Willem Louis of Nassau-Dillenburg

Timeline

1. 1560–1584Dillenburg · HesseBorn into the Nassau-Dillenburg branch, he went into exile in Germany with his family after the assassination of William I, received a military education, and maintained close ties with his cousin Maurice.
2. 1584–1600Leeuwarden · FrieslandHe served as stadtholder of the northern provinces, strengthening defenses against Spanish attacks, corresponding with Maurice to coordinate the northern and southern fronts, and helping plan the 1590s offensives to recapture Groningen and other places.
3. 1601–1620Leeuwarden · FrieslandHe continued to hold the north, and when intervening in the dispute between Oldenbarnevelt and Maurice he sided with the latter; he died of illness in Leeuwarden in 1620, leaving no children.