Anna was a daughter of Count
William "the Rich" of
Nassau-Dillenburg and his second wife, Countess
Juliana of Stolberg. She was the seventh child in their marriage, the fourth daughter. The eldest was William I of Orange (1533–1584), known as
William the Silent. She had the same name as her aunt
Anna of Nassau-Siegen (1440/41–1514), who had died twenty seven years before she was born. She married Count Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg on
16 June 1559 in the Castle of
Dillenburg. On that day in Dillenburg two other marriages in the House of Orange took place:
Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg married
Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg, and
Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg married Conrad, Count of Solms-Braunfels. Over the years their house inherited part of the county of
Nassau-Weilburg. After his fathers dead in
1561 Albert gained part of territory and his father's debts: Weilburg, Gleiberg, Cleen, labor and Burgschwalbach. In
1574 he inherited another part of
Nassau-Saarbrücken after the death of
Count John III. In 1574 a new castle was built in
Ottweiler, which became their residence.
Family Albert and Anna had the following fourteen children: • Anna Amalia (1560–1635), married Count Otto of
Solms-
Sonnewalde • Juliane (1562) • Catherine (1563–1613), died unmarried •
Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1565–1627); inherited
Ottweiler • George Philip (1567–1570) • Albert (1569–1570) • William (1570–1597); inherited Weilburg • Elizabeth (1572–1607), married Count George II of
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg • Juliane (born: 1574) • John Casimir (1577–1602), married Elisabeth, a daughter of
George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt; inherited Gleiberg • Anna Ottilie (1582–1635), married Count William III of
Sayn-Wittgenstein • Anna Sibylla (born: 1575), married Baron Peter Ernest II of
Kriechingen-Püttlingen • Magdalena (1580–1658), died unmarried • Ernestina (1584–1665), married Louis Philip of
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