NASSAU VAN ZUYLESTEIN, Willem van (1649-1708)

Family and Education

bap. 7 Oct. 1649, 1st s. of Frederik van Nassau van Zuylestein, heer van Zuylestein en Leersum, and Mary, da. of Sir William Killegrew^‡. educ. unknown. m. 28 Jan. 1681, Jane (d. 1703), da. of Sir Henry Wroth (Wrath), of Enfield, Mdx. 4s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Van Ditzhuyzen, Oranje-Nassau, endpapers (genealogical table C). suc. fa. 12 Oct. 1672 as heer van Zuylestein en Leersum. d. 2 July 1708; will 10 Oct. 1699–6 Feb. 1705, pr. 14 Nov. 1709. TNA, PROB 11/511.

Offices Held

Master of robes 1690 – 95.

Capt. tp. of horse [Army of the States-General] 1672 – 79, coy. of Life Guards [Army of the States-General], 1674 – 79; col. regt. of horse [Army of the States-General], 1679 – d.; major-gen.? (‘adjudant-generaal’) [Army of the States-General], 1682–1702; F.J.G. Ten Raa and F. de Bas, Het Staatsche Leger, v. 432; vi. 126–7, 177, 191, 196; vii. 238, 259; viii (1), 704, 734, 739, 757; viii (2), 734. maj.-gen. of horse [English Army], 1691 – 95; lt. gen. 1695–d.; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 199, 318, 481; iii. 146; Het Staatsche Leger, vii. 238, 259; viii (3), 422; HMC Lords, n.s. ii. 131. col. regt. of Dutch Guards [Army of the States-General], 1700–2. Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 686.

Envoy extraordinary, England [from States-General] 1687, 1688.

Parlimentarian

NASSAU VAN ZUYLESTEIN, Willem van (1649-1708)

Associated with: Zuylestein; 'The White House', Easton, Suffolk; Waayestein.TNA, PROB 11/511; Reinidis van Ditzhuyzen, Oranje-Nassau: een biografisch woordenboek, 115-16, 247-9.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas, Godfrey Kneller, c.1695, National Trust for Scotland, Brodick Castle, Arran.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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