Early Records from the Districts of Aubonne and Morges, Canton Vaud, Switzerland
Louis Théodore DE NASSAU-OUWERKERK (ID #I14117)
(male)
- TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: Count
- BIRTH: 20 NOV 1741, Terheijden, Netherlands
Family 1
:
(Jeanne) Françoise Elizabeth DE CROUSAZ (bp. 8 DEC 1744, d. 4 FEB 1768)
- Gertrude Françoise Elizabeth DE NASSAU-OUWERKERK (b. 8 JAN 1768)
Family 2
:
Anne Pauline Marie DE CHANDIEU (b. 29 JUL 1744, d. aft 1795)
Count of Nassau-Ouwekerk. The marriage contract was signed 25 nov 1766 (not yet located). His marriage caused some concern in Lausanne, according to the account of "Polier de Vernand":
Nous avons depuis peu un incident de mariage fort considérable. Monsieur le Comte de Nassau Overkerk, majeur d'ans, qui est resté ici après avoir annoncé qu'il lui convient de s'établir dans le pays et bien examiné toutes nos jeunes demoiselles, s'est décidé en faveur de la cadette des filles de Monsieur le général Crousaz, qui n'est pas du tout joli... il fait un don gratuit de 20 mille francs. Il avait écrit a ses parents pour demander leur agrément, mais n'ayant pas de réponse assez vite il s'est impatienté. La vie est courte. Il ne veut point que sa femme s'appelle contesse parce qu'il n'est pas assez riche pour lui faire porter ce titre. On trouve en général que Monsieur Crousaz s'est bien peu consulter avant d'accorder sa fille qui pourrait n'avoir dans l'avenir tout le bonheur qu'elle espère.
(Translation: We had recently an notable incident of marriage. Monsieur the Count of Nassau Ouwerkerk, having reached the age of majority, staying here after having announced that he would like to establish himself in this area and having carefully examined all of our young demoiselles, decided in favor of the youngest of the daughters of Monsieur the General Crousaz, not at all a beauty... He made a donation of 20 thousand francs. He wrote to his parents to ask for their consent, but not having a fast enough response, he acted from impatience. Life is short. He does not want his wife to be called Countess because he is not rich enough to be able to support this title. The general opinion is that Monsieur Crousaz did not look into the matter sufficiently before giving his consent to his daughter, who may not find in the future all the happiness that she had hoped for.)
The Count was in the process of negotiating a grant of citizenship from Lutry, when his wife died. He never pursued the matter further, but a dossier relating to this project still exists in the archives of Lutry.
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Protestant minister.
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