Biography of Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory 1635-1688

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Before 4th March 1635 Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory was born to Louis Nassau Beverweert (age 33) in The Hague. On 4th March 1635 Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory was baptised.

In 1649 Gerrit van Honthorst (age 56). Portrait of Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 13).

On 14th November 1659 Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 25) and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 24) were married at Den Bosch. He the son of James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 49) and Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 44).

In 1660 [her daughter] Elizabeth Butler Countess Derby was born to [her husband] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 25) and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 24).

In 1662 [her husband] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 27) by writ of acceleration6th Earl Ossory. Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 26) by marriage Countess Ossory.

In May 1662 [her brother-in-law] Richard Butler 1st Earl Arran (age 22) was created 1st Earl Arran.

On 26th October 1662 William Cavendish 1st Duke Devonshire (age 22) and [her sister-in-law] Mary Butler Duchess Devonshire (age 16) were married. She the daughter of [her father-in-law] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 52) and [her mother-in-law] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 47). He the son of William Cavendish 3rd Earl Devonshire (age 45) and Elizabeth Cecil Countess Devonshire (age 43). They were fifth cousins.

On 28th February 1665 [her father] Louis Nassau Beverweert (age 63) died at The Hague.

On 29th April 1665 [her son] James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde was born to [her husband] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 30) and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 30).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In July 1665 [her sister-in-law] Elizabeth Butler Countess Chesterfield (age 25) died.

On 4th September 1671 [her son] Charles Butler 3rd Duke Ormond was born to [her husband] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 37) and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 36).

In 1673 [her son-in-law] William Stanley 9th Earl of Derby (age 18) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Butler Countess Derby (age 13) were married. She by marriage Countess Derby. She the daughter of [her husband] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 38) and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 37). He the son of Charles Stanley 8th Earl of Derby and Dorothea Helena Kirkoven Countess Derby (age 43). They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In January 1675 [her brother-in-law] John Butler 1st Earl Gowran (age 32) and Anne Chichester Countess Gowran and Longford were married. She the daughter of Arthur Chichester 1st Earl Donegal (age 68) and Letitia Hicks Countess Donegal (age 48). He the son of [her father-in-law] James Butler 1st Duke Ormonde (age 64) and [her mother-in-law] Elizabeth Preston Duchess Ormonde (age 59).

On 13th April 1676 [her brother-in-law] John Butler 1st Earl Gowran (age 33) was created 1st Earl Gowran, 1st Viscount Clonmore, 1st Baron Aghrim. Anne Chichester Countess Gowran and Longford by marriage Countess Gowran.

In 1677 [her brother-in-law] John Butler 1st Earl Gowran (age 34) died at Paris [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 26th July 1680. His Majesty (age 50) never lost a worthier subject, nor father a better or more dutiful son; a loving, generous, good-natured, and perfectly obliging friend; one who had done innumerable kindnesses to several before they knew it; nor did he ever advance any that were not worthy; no one more brave, more modest; none more humble, sober, and every way virtuous. Unhappy England in this illustrious person's loss! Universal was the mourning for him, and the eulogies on him; I stayed night and day by his bedside to his last gasp, to close his dear eyes! O sad father, mother, wife, and children! What shall I add? He deserved all that a sincere friend, a brave soldier, a virtuous courtier, a loyal subject, an honest man, a bountiful master, and good Christian, could deserve of his prince and country. One thing more let me note, that he often expressed to me the abhorrence he had of that base and unworthy action which he was put upon, of engaging the Smyrna fleet in time of peace, in which though he behaved himself like a great captain, yet he told me it was the only blot in his life, and troubled him exceedingly. Though he was commanded, and never examined further when he was so, yet he always spoke of it with regret and detestation. The Countess (age 45) was at the seat of her daughter, the [her daughter] Countess of Derby (age 20), about 200 miles off.

On 30th July 1680 [her husband] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory (age 46) died. He was buried in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey the next day.

