Editing House of Orange-Nassau (section)

===Orange and Nassau Family Tree===

{{Family tree of the House of Orange-Nassau}}

The main house of Orange-Nassau also spawned several illegitimate branches.  These branches contributed to the political and economic history of England and the Netherlands. [[Justinus van Nassau]] was the only extramarital child of [[William the Silent|William of Orange]]. He was a Dutch army commander known for unsuccessfully [[Siege of Breda (1624)|defending Breda against the Spanish]], and the depiction of his surrender on the famous picture by [[Diego Velázquez]], ''[[The Surrender of Breda]]''. [[Louis of Nassau, Lord of De Lek and Beverweerd]] was a younger illegitimate son of [[Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange|Prince Maurice]] and [[Margaretha van Mechelen]]. His descendants were later created Counts of Nassau-LaLecq. One of his sons was the famous general [[Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk|Henry de Nassau, Lord of Overkirk]], [[William III of England|King William III]]'s [[Master of the Horse]], and one of the most trusted generals of [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]].  His descendants became the [[Earl of Grantham|Earls of Grantham]] in England. [[Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein|Frederick van Nassau, Lord of Zuylestein]], an illegitimate son of [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]], gave rise to the [[Earl of Rochford|Earls of Rochford]] in England. The [[William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford|4th earl of Rochford]] was a famous English diplomat and a statesman.