Biography of Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange 1584-1647
Paternal Family Tree: Orange
On 06 Jul 1551 [his father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 18) and Anna Egmond Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 25 Aug 1561 [his father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 28) and Anna of Saxony (age 16) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange. They had two sons, one of which died in infancy, and three daughters.
On 24 Jun 1575 [his father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 42) and Charlotte Bourbon Princess Orange (age 28) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 24 Apr 1583 [his father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 50) and [his mother] Louise Coligny Princess Orange were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 29 Jan 1584 Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange was born to William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 50) and Louise Coligny Princess Orange.
On 10 Jul 1584 [his father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 51) died. His son [his half-brother] Philip William Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 29) succeeded William I Prince Orange.
In 1623 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt (age 56). Portrait of Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 38).
In 1625 Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 40) and Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 22) were married. She by marriage Princess Orange.
On 23 Apr 1625 [his half-brother] Prince Maurice I of Orange (age 57) died. His half brother Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 41) succeeded II Prince Orange.
On 27 May 1626 [his son] William Orange Nassau II Prince Orange was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 42) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 23).
In 1627 Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 42) was appointed 425th Knight of the Garter by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 26).
On 07 Dec 1627 [his daughter] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 43) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 25).
On 26 Oct 1628 [his daughter] Henriëtte Amalia Orange Nassau was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 44) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 26).
In Dec 1628 [his daughter] Henriëtte Amalia Orange Nassau died.
On 04 Aug 1630 [his daughter] Elisabeth Orange Nassau was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 46) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 27).
On 28 Apr 1632 [his daughter] Isabella Charlotte Orange Nassau was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 48) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 29).
Around 1634 Anthony Van Dyck (age 34). Portrait of Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 49).
On 09 Apr 1634 [his daughter] Albertine Agnes Orange Nassau was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 50) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 31).
On 10 Feb 1637 [his daughter] Henriette Catherine Orange Nassau was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 53) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 34).
On 30 Nov 1639 [his son] Hendrik Lodewijk Orange Nassau was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 55) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 37).
On 19 Dec 1639 [his son] Hendrik Lodewijk Orange Nassau died.
On 02 May 1641 [his son] William Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 14) and [his daughter-in-law] Mary Stewart Princess Orange (age 9) were married. She the daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 40) and Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England (age 31).
On 17 May 1642 [his daughter] Isabella Charlotte Orange Nassau (age 10) died.
On 05 Sep 1642 [his daughter] Maria Orange Nassau was born to Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 58) and [his wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 40).
On 07 Dec 1646 [his son-in-law] Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg (age 26) and [his daughter] Luise Henriette Orange Nassau (age 19) were married at The Hague. They were half first cousin once removed.
On 14 Mar 1647 Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 63) died. His son [his son] William Orange Nassau II Prince Orange (age 20) succeeded II Prince Orange. [his daughter-in-law] Mary Stewart Princess Orange (age 15) by marriage Princess Orange.
On 08 Sep 1675 [his former wife] Amalia Solms Braunfels Princess Orange (age 73) died.
Evelyn's Diary. 10 Sep 1677. His lady (age 43) (being one of the Brederode's daughters, grandchild to a natural son of Henry Frederick, Prince of Orange) [Note. Evelyn confused here. Elisabeth Nassau Beverweert Countess Arlington (age 43) was the daughter of Louis Nassau Beverweert who was the illegitimate son of [his half-brother] Prince Maurice I of Orange. Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange was the younger brother of Prince Maurice I of Orange.] is a good-natured and obliging woman. They love fine things, and to live easily, pompously, and hospitably; but, with so vast expense, as plunges my Lord (age 59) into debts exceedingly. My Lord (age 59) himself is given into no expensive vice but building, and to have all things rich, polite, and princely. He never plays, but reads much, having the Latin, French, and Spanish tongues in perfection. He has traveled much, and is the best bred and courtly person his Majesty (age 47) has about him, so as the public Ministers more frequent him than any of the rest of the nobility. While he was Secretary of State and Prime Minister, he had gotten vastly, but spent it as hastily, even before he had established a fund to maintain his greatness; and now beginning to decline in favor (the Duke being no great friend of his), he knows not how to retrench. He was son of a Doctor of Laws, whom I have seen, and, being sent from Westminster School [Map] to Oxford, with intention to be a divine, and parson of Arlington, a village near Brentford, when Master of Arts the Rebellion falling out, he followed the King's (age 47) Army, and receiving an HONORABLE WOUND IN THE FACE, grew into favor, and was advanced from a mean fortune, at his Majesty's (age 47) Restoration, to be an Earl and Knight of the Garter, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, and first favorite for a long time, during which the King (age 47) married his natural son, the Duke of Grafton (age 13), to his only daughter (age 9) and heiress, as before mentioned, worthy for her beauty and virtue of the greatest prince in Christendom. My Lord is, besides this, a prudent and understanding person in business, and speaks well; unfortunate yet in those he has advanced, most of them proving ungrateful. The many obligations and civilities I have received from this noble gentleman, extracts from me this character, and I am sorry he is in no better circumstances.
[his father] William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange was created I Prince Orange.
GrandFather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg
Frederick Henry Orange Nassau II Prince Orange
Mother: Louise Coligny Princess Orange