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René of Châlon (
February 5 1519 –
July 15 1544), also known as
Renatus of Châlon, was a
Prince of Orange and
stadtholder of
Holland,
Zeeland,
Utrecht and
Gelre.
He was the only son of Count
Henry III of Nassau-Breda and
Claudia of Châlon. Her brother,
Philibert of Châlon, was the last Prince of Orange from the house of Châlon. When he died in 1530, René inherited the Princedom on condition that he used the name and coat of arms of the Châlon - Orange family. History knows him therefore as René of Châlon instead of "of Nassau-Breda".
René of Châlon married, on
20 August 1540, at
Bar-le-Duc with
Anna of Lorraine (1522-1568). They had a daughter, Maria, who lived only 3 weeks and was buried in the "Grote Kerk",
Breda.
While in the service of
Charles V he was killed during
the siege of Saint-Dizier in 1544. The Emperor was at his deathbed. René of Châlon was buried in the Grote Kerk at Breda. In the church of Saint Etienne at Bar-le-Duc is a cenotaph for him.
His cousin William of Nassau-Dillenburg inherited all of René’s lands. This, William I of Orange, (in English better known as
William the Silent) became the founder of the House of
Orange-Nassau.
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