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William was confirmed in the possession of Hilchenbach and received Ferndorf and Krombach, as stipulated in his father's will. The city of Siegen paid homage only to William and John Maurice, who only in 1635 re-admitted their elder brother John 'the Younger' into co-sovereignty.
William I of Nassau-Siegen (German: Wilhelm I. Graf von Nassau-Siegen; 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559), nicknamed the Elder (German: der Ältere) or the Rich (German: der Reiche), was Count of Nassau-Siegen and half of Diez from 1516 to 1559. He was a descendant of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.
It supposedly replaced Count William of Nassau-Siegen's Ginsburg residence. In 1687, the village of Hilchenbach was raised to Flecken – market town. In 1689 and 1844 nearly the whole town of (Alt-)Hilchenbach was destroyed by fire.
William of Nassau-Siegen ( August 13, 1592, Dillenburg – July 18, 1642 in Rheinberg) was Count of Nassau in Hilchenbach. William was the fourth son of John VII, Count of Nassau (1561–1623) and his wife Magdalena von Waldeck-Wildungen (1558–1599). William was educated in the Reformed faith, and...
William vivió al principio en Ginsburg y desde 1623 en Hilchenbach. La torre de agua local lleva su nombre: Wilhelmsburg ( Castillo de William ). Como muchos de los miembros de su familia, estuvo involucrado en la revuelta holandesa y en la guerra de Uskok (1617) contra los Habsburgo y la España católica , donde recibió el rango de mariscal .
Title: William of Nassau-Hilchenbach from Theatrum pontificum, imperatorum, regum, ducum, principum. Publisher: Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–ca. 1674) Artist: After Anonymous, Flemish, 17th century. Date: 17th century. Medium: Engraving. Classification: Prints. Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
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