Peerage Record – 11320

     Anne de Lorraine was born in 1522.¹ She was the daughter of Antoine II, Duc de Lorraine and Renée de Bourbon-Montpensier.¹ She married, firstly, Renatus von Nassau-Breda , Prince of Orange, son of Heinrich III Graf von Nassau-Breda and Claudia de Châlon-Arlay, in 1540.¹ She married, secondly, Philipp II Herzog von Croÿ-Aerschot in 1548. She died in 1568.

     Richard Nicholson lived at Glandford Bridge, Lincolnshire, England^G.¹

     Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje was born on 14 April 1533 at Dillenburg, Germany^G. He was the son of Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode.¹ He married, firstly, Anne van Egmond Vrouwe van Ijsselstein en St. Maartensdijk en Gravin van Buren Leerdam en Lingen, daughter of Maximiliaan Graaf van Egmond Heer van Ijsselstein Graaf van Buren en Leerdam and Françoise de Lannoy, Barones van Boelare et Dame de Rollancourt et de Tronchiennes, on 8 July 1551 at Buren, The Netherlands.^1,3 He married, secondly, Anne von Sachsen, daughter of Moritz Kurfürst von Sachsen and Agnes von Hessen, in 1561.¹ He and Anne von Sachsen were divorced in 1574.¹ He married, thirdly, Charlotte, Princesse de Bourbon-Vendôme, daughter of Louis II de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier and Jacqueline de Longwy, on 12 June 1575. He married, fourthly, Louise de Coligny, daughter of Gaspard II, comte de Coligny seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing and Charlotte de Laval, on 12 April 1583. He was also reported to have been married on 24 August 1559. He died on 10 July 1584 at age 51 at Delft, The Netherlands^G, murdered.^1,2
     Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje also went by the nick-name of Willem ‘de Zwijger’ (or in English, ‘the Silent.³‘) He gained the title of Prince Wilhelm of Orange in 1545.¹ He gained the title of Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands in 1559.¹

     Anne van Egmond Vrouwe van Ijsselstein en St. Maartensdijk en Gravin van Buren Leerdam en Lingen was born on 1 March 1533 at Grave, The Netherlands.^2,1 She was the daughter of Maximiliaan Graaf van Egmond Heer van Ijsselstein Graaf van Buren en Leerdam and Françoise de Lannoy, Barones van Boelare et Dame de Rollancourt et de Tronchiennes.^2,1 She married Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje, son of Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, on 8 July 1551 at Buren, The Netherlands.^2,1 She died on 24 March 1558 at age 25 at Breda, The Netherlands.^2,1

     Maximiliaan Graaf van Egmond Heer van Ijsselstein Graaf van Buren en Leerdam was born in 1500.² He was the son of Floris van Egmond Heer van Ijsselstein en St. Maartensdijk Graaf van Buren en van Leerdam and Margaretha van Glymes.² He married Françoise de Lannoy, Barones van Boelare et Dame de Rollancourt et de Tronchiennes, daughter of Hugues de Lannoy, Seigneur de Rollancourt et de Tronchiennes and Maria van Bouchout Barones van Boelare Vrouwe van Beverweerd en Odijk, on 16 April 1531.² He died on 24 December 1548 at Brussels, Belgium.²
     He gained the title of Graaf van Buren en Leerdam in 1539.¹

     Philip Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg, Prince of Orange was born in 1554.¹ He was the son of Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje and Anne van Egmond Vrouwe van Ijsselstein en St. Maartensdijk en Gravin van Buren Leerdam en Lingen.¹ He married Eleanor de Condé, daughter of Henri I de Condé, Prince de Condé, in 1606.¹ He died in 1618.¹
     He gained the title of Prince Philip Wilhelm of Orange in 1609.¹

     Eleanor de Condé was born in 1587.¹ She was the daughter of Henri I de Condé, Prince de Condé.¹ She married Philip Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg, Prince of Orange, son of Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje and Anne van Egmond Vrouwe van Ijsselstein en St. Maartensdijk en Gravin van Buren Leerdam en Lingen, in 1606.¹ She died in 1619.¹

     Henri I de Condé, Prince de Condé was born in 1552. He was the son of Louis I de Bourbon-Condé, Prince de Condé and Eleanor de Rouci. He died in 1588.
     He gained the title of Prince Henri I de Condé.¹

     Reverend Hon. Gilbert Holles Farrer Vane was born on 26 September 1855.¹ He was the son of Sir Henry Morgan Vane and Louisa Farrer.¹ He married Mary Steadman, daughter of E. B. Steadman, on 24 June 1891.¹ He died on 27 June 1905 at age 49.¹
     He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He was appointed Fellow, Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.)¹ On 12 August 1892 he was granted the rank of a baron’s son.¹ He was the Rector between 1895 and 1905 at Wem, Shropshire, England^G.¹

     Charlotte, Princesse de Bourbon-Vendôme was born in 1546.³ She was the daughter of Louis II de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier and Jacqueline de Longwy.^1,4 She married Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje, son of Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, on 12 June 1575. She died on 5 May 1582 at Antwerp, Belgium.³