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Extremely rare: genealogy and family tree of Stadholder/King William III (1650-1702) and the genealogy of the European Royal houses and nobility, especially of Holland
[HOUSE OF ORANGE - GENEALOGY].Stemma serenissimi principis Guillelmi Henrici Dei gratia principis Arausionensis, Nassaviae, &c. In quo illustrium orbis Europaei familiarum, Belgicae praesertim, origines, incrementa, conjunctiones, &c. indicantur.   The Hague, Jacobus Scheltus, ca. 1690. Folio (357 x 250mm). Modern half calf with title lettered on gold on spine, marbled boards. With woodcut vignette on title. (117) pp. (5 single and 27 double-leaves mounted on guards). Extremely rare edition of the genealogical tables and family trees of Stadholder/King William III (1650-1702), the principal European Royal Houses and European, especially Dutch high nobility. No other complete copy could be traced. Apparently the work is divided in two parts. Part 1 contains 19 full-page and 8 double-page genealogical and family trees with references to the numbered tables in part 2. Part 2 has 16 double-page genealogical and family trees, numbered: Tab.Gen., I, I.2, II-V, Suppl.V, V.2, VI-VIII, VIII.2, IX-X, (unnumb.). On the backs of the double-page trees are another 31 full-page trees. The contents of the 27 double-leaves and 5 single-leaves, all mounted on guards: Part 1 (with references to the tables in part 2): - pp. 1-4 (double-leaf): title (verso blank), (p. 3) family tree of the ancestors of William III (verso blank). - pp. 5-8 (double leaf): p. 5: blank, pp. 6-7: genealogical tree from Louis the Pious (Debonnere) and his sons Lotharius, Louis II and Charles the Bald to the Houses of Orange-Nassau, and Coligny Chastillon (last date 1650; = T. G. a: Table Générale, a (recto?)); p. 8 blank. - pp. 9-10 (single leaf): p. 9: family tree of the ancestors of John III Count of Nassau Dillenburg; p. 10: family tree of the ancestors of Adela (Adelheid of Vianden, +1376) and her husband Otto II count of Nassau Dillenburg (1305-1350): 'Maiores Adelae comitis Viandae progenitricis illustrissimae Nassaviorum familiae in Belgica'. - pp. 11-14 (double-leaf): p. 11: blank; pp. 12-13: genealogical tree from Robert II of France till the House of Orange-Nassau: William III and the Frisian branch Jan Willem Friso (b. 1687); (last date 1688; = T. G. b: Table Générale, b (verso?)); p. 8 blank. - pp. 15-16 (single leaf): p. 15: family tree of the ancestors of Elisabeth (ca. 1420), wife of Goudo XVI, count of Lavalli and ancestor of the Dutch stadholder Frederick Hendrick; p. 16: family tree of the ancestors of Edward I, King of England (1239-1307). - pp. 17-18 (single leaf): p. 17: family tree of the ancestors of James V, King of Scotland; p. 18: family tree of Mary, wife of James V, the King of Scotland. - pp. 19-22 (double-leaf): p. 19: blank; pp. 20-21: genealogical tree from Hugues Capet, King of Frence (+ 997) till the House of Orange-Nassau: William III (= T. G. b: Table Générale, b); p. 22 blank. - pp. 23-24 (single leaf): p. 23: family tree of the ancestors of Charles Bourbon, 'Dux Vindocini'); p. 24: family tree of the ancestors of Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria. - pp. 25-28 (double-leaf): p. 25: genealogical tree from Johanna, the mother of Count William III of Holland till the Dukes of Mantua and Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine; pp. 26-27: genealogical tree of the French kings, from Philip II, till Louis, the 'Grand Dauphin'; p. 28: genealogical tree of the Houses of Nuremberg (Hohenzollern) and Kleve, till Frederick William, Elect of Brandenburg who married Louise, the daughter of Frederic Hendrick. - pp. 29-32 (double-leaf): p. 29, 30-32 and 33: three genealogical trees of the Brederode dynasty, a family belonging to the Dutch high nobility, going back to Charles the Great. - pp. 33-36 (double-leaf): p. 33: genealogical tree of the Brederode dynasty; pp. 34-35: genealogical tree of the Dutch counts from Theodoricus VI (Dirk VI), including the related noble families Egmont, Horne, Heucelom, Nassau, etc.; p. 36: genealogical tree from Charles, duke of Lorraine via the houses of Chiny, Grimbergen, Viande, Nassau, Brandenburg, etc., till the children of Frederick Willem, Elect of Brandenburg and Louis the daughter of Frederick Hendrick (last date 1688; = T.E. b.: Table E. b). - pp. 37-40 (double-leaf): p. 37: genealogical tree of the families Lingne, Lannoy, Aremberg, etc., from Beatrix the daughter of Hugo and Adela of Hannover, till Joannes Lignaeus, count of Aremberg (= Tab. IX. 2. b.); pp. 38-39: genealogical tree of the families Leefdaal, the counts of Buren, 's-Herenberg, Culemborg, the margraves of Bergen op Zoom, etc., from Philip, Lord of Hauterive; p. 40: genealogical tree ofthe family Culemborg. - pp. 41-42 (single leaf): p. 41: genealogical tree of the families Egmont, Lanoy, Lalain, Buren, Orange (William of Orange marries Anna van Buren), etc. (= T. G. b.): ; p. 42: family tree of the ancestors of Anna van Buren. - pp. 43-46 (double-leaf): p. 43 blank; pp. 44-45: genealogical tree of the French Kings from Ludwig I of Bavaria till Louis, the 'Grand Dauphin', with underneath a letter written by Louis XIV to the States General dated St. Germain en Laye, 19 January 1680 on the marriage of his son the dauphin with Mary-Ann Christina of Bavaria; p. 46 blank. (part 2) - pp. 47-50 (double- leaf, with quire sign. 'A'): pp. 47-49: printed text 'Hadrianus Valesius, De Belgica provinciae', and 'De Lotharii regno seu Lotharingia, et de utroque ducatu Lotharingiae' (= extract from: Hadrianus Valesius (Adrien de Valois, 1607-1692), Notitiae Galliarum (Paris 1675)?); p. 50: genealogical tree of the French kings from Louis IV till Anna van Buren, wife of William of Orange-Nassau. - pp. 51-54 (double-leaf): p. 51: genealogical tree from Louis the Pious till the counts of Holland, the dukes of Zähringen in Baden and the margraves of Meisen (c. 1300); pp. 52-53: Tab. Generalis: genealogical tree from Charles the Great via the German emperors till emperor Frederick III; p. 54: genealogical tree from king Robert I of France till William Talvas III and Adela daughter of Odo, duke of Burgundy. - pp. 55-58 (double leaf): p. 55: genealogical tree from Pippin till king James I of England (+ 1625); pp. 56-57: Tab. I: genealogical tree from Heribert I (+ 902) tillAnna of Denmark, the wife of James I and William of Orange (till c. 1600); p. 58: genealogical tree from Radulphus I de Codiciaco till other members of the French nobility. - pp. 59-62 (double-leaf): p. 59: genealogical tree from Aldeardis, son of Robert I, duke of Burgundy (+ 1086) till Anna, the wife of Ludwig of Saxony; pp. 60-61: Tab. I. 2: genealogical tree from Robertus Veromanduud till the thr French kings and nobility in c. 1350; p. 62: genealogical tree from Henry of Burgundy (+1112) till emperor Ferdinand I. - pp. 63-66 (double-leaf): p. 63: genealogical tree of the dukes of Flanders and Gelderland (till c. 1500); pp. 64-65: Tab. II: genealogical tree from Gislebertus of Luxembourg till c. 1545; p. 66: genealogical tree of the dukes of Burgundy from Margarita and Philip I till William of Kleve (c. 1545). - pp. 67-70 (double-leaf): p. 67: family tree of the ancestors of William the Good (+ 1337), son of Jan II, counts of Holland; pp. 68-69: Tab. III: genealogical tree from Henry IV, duke of Limbourg till Mary, the daughter of Charles I and wife of stadholder William II (+ 1650); p. 70: family tree of the ancestors of Maria Domina Arkeli, Leerdami etc. & Jan van Egmont. - pp. 71-74 (double-leaf): p. 71: genealogical tree from Walraven III count of Nassau (+1156) till William III & Margarita the daughter of Hendrick, duke of Brunswick; pp. 72-73: Tab. IV: genealogical tree from Valeranus II, duke of Luxembourg (+1226), via Amalia of Solms till William Henry (stadholder/King William III), with ornamental typographical