The House of Nassau

"Count Dudo-Henry of Laurenburg (ca. 1060 – ca. 1123) is considered the founder of the House of Nassau" (-from wikipedia). He produces 2 sons and a daughter but only his son Ruprecht I, Graf von Laurenburg would be the ancestor patrilineally of the Nassau House and upon his marriage to Beatrix von Limburg would mixed with the descendant of Charlemagne.

Cadet houses were :

• House of Nassau-Weilburg
• House of Orange-Nassau
• House of Nassau-Corroy

Beatrix's descent from Charlemagne :

1. Charlemagne, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800-814 - Hildegardis
2. Louis I 'the Pious', Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 814-840 - Judith
3. Charles 'the Bald', Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 875-877 - Ermentrudis of Orléans
4. Louis II 'the Stammerer', King of West-France 877-879 - Adelheid
5. Ermentrud of Westfranken - NN (unknown husband)
6. Kunegund - Wigerich, Graf im Bidgau und Ardennengau
7. Siegfried, Graf 'von Luxemburg' - Hadwig
8. Friedrich, Graf in Moselgau & Lutzelburg - (Irmtrud) von Gleiberg
9. Friedrich, Graf von Luxemburg, Duke of Lower-Lorraine - Gerberge de Boulogne
10. Judith|Jutta von Luxemburg - Walram|Waleran|Udo, Graf von Limburg
11. Heinrich I, Graf von Limburg, Duke of Lower-Lorraine - NN von Arlon
12. Walram III Paganus, Graf von Limburg, Graf von Arlon - Judith van Wassenberg, Heiress of Wassenberg
13. Beatrix von Limburg - Ruprecht I, Graf von Laurenburg

Members of this house would bear the titles :

• King of the Netherlands
• King of England, Scotland and Ireland
• Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• Duke of Nassau
• Duke of Limburg
• Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
• Prince of Orange
• Fürst of Nassau-Orange
• Fürst of Nassau-Orange-Fulda
• Princely Count of Nassau-Dietz
• Count of Nassau-Weilburg
• Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
• Stadtholder in the Netherlands

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Miss World Winners - Distance to the Crown (1951 - 1960)

1951 : Sweden - Kiki Håkansson

Hometown : Stockholm

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,434.39 km

Placements :
1st RU : Britain - Laura Ellison-Davies

2nd RU : Britain - Doreen Dawne
3rd RU : France - Jacqueline Lemoine

4th RU : Britain - Aileen P. Chase

Entrants : 26

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1952 : Sweden - May-Louise Flodin
Hometown : Stockholm
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,434.39 km

Placements :

1st RU : Switzerland - Sylvia Müller

2nd RU : Germany - Vera Marks

3rd RU : Finland - Eeva Hellas

Entrants : 11

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1953 : France - Denise Perrier

Hometown : Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 737.01 km

Placements :

1st RU : Greece - Alexandra Ladikou
2nd RU : Egypt - Marina Papaelia

3rd RU : Ceylon - Manel Illangakoon

4th RU : Monaco - Elizabeth Chovisky

5th RU : USA - Mary Kemp Griffin

Entrants : 15

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1954 : Egypt - Antigone Costanda

Hometown : Cairo

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 3,515.24 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Karin Hultman

2nd RU : Greece - Efi Mela

3rd RU : France - Claudine Bleuse

4th RU : Germany - Frauke Walther

Entrants : 17

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1955 : Venezuela - Susana Duijm
Hometown : Aragua de Barcelona
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom
Location : London, UK
Distance : 7,457.17 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Margaret Anne Haywood

2nd RU : Greece - Julia Coumoundourou

3rd RU : Cuba - Gilda Marín

4th RU : Sweden - Anita Åstrand

5th RU : France - Gisele Thierry

Semi-finalists :

Australia - Beverly Prowse

Austria - Felicitas Von Goebel

Entrants : 21

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1956 : Germany - Petra Schürmann

Hometown : Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 458.18 km

Placements :

1st RU : USA - Betty Lane Cherry

2nd RU : Israel - Rina Weiss

3rd RU : Japan - Midoriko Tokura

4th RU : Denmark - Anne Rye Nielsen

5th RU : Sweden - Eva Bränn

Entrants : 24

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1957 : Finland - Marita Lindahl

Hometown : Helsinki

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 1,822.94 km

Placements :

1st RU : Denmark - Lilian Juul Madsen

2nd RU : South Africa : Adele June Kruger
3rd RU : Tunisia - Jacqueline Tapia

4th RU : Japan - Muneko Yorifuji

5th RU : France - Claude Inès Navarro
6th RU : Israel - Sara Elimor

Entrants : 23

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1958 : South Africa - Penelope Coelen

Hometown : Durban

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 9,557.25 km

Placements :

1st RU : France - Claudine Oger

2nd RU : Denmark - Vinnie Ingemann

3rd RU : Sweden - Harriet Margareta Wågström

4th RU : Holland - Lucienne Struve

5th RU : United Kingdom - Eileen Sheridan

6th RU : Brazil - Sônia Maria Campos

Semi-finalists :

Germany - Dagmar Herner

Italy - Elisabetta Velinsky

Norway - Åse Qjeldvik

Entrants : 22

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1959 : Holland - Corine Rottschäfer

Hometown : Hoorn

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 376.68 km

Placements :

1st RU : Peru - María Elena Rossel Zapata

2nd RU : Israel - Ziva Shomrat

3rd RU : United Kingdom - Anne Thelwell

4th RU : Denmark - Kirsten Olsen

Semi-finalists :

Argentina - Amalia Yolanda Scuffi

Greece - Yakiathi Karaviti

Jamaica - Sheila Chong

Rhodesia - Vivien Lentin

South Africa - Moya Meaker

Entrants : 37

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1960 : Argentina - Norma Cappagli

Hometown : Buenos Aires

Venue : Lyceum Ballroom

Location : London, UK

Distance : 11,140.26 km

Placements :

1st RU : Israel - Gila Golan

2nd RU : South Africa - Denise Muir

3rd RU : Germany - Ingrun Helgard Möckel

4th RU : USA - Judith Ann Achter

Semi-finalists : Top 10

Brazil - Maria Edilene Torreão

Ireland - Irene Ruth Kane

Italy - Layla Rigazzi

Korea - Lee Young-hee

United Kingdom - Hilda Fairclough

Semi-finalists : Top 15

Canada - Danica d'Hondt

France - Diane Medina

Japan - Eiko Murai

Norway - Grethe Solhoy

Southern Rhodesia - Jenny Lee Scott

Entrants : 39

*****

Next : 1961 - 1970

Source : Wikipedia / Distancefromto

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***Google pictures, not mine.

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