Johann VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen (7 June 1561 – 27 September 1623) was Count of Nassau in Siegen. He was the second son of Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg.

John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
John VII of Nassau
Born(1561-06-07)7 June 1561
Dillenburg
Died27 September 1623(1623-09-27) (aged 62)
Siegen
Noble familyNassau
Spouse(s)
Issue
Detail
FatherJohn VI of Nassau-Dillenburg
MotherElisabeth of Leuchtenberg

Johann VII founded a military college in the town of Siegen, "expressly to produce an officer corps for Calvinism".[1]

Family and children

He was married twice. Firstly, he married on 9 December 1581 with Countess Magdalena of Waldeck, daughter of Count Philip IV of Waldeck-Wildungen and Jutta of Isenburg. They had the following children:

  1. John Ernest (21 October 1582 – 16/17 September 1617), a general in the Venetian army, involved in the Uskok War;
  2. Count John VIII of Nassau in Siegen (29 September 1583 – 27 July 1638)
  3. Elisabeth (8 November 1584 – 26 July 1661), married on 18 November 1604 to Count Christian of Waldeck
  4. Adolf (8 August 1586 – 7 November 1608)
  5. Juliane (3 September 1587 – 15 February 1643), married on 22 May 1603 to Landgrave Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
  6. Anna Maria (3 March 1589 – 27 February 1620), married on 3 February 1611 to Count John Adolf of Daun
  7. Johann Albrecht, born and died in 1590
  8. Count William of Nassau in Siegen (13 August 1592 – 17 July 1642)
  9. Anna Johanna (3 March 1594 – 23 December 1636), married on 19 June 1619 Johan Wolfert van Brederode
  10. Frederick Louis (2 February 1595 – 22 April 1600)
  11. Magdalena (23 February 1596 – 6 December 1662), married:
    1. in August 1631 to Bernhard Moritz von Oeynhausen;
    2. on 25 August 1642 Philipp Wilhelm von Innhausen und Knypphausen
  12. John Frederick, born and died in 1597

Secondly, he married on 27 August 1603 with Duchess Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, a daughter of John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and thus also a granddaughter of Christian III of Denmark. They had the following children:

  1. Prince John Maurice of Nassau (18 June 1604 – 20 December 1679)
  2. Prince George Frederick Louis (23 February 1606 – 2 October 1674) married Mauritia Eleonora of Portugal, daughter of Emilia of Nassau, daughter of William the Silent and daughter-in-law of António, Prior of Crato.
  3. William Otto (23 June 1607 – 14 August 1641)
  4. Louise Christine (8 October 1608 – 29 December 1678), married on 4 July 1627 Philippe François de Joux dit de Watteville, Comte de Bussolin, Marquis de Conflans
  5. Sophie Margaret (16 April 1610 – 18 May 1665), married on 13 January 1656 to Count Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum
  6. Henry (9 August 1611 – 7 November 1652)
  7. Marie Juliane (14 August 1612 – 21 January 1665), married on 13 December 1637 to Duke Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg
  8. Amalie (2 September 1613 – 24 August 1669), married:
    1. on 23 April 1636 to Herman Wrangel
    2. on 27 March 1649 to Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
  9. Bernhard (18 November 1614 – 6 January 1617)
  10. Christian (16 July 1616 – 11 April 1644)
  11. Catharine (1 August 1617 – 31 August 1645)
  12. John Ernest (8 November 1618 – 23 November 1639)
  13. Elisabeth Juliane (1 May 1620 – 13 May 1665), married in 1647 to Count Bernhard of Sayn-Wittgenstein

Johann VII and both his wives are buried in the royal crypt in Siegen.

References
  1. Parker, Geoffrey (1997). Parker, Geoffrey (ed.). The war in myth, legend and history. In: The Thirty Year's War (2nd ed.). London and New York: Routledge. p. 184. ISBN 0-415-12883-8.
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