George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
Georg von Nassau- Beilstein, later of Dillenburg, (* September 1, 1562; † August 9, 1623 in Dillenburg ) was the third son of Count John VI. the elders of Nassau- Dillenburg (1536-1606) from his first marriage with Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg.
He graduated in 1576 in Heidelberg. 1578 he went to the Netherlands to be a soldier under Count Günther von Schwarzburg. There, the idea emerged to carry on in the episcopal chair at Utrecht, but did not get to run. From 1580 on, he was at the court of Georg Friedrich Margrave of Ansbach and Bayreuth.
After he had already acquired in 1604 by purchase from his father with office and city Driedorf a territory he received after the death of the same in the with his brothers Wilhelm Ludwig, Johann Ernst Casimir and Johann Ludwig taken in 1607 inheritance rule Beilstein with the reign of the Westerwald, the reason Burbach and Hickengrund. This property he expanded in 1611 through the purchase of his brother Johann closed but share in the jointly held with Kurtrier Office Wehrheim. By 1612 he resided in Dillenburg to monitor the country's government for his absent brother in Holland Wilhelm Ludwig.
Then he moved on to the castle now converted chateau in Beilstein on its own territory. In 1618 he agreed to move up with his brother Johann comparison, according to these ceded him the right, after the death of the eldest brother Wilhelm Ludwig in control of Dillenburg. Consequently, he also took over in 1620 after the death of William Louis County Dillenburg and so was the founder of the new dill Freiburgische line. The county Beilstein came to the distribution, and he retained only the basic Burbach and Hickengrund. In his country he -serviced exemplary: he adopted, like his brothers, a court, state and police regulations. He died in 1623 in Dillenburg.
Progeny
George was married twice. With his first wife, Anna- Amalia of Nassau -Saarbrücken (1565-1605), daughter of Philip III. , He had 15 children. After the death of his first wife he married in 1605 Amalia von Sayn- Wittgenstein ( 1585-1633 ), daughter of Louis I; with her he had a daughter.
Of his 16 children inherited the sons Ludwig Heinrich and Albrecht, who divided the land among themselves. Albrecht died but already 1626 and Ludwig Heinrich inherited him.
Children from 1st marriage:
Daughter from second marriage: