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Also Known As Lodewijk van Nassau
Born January 10, 1538 • Germany
Died April 14, 1574 (aged 36) • Netherlands
Notable Family Members brother William I
Role In Eighty Years’ War

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Louis of Nassau, panel portrait by an unknown artist, 1574; in the Orange Nassau Museum, Delft, Neth.
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