In 1682 [her son] James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde (age 16) and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Hyde were married. She the daughter of Lawrence Hyde 1st Earl Rochester (age 39) and Henrietta Boyle Countess Rochester (age 36). He the son of [her former husband] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 46). They were sixth cousins.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1685 [her son] James Butler 2nd Duke Ormonde (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Mary Somerset Duchess Ormonde (age 21) were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 1st Duke Beaufort (age 56) and Mary Capell Duchess Beaufort (age 54). He the son of [her former husband] Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 49).

Before 12th December 1688 Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory (age 53) died. She was buried 12th December 1688 in the Duke of Ormonde Vault, King Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey.

[her daughter] Henrietta Butler Countess Grantham was born to Thomas Butler 6th Earl Ossory and Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory.

                    Grammont. The Duke of York consented, and Lord Falmouth having assembled both his counsel and his witnesses, conducted them to his royal highness's cabinet, after having instructed them how to act: these gentlemen were the Earl of Arran, Jermyn, Talbot, and Killegrew, all men of honour; but who infinitely preferred the Duke of York's interest to Miss Hyde's reputation, and who, besides, were greatly dissatisfied, as well as the whole court, at the insolent authority of the prime minister. The duke having told them, after a sort of preamble, that although they could not be ignorant of his affection for Miss Hyde, yet they might be unacquainted with the engagements his tenderness for her had induced him to contract; that he thought himself obliged to perform all the promises he had made her; but as the innocence of persons of her age was generally exposed to court scandal, and as certain reports, whether false or true, had been spread abroad on the subject of her conduct, he conjured them as his friends, and charged them upon their duty, to tell him sincerely every thing they knew upon the subject, since he was resolved to make their evidence the rule of his conduct towards her. They all appeared rather reserved at first, and seemed not to dare to give their opinions upon an affair of so serious and delicate a nature; but the Duke of York having renewed his entreaties, each began to relate the particulars of what he knew, and perhaps of more than he knew, of poor Miss Hyde; nor did they omit any circumstance necessary to strengthen the evidence. For instance, the Earl of Arran, who spoke first, deposed, that in the gallery at Honslaerdyk, where the Countess of Ossory, his sister-in-law, and Jermyn, were playing at nine-pins, Miss Hyde, pretending to be sick, retired to a chamber at the end of the gallery; that he, the deponent, had followed her, and having cut her lace, to give a greater probability to the pretence of the vapours, he had acquitted himself to the best of his abilities, both to assist and to console her.
                
                    Talbot said, that she had made an appointment with him in the chancellor's cabinet, while he was in council; and, that not paying so much attention to what was upon the table, as to what they were engaged in, they had spilled a bottle full of ink upon a despatch of four pages, and that the king's monkey, which was blamed for this accident, had been a long time in disgrace.
                
                    Jermyn mentioned many places where he had received long and favourable audiences: however, all these articles of accusation amounted only to some delicate familiarities, or at most, to what is generally denominated the innocent part of an intrigue; but Killegrew, who wished to surpass these trivial depositions, boldly declared that he had had the honour of being upon the most intimate terms with her: he was of a sprightly and witty humour, and had the art of telling a story in the most entertaining manner, by the graceful and natural turn he could give it: he affirmed that he had found the critical minute in a certain closet built over the water, for a purpose very different from that of giving ease to the pains of love: that three or four swans had been witnesses to his happiness, and might perhaps have been witnesses to the happiness of many others, as the lady frequently repaired to that place, and was particularly delighted with it.

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Ancestors of Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory 1635-1688

Great x 2 Grandfather: William "The Rich" I Count of Nassau Dillenburg

Great x 1 Grandfather: William "The Silent" Orange Nassau I Prince Orange

GrandFather: Prince Maurice I of Orange 12 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry IV Duke Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Maurice Elector of Saxony 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Magnus II Duke of Mecklenburg

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Mecklenburg Duchess of Saxony

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anna of Saxony 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William II Landgrave of Hesse 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Landgrave Philip I of Hesse 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes of Hesse 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Duke of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Christine of Saxony 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara Jagiellon 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: Louis Nassau Beverweert 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

GrandMother: Margaretha van Mechelen

Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory 14 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Biography of Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory 1635-1688

Royal Ancestors of Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory 1635-1688

Ancestors of Emilia Nassau Beverweert Countess Ossory 1635-1688