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7 August 1613 marks the birth of William Frederick of Nassau -Dietz. This took place at Arnhem (now a part of the Netherlands then a part of the Dutch Republic). Family William Frederick of Nassau-Dietz was the second son of Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz and Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick- Lüneburg. He had an elder brother Hendrik Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz. Love and Marriage William Frederick of Nassau - Dietz married Albertine Agnes of Nassau, the 5th. daughter of Frdercik Henry, Prince of Orange on 2 May 1652 at Cleves. This couple had 3 children: Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, Henry Casimir II, Count of Nassau-Dietz, Wilhelmina Sophia Hedwig. William Frederick was a paternal grandson of John VI, Count of Nassau- Dillenburg, a younger brother of his wife's paternal grandfather: William the Silent. Career William Frederick studied at Leiden University and the University of Groningen, later he took a commission in the army of the Dutch Republic. He

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born on 4 August 1900. Family Her father was Claude Bowes-Lyon the 14th. Earl of Strathmore and Kinghore. Her mother was Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, a descendant of the British Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3 rd. Duke of Portland. She also was a descendant of Richard Wellesley, 1st. Marques of Wellesley, Governor of India and a younger brother of another Prime Minister: Arthur Wellesley, 1st. Duke of Wellington. Love and Marriage In 1921, Prince Albert, Duke of York (known as Bertie in the family), second son of King George V asked for her hand but she turned him down. In 1922, Elizabeth was a bridesmaid for Albert's sister Princess Mary, the next month Albert proposed her but she turned him down again. Finally in January 1923, Elizabeth agreed to marry Prince Albert, despite her misgivings for living a royal life. The two would marry on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey. The couple would have 2