John Francis Desideratus was count of Nassau-Siegen and stadtholder of Limburg and Upper Guelders.
John Francis Desideratus of Nassau-Siegen
John VIII of Nassau-Siegen
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John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen was a German nobleman and militarist of the 17th century.
John Francis Desideratus, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
…1627 – 17 December 1699) was count of Nassau-Siegen and stadtholder of Limburg and Upper Guelders. John Francis Desideratus was the only son of Count John VIII of Nassau-Siegen, who had converted to Catholicism, and Ernestine Yolande de Ligne d'Amblise. He succeeded his father in 1638 as count of Nassau-Siegen, but had to cede…
Portrait by Jan van Ravesteyn
The Surrender of Breda by Velázquez
His wife, Ernestine Yolande de Ligne