Background
She was the second daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliana of Stolberg, making Maria a sister of William the Silent.
She was the second daughter of William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Juliana of Stolberg, making Maria a sister of William the Silent.
He and Maria were caught but were quickly freed on William"s intervention. Maria is buried in the crypt of the church at "s-Heerenberg. Maria and Willem IV van den Bergh had 16 children:
Magdalena van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (1 August 1557 - 25 May 1579)
Herman van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg ( 2 August 1558 - 12 August 1611)
Frederik van den Bergh Count den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (18 August 1559 - 3 September 1618)
Oswald van den Bergh (16 June 1561 - 17 January 1586)
Wilhelmina van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (7 July 1562 - drowned in the IJssel near Ulft, 15 November 1591)
Elisabeth van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (31 December 1563 - 1572)
Joost van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (25 jan 1565 - 8 August 1600)
Adam van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (1568 - 7 November 1590)
Juliana van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (1571 - drowned in the IJssel near Ulft, 15 November 1591)
Adolf van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (1572 - 25 May 1609)
Lodewijk van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (1 November 1572 - 10 June 1592)
Hendrik van den Bergh Count van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg, Lord of Stevensweerd en Stadhouder of Gelre (1573 - 12 May 1638)
Catharina van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (1578 - 19 October 1640).
Anna van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (1579 - 17 August 1630)
Elisabeth van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg princess-abdes of Essen (1581 - 12 January 1614)
Charlotte van den Bergh-"s Heerenberg (1582 - 2 November 1631).
