Ludwig Günther of Nassau

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Count Ludwig Günther of Nassau
Depiction on horseback on a contemporary copper engraving

Count Ludwig Günther von Nassau (born February 15, 1575 in Dillenburg ; † September 12, 1604 , died in front of Sluis ) Dutch lieutenant general of the cavalry in the Eighty Years War and Count von Nassau-Katzenelnbogen.

He was the youngest son of John VI. von Nassau and his first wife Elisabeth von Leuchtenberg (1537–1579).

Like many of his brothers, he fought with his cousin Moritz von Orange on the side of the States General. As early as 1596 he took part in the conquest of Cadiz as a volunteer after he had previously wanted to travel to South America with the English fleet to fight the Spanish there. His cousin made him lieutenant general in 1600 and he was already able to distinguish himself in the battle of Nieuwpoort . Then he could take Wachtendonk . In 1602 he was present in the attack on Luxembourg. In 1604 he took part in the siege of Sluis, where he developed a fever from which he died.

He was married to Countess Anna Margarethe von Manderscheid-Gerolstein (* August 10, 1575, † March 4, 1606) since June 7, 1601 . Anna Margarethe was the daughter of Count Johann Gerhard von Manderscheid-Gerolstein and the widow of Wirich VI. by Daun-Falkenstein . The marriage remained childless.

literature

  • Pieter Lodewijk Muller :  Ludwig Günther, Count of Nassau-Katzenellenbogen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 565 f.
  • Uwe Schögl (Red.): Orange. 500 years of portraits of a dynasty from the portrait collection of the Austrian National Library, Vienna and the Dutch Royal Collection The Hague. (Exhibition from February 1 to March 19, 2002, Camineum of the Austrian National Library, Vienna). Austrian National Library et al., Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-01-000028-6 , pp. 122–124.
  • Rouven Pons: De 'Indievaart' van graaf Lodewijk Gunther van Nassau-Dillenburg (1596). In: Jaarboek Oranje Nassau 2014, pp. 61–85.

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SURNAME Nassau, Ludwig Günther von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ludwig Günther von Nassau-Katzenelnbogen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Nassau-Katzenelnbogen
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillenburg
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1604
Place of death Sluis