Johann VI (I) "the Elder" Count of NASSAU-DILLENBURG

Birth:
22 Nov 1536
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
8 Oct 1606
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Burial:
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Marriage:
16 Jun 1559
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
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Elisabeth Princess of LEUCHTENBERG
Birth:
Mar 1537
Pfreimd, Oberpfalz, Bavaria
Death:
6 Jul 1579
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Children
Marriage
1
Wilhelm Ludwig Count of NASSAU-DILLENBURG
Birth:
13 Mar 1560
Siegen, Westfalen, Prussia
Death:
31 May 1620
2
Johann VII (II) "the Middle" Count of NASSAU-SIEGEN
Birth:
7 Jun 1561
Schloss, Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
27 Sep 1623
Siegen, Westfalen, Prussia
Margarethe Princess of HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG 
Marr:
27 Aug 1603
Rotenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prus 
3
Georg "the Elder" Count of NASSAU-DILLENBURG
Birth:
1 Sep 1562
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
9 Aug 1623
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Amalie Countess of SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN 
Marr:
5 Oct 1605
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Pru 
4
Elisabeth Countess of NASSAU
Birth:
24 Jan 1564
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
5 May 1611
Frankfurt am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
5
Juliane Countess of NASSAU-DILLENBURG
Birth:
6 Oct 1565
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
4 Oct 1630
6
Philipp Count of NASSAU
Birth:
1 Dec 1566
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
3 Sep 1595
 
Marr:
 
7
Marie Countess of NASSAU-DILLENBURG
Birth:
12 Nov 1568
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
30 Apr 1632
Detmold, Lippe-Detmold, Germany
Johann Ludwig Count of NASSAU-WIESBADEN-IDSTEIN 
Marr:
2 Dec 1588
Idstein, Hessen-Nassau, Prussi 
8
Anna Sibylle Countess of NASSAU
Birth:
29 Sep 1569
of Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
19 Dec 1576
 
Marr:
 
9
Mathilde Countess of NASSAU
Birth:
27 Dec 1570
of Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
10 May 1625
10
Albrecht Count of NASSAU
Birth:
1572
of Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
1572
 
Marr:
 
11
Ernst Kasimir Count of NASSAU-DILLENBURG
Birth:
22 Dec 1573
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
4 Jun 1632
Bei Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
Sofie Hedwig Princess of BRUNSWICK-WOLFENBUTTEL 
Marr:
8 Jun 1607
Gröningen bei Halberstadt, Sac 
12
Ludwig Günther Count of NASSAU
Birth:
15 Feb 1575
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
12 Sep 1604
 
Marr:
 
13
Son Count of NASSAU
Birth:
6 Jul 1579
Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia
Death:
6 Jul 1579
 
Marr:
 
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Johann VI (I) "the Elder" Count of Nassau-Dillenburg - Elisabeth Princess of Leuchtenberg

Johann VI (I) "the Elder" Count of Nassau-Dillenburg was born at Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 22 Nov 1536. His parents were Wilhelm I "the Rich" Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliane Countess of Stolberg.

He married Elisabeth Princess of Leuchtenberg 16 Jun 1559 at Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia . Elisabeth Princess of Leuchtenberg was born at Pfreimd, Oberpfalz, Bavaria Mar 1537 daughter of Georg III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg and Barbara Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach, L.G. of Leuchtenberg .

They were the parents of 13 children:
Wilhelm Ludwig Count of Nassau-Dillenburg born 13 Mar 1560.
Johann VII (II) "the Middle" Count of Nassau-Siegen born 7 Jun 1561.
Georg "the Elder" Count of Nassau-Dillenburg born 1 Sep 1562.
Elisabeth Countess of Nassau born 24 Jan 1564.
Juliane Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg born 6 Oct 1565.
Philipp Count of Nassau born 1 Dec 1566.
Marie Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg born 12 Nov 1568.
Anna Sibylle Countess of Nassau born 29 Sep 1569.
Mathilde Countess of Nassau born 27 Dec 1570.
Albrecht Count of Nassau born 1572.
Ernst Kasimir Count of Nassau-Dillenburg born 22 Dec 1573.
Ludwig Günther Count of Nassau born 15 Feb 1575.
Son Count of Nassau born 6 Jul 1579.

Johann VI (I) "the Elder" Count of Nassau-Dillenburg died 8 Oct 1606 at Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia .

Elisabeth Princess of Leuchtenberg died 6 Jul 1579 at Dillenburg, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia .