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Louise Juliana of Nassau
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Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau (Delft, 31 March 1576 - Königsberg, 15 March 1644) was the eldest daughter of prince William of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.
Countess Louise Juliana is the first Dutch born member of the House of Orange-Nassau. After her father was murdered in 1584, she and some of her five sisters were raised by their stepmother Louise de Coligny. The Countess married Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, by whom she had eight children. After the death of her husband in 1610, she reigned in the name of her son Frederick V, who is also nicknamed the Winter King.
| Louise Juliana of Nassau | Father: Prince William of Orange (1533-1584) |
Paternal Grandfather: Count William I of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487-1559) |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg (1455-1516) |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Landgravine Elisabeth of Hessen-Marburg (1466-1523) |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Countess Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1506-1580) |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Botho VIII of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1467-1538) |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Anna of Epstein-Königstein (1482-1538) |
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| Mother: Charlotte of Bourbon (1547-1582) |
Maternal Grandfather: Louis de Bourbon-Montpensier (1513-1582) |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis de Bourbon-Vendome (1473-1520) |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Louise de Bourbon-Montpensier (1482-1561) |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Jacqueline de Longwy-Bar (before 1524-1561) |
Maternal Great-grandfather: unknown |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: unknown |
| Preceded by Anne of Ostfriesland |
Electress Palatine 1593 – 1610 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Stuart |