Maria (1524–1576), Nonne im Kloster Marienberg bei Boppard; Wilhelm (1526–1527) ... ⚭ Philipp Reinhard (Hanau-Münzenberg) (1664–1712) Elisabeth Sophia Auguste (1671–1672) Christiane Katharina (1671–1673) Charlotte Wilhelmine (1672–1673) Christian III.

Notable people. A. John Adams II (1803–1834), American government functionary and businessman, and his first cousin, Mary Catherine Hellen; Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (c. 659 - c. 713), fourth Imam in Shi'i Islam and his first cousin, Fatimah bint Hasan; Mark Antony and his first cousin, Antonia Hybrida Minor; B. Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795), second signer of the United …

February 4 – Dorothea of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noblewoman (d. 1638) February 7 – Countess Maria of Nassau (d. 1616) February 16 – Tōdō Takatora, Japanese daimyō (d. 1630) February 21 – Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (d. 1615) March 7 – Guillaume du Vair, French statesman and philosopher (d. 1621)

William the Silent (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from Dutch: Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange (Dutch: Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the …

Early life. Victoria was born in Coburg on 17 August 1786 in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and was named Marie Louise Victoire. She was the fourth daughter and seventh child of Franz Frederick Anton, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Countess Augusta of Reuss-Ebersdorf.One of her brothers was Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and another brother, …

Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg: 4. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel: 18. George William, Elector of Brandenburg (=22) 9. Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg: 19. Countess Palatine Elisabeth Charlotte of the Rhine (=23) 2. Maximilian of Hesse-Kassel: 20. Wilhelm Kettler, Duke of Courland: 10. Jacob Kettler, Duke of ...

Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel (Kassel, 7 februari 1688 — Leeuwarden, 9 april 1765), bijgenaamd Marijke Meu of Maaike Meu, was de moeder van stadhouder Willem IV en in die hoedanigheid van 1711 tot 1731 regentes voor hem. Tevens was zij van 1759 tot 1765 regentes voor haar minderjarige kleinzoon stadhouder Willem V.Voor veel regerende vorsten van Europa …

Francis I (Francis Stephen; French: François Étienne; German: Franz Stefan; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765) was the Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1729–1737), and later Grand Duke of Tuscany (1737–1765), who married Maria Theresa of Austria and became the last non-Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor (1745–1765) and Archduke of Austria (1740–1765). His wife effectively ruled …

Youth. He was the son of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Princess Maria Amalia of Courland.In 1692 the young prince made his Grand Tour to the Dutch Republic, in 1695 to the Italian Peninsula and later he studied in Geneva.After this he had a military career, leading the Hessian troops as Lieutenant General in the War of the Spanish Succession on the side of the …

Francesco Stefano di Lorena (Nancy, 8 dicembre 1708 – Innsbruck, 18 agosto 1765) è stato imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero con il nome di Francesco I dal 1745 alla morte. Già duca di Lorena dal 1729 al 1737 con il nome di Francesco III, rinunciò al titolo cedendo la Lorena alla Francia e acquistando in cambio la corona del granducato di Toscana.. Sposò Maria Teresa …