border at the right (lat date: 1675); p. 74: genealogical tree from William of Orange till Henry Casimir of Nassau. - pp. 75-78 (double-leaf): p. 75: family tree of the ancestors of Vaeranus II, duke of Luxembourg with his epitaph; pp. 76-77: Tab. V: genealogical tree from Valeranus II, duke of Luxembourg (+1226), via Mary, his mother and daughter of Charles I till William Henry (stadholder/King William III); p. 78: 'Pars Familiae Alsaticae': genealogical tree beginning with Hugo, count of the Alsace. - pp. 79-82 (double-leaf): family tree of the ancestors of John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy (1404-19); pp. 80-81: Supplementum Tab. V: genealogical tree from Bona till William Henry (stadholder/King William III); p. 82: genealogical tree of the 'Barri Comites & Duces, beginning with Frederick II (last date 1482). - pp. 83-86 (double-leaf): p. 83: genealogical tree from Louis duke of Baioaria till John III count of Nassau; pp. 84-85: Tab. V. 2: genealogical tree from Judith, the daughter of Frederick I count of Luxembourg till Juliana, the mother of William of Orange; p. 86: 'Brabantiae Comites & Duces': genealogical tree from Lambertus II till Catharina (c. 1450). - pp. 87-90 (double-leaf): family tree of Henrica Mary, the wife of Charles I of England; pp. 88-89: Tab. VI: genealogical tree from Lambertus II till king Henry IV of France; p. 90: genealogical tree from Maria Sophia, daughter of count William VI till John I & his wife Catharina. - pp. 91-94 (double-leaf): p. 91: 'Lossensis comites' and 'Duracii comites': genealogical tree from Emma till Maria, the wife of count John II of Nassau; pp. 92-93: Tab. VII: 'Namurici comites' (and 'Antonii & Spineti Dynastae', 'Comites Reitestini', and 'Viandae Comites': genealogical tree beginning with Radboldus I; p. 93: 'Lotharingiae Superiores Duces hereditarii': genealogical tree from Hadvigis till Engelbert I, count of Nassau. - 95-98 (double-leaf): p. 95: 'Castellionis ad Matronam Dom. Fani Pauli & Blesensium Comites, etc.': genealogical tree from Yolendis till Francisca, wife of Alanus Magnus; pp. 96-97: Tab. VIII: 'Flandriae Comites': genealogical tree from Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald till Philip the Bold; p. 98: idem, from Balduinus till Anna, queen of England and daughter of king Frederick II. - pp. 99-102 (double-leaf): p 99: genealogical tree beginning with William I, 'Dampetrae dominus'; pp. 100-101: Tab. VIII. 2: genealogical tree from Charles the Great till William of Orange; p. 102: genealogical tree beginning with Simon III de Montforti (c. 1200). - pp. 103-106 (double-leaf): p. 103: 'de Florinis & Ruminiaci Dynastae' and other nobler families: genealogical tree beginning with Hadvidis Rauciaca; pp. 104-105: Tab. IX: genealogical tree beginning with Beatrix, wife of count Ebalus of Roucy; p. 106: genealogical tree from Adeluidis, wife of James of Avesnes till Henry IV, king of France. - pp. 107-110 (double-leaf): p. 107: genealogical tree from Charles The Great till Frederick III and the Burgundian counts; pp. 108-109: Tab. X: genealogical tree from William II, count of Burgundy (+1087) till Henry IV, king of France; p. 110: genealogical tree from Adela, daughter of William count of Normandy till stadholder/king William III and Henrica Maria, daughter of Henry IV king of France. - pp. 111-114 (double-leaf): p. 111: genealogical tree beginning with Beatrix, daughter of Raginerius IV; pp. 112-113: 'Lotharingiae duces': genealogical tree beginning with Elisabeth, wifer of TheobaldusII, duke of Lorraine; p. 114: 'Comites Egmondani': genealogical tree beginning with Magdalena, wife of Johannes Egmondanus. - pp. 115-117 (double-leaf): Index. Good copy.- (Sl. marginal water stain in first lvs., right hand top corner mouse eaten).
Van Someren, Pamfl. 713 (only the first 2 lvs.; = copy Utrecht, UL); a second copy in Leiden, UL (ca. 1660), apparently incomplete.
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