Maria Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg

Maria Amalia was born at Dillenburg Castle in 1582 as a daughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife, Countess Palatine Kunigunde Jakobäa of Simmern.

[2] At the age of 18, at August 22, 1600 in Dillenburg, she married her 30 year old cousin William I, Count of Solms-Braunfels (1570-1635).

This marriage was brought forward on special request of Philipp Ludwig II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg.

In 1606, after the death of her father John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Maria Amalia received 2000 guilders as part of her inheritance.

In the plague year of 1635-1636[8] both Maria Amalia, her husband William I, and their eldest son died.

Dillenburg in 1575, showing the old castle at the top of the hill and the St. Johanniskirche below it
Greifenstein Castle by Matthäus Merian , 1655.