Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen
Countess Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen, German: Wilhelmine Christine Gräfin von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Gräfin zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Frau zu Beilstein, was a countess from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau, and through marriage Countess of Waldeck-Wildungen.
Countess Wilhelmine Christine of Waldeck-Wildungen, nee Countess of Nassau-Siegen. Portrait by Gerard van Honthorst, c. 1640. Foundation Historical Collections of the House of Orange-Nassau, The Hague.
Prince William II of Orange. Portrait by Gerard van Honthorst, c. 1653. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Count Josias II of Waldeck-Wildungen. Anonymous portrait, c. 1655–1660. Bergheim Castle.
Countess Wilhelmine Christine of Nassau-Siegen. Anonymous portrait, c. 1650. Arolsen Castle.
William, Count of Nassau-Siegen
William, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German: Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was Count of Nassau-Siegen, a part of the County of Nassau from 1624 to 1642. A member of the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau, he was a professional soldier who served in the armies of the Hanseatic League and the Republic of Venice, then with the Dutch States Army during the Eighty Years War. Promoted field marshal in 1633, he was successively governor of Emmerich, Heusden and Sluis.
Count William of Nassau-Siegen (1592–1642); studio of Jan Antonisz. van Ravesteyn, ca. 1620–1630. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
The Siege of Maastricht (1632). From the Atlas van Loon, 1649.
The Siege of Breda (1637). Engraving by Joan Blaeu. From the Atlas van Loon, 1649.
The Battle of Calloo (1638). Anonymous etching, 1638.