Background
Frederick was born out of wedlock to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584 – 1647) and Margaretha Catharina Bruyns (1595–1625), in 1624.
Frederick was born out of wedlock to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584 – 1647) and Margaretha Catharina Bruyns (1595–1625), in 1624.
On the 15th of March 1640, Frederick"s father gave him Castle Zuylestein (also spelled Zuylenstein), situated about twenty miles east of the city of Utrecht. With it he also gave him the title Heer van Zuylestein and made him captain of infantry for the state. Through lobbying by Johan de Wit, William III became the state"s ward in 1666, and Frederick was dismissed.
In April 1672 (the rampjaar) he became general of the infantry and in August he became involved in the murders of Johan and Cornelis de Wit.
Death In October 1672 Frederick died near Woerden in a battle with the French known as the Battle of Kruipin. Frederick had nine legitimate half-siblings with whom he shared his father.
Their mother was his father"s wife Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. William II, Prince of Orange (27 May 1626 – 6 November 1650) Luise Henriette of Nassau (27 December 1627 – 18 June 1667) Henriëtte Amalia of Nassau (26 October 1628 – December 1628) Elisabeth of Nassau (4 August 1630) Isabella Charlotte of Nassau (22 January/28 April 1632 – 17 May 1642) Albertine Agnes of Nassau (9 April 1634 – 24 May 1696) Henriette Catherine of Nassau (10 February 1637 – 3 November 1708) Hendrik Lodewijk of Nassau (30 November 1639 – 19 December 1639) Maria of Nassau (5 September 1642 – 17/20 March 1688) Frederick used the arms below.
