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Frederik Nassau de Zuylestein

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Frederik Nassau de Zuylestein

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12 Oct 1672 (aged 47–48)
Woerden, Woerden Municipality, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Leersum, Utrechtse Heuvelrug Municipality, Utrecht, Netherlands Add to Map
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Illegitimate son of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, stadtholder of Holland, Zealand and other provinces of the Netherlands.
His mother may have been Catharine Bruyns, daughter of a burgomaster of Emmerich.
In 1630 his father bought for him the manor of Zuylestein, near Leersum. There a beautifull castle was built in Renaissance style.
In 1659 he became tutor of his nephew Prince William, by then nine years old, and to become later King William III of England. There were strong bonds between the prince and his uncle. In the winter of 1670 he accompanied William, a grandson of King Charles I, to England. Zuylestein was appointed a general of foot in the Dutch army in 1672 and shared with his nephew in an attack on the city of Woerden, held by a garrison of the French King Louis XIV. Zuylestein was wounded eigtheen times 'and his body was almost hacked to pieces'.

See also: Reinildis van Ditzhuyzen, Oranje-Nassau: Een biografisch woordenboek, Haarlem 2004, 105-108
Illegitimate son of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, stadtholder of Holland, Zealand and other provinces of the Netherlands.
His mother may have been Catharine Bruyns, daughter of a burgomaster of Emmerich.
In 1630 his father bought for him the manor of Zuylestein, near Leersum. There a beautifull castle was built in Renaissance style.
In 1659 he became tutor of his nephew Prince William, by then nine years old, and to become later King William III of England. There were strong bonds between the prince and his uncle. In the winter of 1670 he accompanied William, a grandson of King Charles I, to England. Zuylestein was appointed a general of foot in the Dutch army in 1672 and shared with his nephew in an attack on the city of Woerden, held by a garrison of the French King Louis XIV. Zuylestein was wounded eigtheen times 'and his body was almost hacked to pieces'.

See also: Reinildis van Ditzhuyzen, Oranje-Nassau: Een biografisch woordenboek, Haarlem 2004, 105-108

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