Maurits van Oranje , Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau, Baron of Breda, Stadtholder of Holland, Stadtholder of Zeeland, Stadtholder of Utrecht, Stadtholder of Gelderland, Stadtholder of Overijssel, was born
14 November 1567 in
Dillenburg to
Willem van Oranje (1533-1584) and
Anna von Sachsen (1544-1577) and died
23 April 1625 in
The Hague of unspecified causes. Notable ancestors include
Willem van Oranje (1533-1584) ,
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 , the
Netherlands ,
France , the
United Kingdom ,
Belgium ,
Belarus ,
Russia ,
Ukraine ,
Poland ,
Austria ,
Switzerland ,
Lithuania , the
Czech Republic ,
Italy ,
Bohemia ,
Spain ,
Hungary ,
Slovakia ,
Slovenia ,
Turkey ,
England , the
Byzantine Empire ,
Sweden .
Maurice led the Dutch rebellion after his father's death. Maurice never married but had 13 known children, of whom the eldest 3 sons were recognised as counts of Nassau but, as catholics, not Orange.
Children
