Countess Elisabeth of Nassau

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Countess Elisabeth of Nassau

Countess Elisabeth of Nassau (Elisabeth Flandrika) (Middelburg, 26 April 1577 – Sedan, 3 September 1642) was the second daughter of prince William of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon. She was Duchess of Bouillon by marriage.

Biography

After her father was murdered in 1584, there was a shortage of money for Elisabeth, her siblings and her stepmother Louise de Coligny. In 1594 Louise took Elisabeth with her to France, where they met with several Protestant nobles. One of them, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, of the Duchy of Bouillon and the Principality of Sedan, sent her a proposal of marriage that she accepted. The couple had nine children.

Henri tried to keep his Duchy Sedan Protestant, but had to deal with hostility emanating from his catholic French neighbors.

During his absences Louise acted as regent, and after his death in 1623 she became regent for their son Frédéric Maurice de la Marck. She kept in close contact with her stepmother and five sisters, two of whom also acted as regents at some point.

Issue

  • Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (August 1596 – November 1607) died in infancy;
  • Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne (1601 – 24 May 1665) married Henri de La Trémoille, Duke of Thouars, Prince of Talmont and had issue;
  • Unnamed son (April 1603)
  • Juliane Catherine de La Tour d'Auvergne (8 October 1604 – 6 October 1637) married François de La Rochefoucauld, Count of Roucy, Baron of Pierrepont and had issue;
  • Frédéric Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne (22 October 1605 – 9 August 1652) married Eleonora Catharina of the Bergh and had issue;
  • Élisabeth de La Tour d'Auvergne (1606 – 1 December 1685) married Guy Aldonce de Durfort, mother of Jacques and Guy;
  • Henriette Catherine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1609 - 1677) married Amaury Gouyon, Marquis of La Moussaye, Count of Quintin and had issue;
  • Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, known as the vicomte de Turenne (11 September 1611 – 27 July 1675) married Charlotte de Caumont daughter of Armand Nompar de Caumont; Armand Nompar was the uncle of the scheming Duke of Lauzun.

Ancestry

Family of Countess Elisabeth of Nassau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. John IV of Nassau-Dillenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. John V of Nassau-Dillenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Maria of Loon-Heinsberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Henry III, Landgrave of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Anna of Katzenelnbogen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. William the Silent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Henry IX, Count of Stolberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Mathilde of Mansfeld
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Philip I of Eppstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Anna of Eppstein-Königstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Louise de La Marck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Elisabeth of Nassau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. John VIII, Count of Vendôme
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Isabelle de Beauvau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Louis, Duke of Montpensier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Gilbert, Count of Montpensier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Clara Gonzaga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Charlotte of Bourbon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Philippe de Longvy, Lord of Givry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Jean de Longwy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Jeanne de Bauffremont
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Jacqueline de Longwy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Charles, Count of Angoulême
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Jeanne of Angoulême
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Antoinette de Polignac
 
 
 
 
 
 

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