William I of Nassau-Siegen, nicknamed the Elder or the Rich, was Count of Nassau-Siegen and half of Diez from 1516 to 1559. He was a descendant of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.
Siegen Castle, 2011.
Emperor Charles V. Portrait by Titian, 1533. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
Diez Castle. Photo: Peter Klassen, 2006.
Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
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Landgravine Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg, German: Elisabeth Landgräfin von Hessen-Marburg, was a landgravine from the House of Hesse-Marburg and through marriage Countess of Nassau-Siegen. She was heiress to the County of Katzenelnbogen, which after her brother's death was claimed both by her and the Landgraviate of Hesse. The legal dispute for the County of Katzenelnbogen between the House of Nassau and the House of Hesse lasted until well after her death and is known as the Katzenelnbogische Erbfolgestreit.
The city of Katzenelnbogen. Engraving by Matthäus Merian from the Topographia Hassiae, 1655.
Design drawing by Bernard van Orley for the eighth tapestry in the series containing the genealogy of the House of Nassau, c. 1528–1530. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München. Does this drawing depict John V and his wife Elisabeth? Or their son Henry III and his three wives?
Count Henry III of Nassau-Breda. Portrait by Jan Gossaert, 1530–1532. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Mencía de Mendoza. Portrait by Jan Gossaerts, 1500–1550. Musée Condé, Chantilly, Oise.