Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau
| Countess Louise Juliana | |
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Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau
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| Spouse(s) | Frederick IV, Elector Palatine |
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Issue
Luise Juliane, Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken
Katharina Sofie Frederick V, Elector Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte, Electress of Brandenburg Anna Eleonore Louis William Maurice Christian Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern |
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| Noble family | Nassau |
| Father | William the Silent |
| Mother | Charlotte of Bourbon |
| Born |
31 March 1576 Delft |
| Died | 15 March 1644 (aged 67) Königsberg |
Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (31 March 1576 in Delft – 15 March 1644 in Königsberg) was a countess consort and a regent of the Palatinate. She was the eldest daughter of William of Nassau, Prince of Orange and his third spouse Charlotte de Bourbon-Montpensier.
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.
On 23 June 1593, Louise Juliana married Frederick IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, by whom she had eight children:
After the death of her husband in 1610, she ruled in the name of her son Frederick V, known as "the Winter King."
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