Katharina zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1588-1651)

Biography

Katharina zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was born 10 August 1588 in Berleburg to Ludwig I. zu Sayn und Wittgenstein (1532-1605) and Elisabeth zu Solms-Laubach (1549-1599) and died 9 May 1651 in Dillenburg of unspecified causes. She married Ludwig Heinrich von Nassau-Dillenburg (1594-1662) 25 November 1615 in Hachenburg. Notable ancestors include Henry II of England (1133-1189), William I of England (1027-1087), Charlemagne (747-814), Hugh Capet (c940-996), Alfred the Great (849-899). Ancestors are from Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Russia, Ukraine, Austria, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Belarus, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the Byzantine Empire, Sweden, Canaan, Portugal.

Children

Offspring of Ludwig Heinrich von Nassau-Dillenburg and Katharina zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1588-1651)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Anna Amalie von Nassau-Dillenburg (1616-1649)
Georg Ludwig von Nassau-Dillenburg (1618-1656)	4 March 1618 Beilstein, Hesse, Germany	19 May 1656 Dillenburg, Hesse, Germany	Anna Auguste von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1612-1673)
Elisabeth von Nassau-Dillenburg (1619-1665)
Juliane von Nassau-Dillenburg (1620-1621)
Johann Albrecht von Nassau-Dillenburg (1621-1622)
Katharine von Nassau-Dillenburg (1622-1631)
Luise von Nassau-Dillenburg (1623-1665)	22 May 1622	16 November 1665 Dillenburg	Johann Ludwig von Isenburg-Offenbach (1622-1685)
Daughter von Nassau-Dillenburg (1624-1624)
Heinrich Wilhelm von Nassau-Dillenburg (1626-1627)
Magdalene von Nassau-Dillenburg (1627-1663)
Adolf von Nassau-Schaumburg (1629-1696)	23 January 1629	19 December 1696	Charlotte von Holzapfel (1640-1707)
Philipp von Nassau-Dillenburg (1630-1657)
Daughter von Nassau-Dillenburg (1631-?)
Daughter von Nassau-Dillenburg (1631-?)
Marie Eleonore von Nassau-Dillenburg (1632-1633)

Common ancestors of Katharina zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1588-1651) and Ludwig Heinrich von Nassau-Dillenburg (1594-1662)

1. Anna von Katzenelnbogen (1443-1494)
2. Elisabeth von Hessen (1466-1523)
3. Heinrich III. von Hessen-Marburg (1440-1483)
4. Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg (1410-1475)
5. Johann von Nassau-Dillenburg (1455-1516)
6. Maria von Loon-Heinsberg (1426-1502)

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