Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau

Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau (Antwerp, 18 August 1579 – St.Croix (near Poitiers), 16 April 1640) was the fourth daughter of William the Silent and his third spouse Charlotte of Bourbon.

Biography

After her mother's death in 1582 her French grandfather asked for Charlotte Flandrina to stay with him. She became a Roman Catholic and entered a convent in 1593.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau

16. John IV of Nassau-Dillenburg

8. John V of Nassau-Dillenburg

17. Maria of Loon-Heinsberg

4. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

18. Henry III, Landgrave of Hesse

9. Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg

19. Anna of Katzenelnbogen

2. William the Silent

20. Henry IX, Count of Stolberg

10. Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

21. Mathilde of Mansfeld

5. Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode

22. Philip I of Eppstein

11. Anna of Eppstein-Königstein

23. Louise de La Marck

1. Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau

24. John VIII, Count of Vendôme

12. Louis, Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon

25. Isabelle de Beauvau

6. Louis, Duke of Montpensier

26. Gilbert, Count of Montpensier

13. Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier

27. Clara Gonzaga

3. Charlotte of Bourbon

28. Philippe de Longvy, Lord of Givry

14. Jean de Longwy

29. Jeanne de Bauffremont

7. Jacqueline de Longwy

30. Charles, Count of Angoulême

15. Jeanne of Angoulême

31. Antoinette de Polignac

References

Charlotte Flandrina: biography on Worldroots

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