Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg
Countess Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg was a daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen and Juliana of Stolberg and one of the sisters of William the Silent.
Marriage and issue
On 16 June 1559, she married Count Conrad of Solms-Braunfels at the age of 16. They had 14 children, nine of whom lived to adulthood:- Philip Frederick, died in childhood
- Juliana, died in childhood
- John Albert I, married Countess Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein. They were the parents of Amalia of Solms-Braunfels.
- Eberhard
- Elisabeth, died in childhood
- Ernest
- William I, married Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg
- Otto
- Reinhard, married Walburga Anna of Daun and, secondly Elisabeth of Salm
- Philip
- Juliana, married Louis II of Sayn-Wittgenstein
- Anna Elisabeth, died in infancy
- Henry
- Anna Maria, died in childhood
Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg, the second wife of her son William I, was a daughter of Elisabeth's brother John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg from his second marriage to Kunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern, so Elisabeth was both Maria's aunt and her mother-in-law.