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c. Children of Louisa Juliana : 22. Catherine Juliana. 



10. Frederick V., Elector Palatine. 23. Henry Lewis. 



11. Elizabeth = Brandenburg. 24. James John. 



12. Louisa Juliana = PalatineJJeux- f. Children of Charlotte de la 

 Ponts. Tremoille: 



13. Louis Philip = Palatine-Simmern. 25. Henry Duke Thonan Count Laval. 



d. Children of Isabella, Duchess *26. Charlotte Countess Derby (9), a 

 de Bouillon : skilful commander and was ' the 



14. Frederick Maurice, Lord of Sedan. last person in the three kingdoms 

 *15. Turenne (9), celebrated general. who submitted to the parliament.' 



16. Mary = Henry, Duke Tuars. g. Children of Amelia = Palatine 



17. Juliana Catherine = Francis Deux-Ponts: 



Count Roye. 27. Frederick Louis, Count Palatine 



18. Elizabeth = Marq. Duras. Landsberg. 



19. Henrica Catherine = Goyau de la h. Children of Frederick Henry: 

 Moussaye. 28. Henrietta. 



e. Children of Catherine of 29. Mary. 

 Hanau: 30. Louisa. 



*20. Amalia Elizabeth (9) = Hesse 31. Albertina. 



Cassel. *32. William II., Prince of Orange 



21. Philip Maurice, Count of Hanau. (8), a youth, of great promise. 



Among the twelve children there were two distinguished. There 

 were four distinguished grandchildren, but only four out of thirty- 

 two, so we see a greater proportionate amount near to William the 

 Silent himself; the greatest of the grandchildren, Turenne, occurs 

 where he would most probably fall. He had a brilliant backing on 

 both sides since his father was also 'a distinguished general.'* 



B. Younger Branch of Nassau Dietz. 



This other branch of the House of Nassau from which the present 

 ruling family of Holland is descended may be well compared with 

 that of Orange since for a number of years they lived and fought 

 side by side in their struggles for liberty, and subsequent to their 

 divergence took their blood largely from the same general sources that 

 produced the geniuses already discussed. Although we find the bril- 

 liant branch of the family very largely represented in the pedigree as 

 more remote ancestors, there was no such selection as would require 

 heredity to place genius on the heads of any of the direct descendants. 



This, together with the fact that none of the princes had large 

 families of children, seems to sufficiently account for the observation 

 that no great genius subsequently appeared in this branch. 



The following is a list of the descendants in the direct line, their 

 maternal pedigree having been looked up in each case, complete to all 

 great-grandparents, and the distinguished ancestors are noted: 



Children of John Sr. of Orange (no distinguished maternal ancestors) : 



1. William Louis, Stadtholder of Friesland 1620. 



2. John Count of Siegen 1623. 



3. Elizabeth 1611 = Nassau-Saarbruck. 



4. Mary 1625 = John Louis Nassau Weisbaden. 



5. Machtild 1625 = William Count Mansfeld. 



* Lippincott's. 



