How to Pronounce Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
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Nov 22, 1536 Dillenburg, Hesse, Germany Died on 08 Oct 1606 (aged 69)
Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
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About Johann Vi Count Of Nassau Dillenburg
- Count John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg (22 November 1536 – 8 October 1606) was the second son of William the Rich and the younger brother of William the Silent.
- He has a special place in the history of the Netherlands because he is the male-line forefather of the House of Orange which ruled that country until 1898. John VI of Nassau-Dillenburg was a Count of Nassau in Dillenburg.
- Other names he had were Jan VI or Jan de Oude ("John the Elder", to distinguish him from his 2nd son, "John the Middle", and his grandson "John the Younger"). John VI was born in Dillenburg, the second son of Count William I of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife Juliane of Stolberg-Wernigerode and brother of William I of Orange.
- He was the principal author of the Union of Utrecht.
