gräfin von Leiningen-Hartenburg, daughter of Friedrich Emich Graf von Leiningen-Hartenburg and Sibylle Gräfin von Waldeck-Wildungen, in 1683.¹ He died on 27 January 1719 at age 54.^1,2
     He gained the title of Prinz von Nassau-Weilburg in 1688.¹

     Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg was born on 10 April 1487 at Dillenburg, Germany^G.² He was the son of Johann V Graf von Nassau-Vianden-Dietz and Elisabeth von Hessen.¹ He married, firstly, Walburge van Egmond, daughter of Johan III ‘de Manke’ Graaf van Egmond Herr van Baer and Magdalena Werdenberg-Heiligenberg, on 29 October 1506 at Koblenz, Germany.^1,3 He married, secondly, Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, daughter of Bodo III Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, on 20 September 1531.¹ He died on 6 October 1559 at age 72 at Dillenburg, Germany.³
     He gained the title of Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg.

     Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode was born on 15 February 1506. She was the daughter of Bodo III Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode.¹ She married Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg, son of Johann V Graf von Nassau-Vianden-Dietz and Elisabeth von Hessen, on 20 September 1531.¹ She died on 18 June 1580 at age 74.

     Walburge van Egmond was born on 29 October 1489.^1,2 She was the daughter of Johan III ‘de Manke’ Graaf van Egmond Herr van Baer and Magdalena Werdenberg-Heiligenberg.^1,2 She married Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg, son of Johann V Graf von Nassau-Vianden-Dietz and Elisabeth von Hessen, on 29 October 1506 at Koblenz, Germany.^1,2 She died on 7 March 1529 at age 39 at Siegen, Germany.^1,2

     Johan III ‘de Manke’ Graaf van Egmond Herr van Baer was born on 3 April 1438 at Castle Hattem, Hattem, The Netherlands.¹ He was the son of Willem IV Heer van Egmond Heer van Ijsselstein Schoonderwoerd en Haastrecht and Walburge von Moers-Saarwerden Vrouwe van Baer en Lathum.¹ He married Magdalena Werdenberg-Heiligenberg in May 1484 at The Hague, The Netherlands.¹ He died on 21 August 1516 at age 78 at Castle Egmond, Egmond, The Netherlands.¹
     He was created Graaf van Egmond in 1486.¹