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     Louis II de Bourbon, Duc de Montpensier was born on 10 June 1513 at Moulins, France^G.³ He was the son of Louis de Bourbon, Prince de Roche-sur-Yon and Louise de Bourbon, Duchesse de Montpensier. He married, firstly, Jacqueline de Longwy, daughter of Jean IV de Longwy, Seigneur de Givry et de Mirabeau and Jeanne d'Angoulême, Comtesse de Bar-sur-Seine.² He married, secondly, Catherine de Guise, daughter of François I de Lorraine, Duc de Guise and Anna d'Este, Comtesse de Gisors et Dame de Montargis, in 1570. He died on 23 September 1582 at age 69 at Château de Champagny^G.³
     He gained the title of Duc de Montpensier.¹

     Louise de Coligny was born on 28 September 1555. She was the daughter of Gaspard II, comte de Coligny seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing and Charlotte de Laval.¹ She married, firstly, Charles Louis de Teligny, Seigneur de Teligny in 1571.² She married, secondly, Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje, son of Wilhelm Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane zu Stolberg-Wernigerode, on 12 April 1583. She died on 9 October 1620 at age 65.
     From 1571, her married name became de Teligny.² From 12 April 1583, her married name became von Nassau-Dillenburg.

     Gaspard II, comte de Coligny seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing was born on 16 February 1517. He was the son of Gaspard I, comte de Coligny seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Loing and Louise de Montmorency.⁴ He married Charlotte de Laval, daughter of Guy XVI de Laval, Comte de Laval et de Montfort and Antoinette de Daillon, on 15 October 1547. He died on 24 August 1572 at age 55.
     He held the office of Maréchal de France.⁴

     Emilia von Nassau-Dillenburg was born on 9 December 1581 at Antwerp, The Netherlands.^1,2 She was the daughter of Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje and Charlotte, Princesse de Bourbon-Vendôme.¹ She married Freidrich Casimir Pfalzgraf von Zweibrücken in 1616.¹ She died on 28 September 1657 at age 75 at Landsberg, Alsace, France.^1,2

     Freidrich Casimir Pfalzgraf von Zweibrücken was born in 1585.¹ He married Emilia von Nassau-Dillenburg, daughter of Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje and Charlotte, Princesse de Bourbon-Vendôme, in 1616.¹ He died in 1643.¹
     He gained the title of Pfalzgraf von Zweibrücken.¹

     Maurice von Nassau-Dillenburg, Prince of Orange was born on 14 November 1567.^1,3 He was the son of Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje and Anne von Sachsen.¹ He died on 23 April 1625 at age 57.^1,3
     He succeeded as the Stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands in 1585.¹ He gained the title of Prince Maurice of Orange in 1618.¹

     Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels was born on 31 August 1602. She was the daughter of Johann Albrecht I graf zu Solms-Braunfels and Agnes zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.^3,4 She married Frederik Hendrik von Nassau-Dillenburg, Prince of Orange, son of Willem I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg Graaf van Vianden, 2nd Prins van Oranje and Louise de Coligny, on 4 April 1625. She died on 18 March 1675 at age 72.

     Johann Wilhelm Herzog von Sachsen-Eisenach was born on 17 October 1666 at Eisenach, Germany^G. He was the son of Johann Georg I Herzog von Sachsen-Eisenach and Joanetta von Sayn-Wittgenstein. He married, firstly, Amalie von Nassau-Dietz, daughter of Wilhelm Freidrich Prinz von Nassau-Dietz and Albertine Agnes von Nassau-Dillenburg, on 28 November 1690. He married, secondly, Christine Juliane von Baden-Durlach, daughter of Karl Gustav Markgraf von Baden-Durlach and Anne Sophie von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, on 27 February 1697 at Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany. He married, thirdly, Magdalen Sybille von Sachsen-Weissenfels, daughter of Johann Adolf Herzog von Sachsen-Weissenfels and Joanna Magdalen Herzog von Sachsen-Altenburg, on 28 July 1708 at Weißenfels, Germany^G. He married, fourthly, Marie Christiane Felicitas zu Leiningen-Heidesheim, daughter of Johann Karl August Graf zu Leiningen-Heidesheim and Joanna Magdalen von Hanau-Lichtenberg, on 29 May 1727 at Philippsburg, Germany^G. He died on 4 January 1729 at age 62 at Eisenach, Germany^G.
     He gained the title of Herzog von Sachsen-Eisenach in 1698.

     Sophie Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel was born on 20 February 1592 at Wolfenbüttel, Niedersachsen, Germany. She was the daughter of Heinrich Julius Herzog von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Elizabeth Oldenburg.¹ She married Ernst Kasimir Prinz von Nassau-Dietz, son of Johann I Graf von Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg, on 8 June 1607. She died on 23 January 1642 at age 49.

     Heinrich Kasimir I Graf von Nassau-Dietz was born in 1612.¹ He was the son of Ernst Kasimir Prinz von Nassau-Dietz and Sophie Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.¹ He died in 1640, killed in action.¹
     He gained the title of Graf von Nassau-Dietz.¹