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Paternal Family Tree: Orange
Maternal Family Tree: Antoinette Polignac 1460
On 6th July 1551 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 18) and Anna Egmond Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 25th August 1561 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 28) and [her step-mother] Anna of Saxony (age 16) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange. They had two sons, one of which died in infancy, and three daughters.
On 24th June 1575 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 28) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 31st March 1576 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 29).
On 5th May 1582 [her mother] Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 35) died.
On 24th April 1583 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 50) and Louise Coligny Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 10th July 1584 [her father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 51) died. His son [her half-brother] Philip (age 29) succeeded William I Prince Orange.
Before 16th July 1594 Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 20) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 18) were married. She by marriage Electress Palatine Rhine. He the son of Louis VI Elector Palatine.
On 16th July 1594 [her daughter] Luise Juliane Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 20) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 18).
On 10th June 1595 [her daughter] Katharina Sofie Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 21) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 19).
On 26th August 1596 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 22) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 20).
On 19th November 1597 [her daughter] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 23) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 21).
On 4th January 1599 [her daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 24) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 22).
On 5th August 1600 [her son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 26) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 24).
On 10th October 1600 [her son] Louis William Palatinate Simmern VI Elector Palatine Rhine died.
On 10th October 1600 [her daughter] Anna Eleonore Palatinate Simmern (age 1) died .
On 18th September 1601 [her son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 27) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 25).
On 23rd November 1602 [her son] Louis Philip Palatinate Simmern was born to [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 28) and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 26).
On 28th March 1605 [her son] Maurice Christian Palatinate Simmern (age 3) died.
On 19th September 1610 [her husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine (age 36) died.
On 14th February 1613 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia (age 16) were married at Chapel Royal, Whitehall Palace. She the daughter of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 46) and Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland (age 38). He the son of [her former husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 36). They were fourth cousin once removed.
A grand occasion that saw more royalty than ever visit the court of England. The marriage was an enormously popular match and was the occasion for an outpouring of public affection with the ceremony described as "a wonder of ceremonial and magnificence even for that extravagant age".
It was celebrated with lavish and sophisticated festivities both in London and Heidelberg, including mass feasts and lavish furnishings that cost nearly £50,000, and nearly bankrupted King James. Among many celebratory writings of the events was John Donne's (age 41) "Epithalamion, Or Marriage Song on the Lady Elizabeth, and Count Palatine being married on St Valentine's Day".
In 1616 [her son-in-law] George William Hohenzollern (age 20) and [her daughter] Elisabeth Charlotte Palatinate Simmern (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [her former husband] Frederick IV Elector Palatine and Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 39).
On 28th June 1626 [her daughter] Katharina Sofie Palatinate Simmern (age 31) died.
On 29th November 1632 [her son] Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine (age 36) died.
On 28th April 1640 [her daughter] Luise Juliane Palatinate Simmern (age 45) died.
On 15th March 1644 Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine (age 67) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Frederick Palatinate Simmern V Elector Palatine Rhine
Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg
Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway
Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway
Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain
Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England
GrandFather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Jean Bourbon I Count La Marche 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 1st Count Vendôme 1st Count Castres 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Vendome
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Bourbon VIII Count Vendôme 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Guy Montfort Baron Laval
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Laval Countess Vendôme and Castres 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne 13th de Laval Baroness Laval 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon Prince of La Roche sur Yon 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabelle Beauvau Countess Vendôme
GrandFather: Louis Duke of Montpensier 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis Bourbon 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Gilbert Bourbon Count of Monpensier 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Bertrand V of La Tour
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gabrielle La Tour
Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquette du Peschin Dame de Banassat
Great x 1 Grandmother: Louise Bourbon Duchess of Monpensier 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ludovico III Gonzaga Marquis of Mantua
Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederico Gonzaga Marquess Mantua
Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Brandenburg Marquise of Mantua
Great x 2 Grandmother: Clara Gonzaga 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Wittelsbach III Duke Bavaria 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wittelsbach 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Anna Brunswick Grubenhagen Duchess Bavaria 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Mother: Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Jean IV de Longwy Seigneur de Givry
GrandMother: Jacqueline de Longwy 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Louis Valois I Duke Orléans 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Valois Orléans 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Valentina Visconti Duchess of Orleans 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Charles Valois Orléans Count Angoulême 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Marguerite Rohan
Great x 1 Grandmother: Jeanne Valois 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Antoinette Polignac