Maria of Nassau (1539–1599)

Maria (18 March 1539, in Dillenburg – 28 May 1599, in Kasteel Ulft), Countess of Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Dietz, was a Dutch noblewoman.

Life

She was the second daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliana of Stolberg, making Maria a sister of William the Silent. On 11 November 1556 she married count Willem IV van den Bergh (1537–1586) in Meurs. Count Willem committed treason against his brother-in-law William by defecting to the Spanish. He and Maria were caught but were quickly freed on William's intervention.

Maria is buried in the crypt of the church at 's-Heerenberg.

Issue

Maria and Willem IV van den Bergh had 16 children:

• Magdalena van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (1 Aug. 1557 - 25 May 1579)
• Herman van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg ( 2 Aug. 1558 - 12 Aug. 1611)
• Frederik van den Bergh Count den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (18 Aug. 1559 - 3 Sep. 1618)
• Oswald van den Bergh (16 Jun. 1561 - 17 Jan. 1586)
• Wilhelmina van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (7 Jul. 1562 - drowned in the IJssel near Ulft, 15 Nov. 1591)
• Elisabeth van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (31 Dec. 1563 - 1572)
• Joost van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (25 jan. 1565 - 8 Aug. 1600)
• Adam van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (1568 - 7 Nov. 1590)
• Juliana van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (1571 - drowned in the IJssel near Ulft, 15 Nov. 1591)
• Adolf van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (1572 - 25 May 1609)
• Lodewijk van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (1 Nov. 1572 - 10 .Jun 1592)
• Hendrik van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg, Lord of Stevensweerd en Stadhouder of Gelre (1573 - 12 May 1638)
• Catharina van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (1578 - 19 Oct. 1640). She married Floris II of Pallandt 2nd Count of Culemborg (1601)
• Anna van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (1579 - 17 Aug 1630)
• Elisabeth van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg princess-abdes of Essen (1581 - 12 Jan 1614)
• Charlotte van den Bergh-'s Heerenberg (1582 - 2 Nov 1631)