Stadholder Willem I ´the Taciturn´, wives and children

[Marengo]

The youngest son of Willem the Silent is Frederik-Hendrik, Prince of Orange. For more information and pictures of him and his family, go to this thread.

[Marengo]

Some paintings and a screan capture of Willems murder:



The staircase:
The Prinsenhof where he was murdered is now a museum, have a look at their website which can be found here.

[Marengo]

Two modern cartoons about Willem of Orange.

1 Willem, Fokke, Sukke and the historical canon

2 Willem and Pim Fortuyn; election of the greatest Dutchman

[Helena]

I wish they hadn´t done this rediculous election of the greatest Dutch person so soon after the Pim Fortuyn murder. All his voters were casting a vote for him while normally Willem van oranje would have won.

[lucien]

The Prinsenhof,Delft.
Prinsenhof Delft

Courtesy / kind permission of Caroline Raedt.

[lucien]

Statue of Prince Willem de Zwijger and his first spouse Anna van Buren and their two children,Philips-Willem and Maria,in front of the St.Lambertus church in Buren.

http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-co...en/family1.JPG

http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-co...en/family2.JPG

Courtesy Mardam.

[Marengo]

I always wonder if we should call her Anna van Egmond or Anna van Buren ...?

And another thing, how was she related to Count Lamoraal van Egmont (who was brought to death on the market square of Brussels together with Count Horne)? It wasn't her father...

And one other thing, do you have any idea how inheretence was arranged in those days in The netherlands? Anna was able to bring a significant number of titles to her husband (countess of Buren, Lingen and Leerdam; lady of IJsselstein, Borssele, Grave, Kranendonk, Jaarsveld, Kortgene, Sint-Maartensdijk and Odijk) but how was that possible when another family member (Lamoraal for example) was still alive at the time of Anna's death.

[lucien]

Originally Posted by Marengo

I always wonder if we should call her Anna van Egmond or Anna van Buren ...?

And another thing, how was she related to Count Lamoraal van Egmont (who was brought to death on the market square of Brussels together with Count Horne)? It wasn't her father...

And one other thing, do you have any idea how inheretence was arranged in those days in The netherlands? Anna was able to bring a significant number of titles to her husband (countess of Buren, Lingen and Leerdam; lady of IJsselstein, Borssele, Grave, Kranendonk, Jaarsveld, Kortgene, Sint-Maartensdijk and Odijk) but how was that possible when another family member (Lamoraal for example) was still alive at the time of Anna's death.

I always refer to her as Anna,Countess of Buren,but that's because I was tought so almost 50 years ago,even tho her father was Maximiliaan van Egmond,who was the wealthiest noble in the land actually.

No it wasn't her father,but I believe they were related paternally cousinwise.

Inheritence was easy at that time,all the lady had was the husbands as soon as she said the centuries old infamous word;"Yes",
and gone was what used to be hers,it was all his henceforth.Lamoraal wasn't of the same line,Anna was her fathers sole heiress.

[Marengo]

Another image, showing the murder of Willem I: