Walburga of Egmont

Countess Walburga of Egmont ( – 7 March 1529), , was a Countess from the House of Egmond and through marriage Countess of Nassau-Siegen. Biography Walburga was born as the eldest daughter of Count John III of Egmont and Countess Magdalene of Werdenberg (from the House of Werdenberg). Walburga met her future husband, William I of Nassau-Siegen (Dillenburg, 10 April 1487 – Dillenburg, 6 October 1559), in Arnhem in 1505, where he accompanied Elector Frederick III 'the Wise' of Saxony. The following year, the marriage was arranged at Siegen with a messenger from Walburga's father. The marriage was consummated at Koblenz on 29 May 1506. The glorious wedding was attended by the archbishops Herman IV of Cologne and John II of Trier and many other guests from the high nobility. Henry, the groom's brother, had come over from the Netherlands.