Heinrich (Nassau-Siegen)
Heinrich (Hendrik) Count of Nassau-Siegen (born August 9, 1611 in Siegen , † October 27, 1652 in Hulst ) was a Dutch general and since the siege of Hulst in 1645, governor of Hulst.
Heinrich was a son of Johann VII of Nassau-Siegen and Princess Margarete of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg ; he had 12 siblings, including Johann Moritz Fürst von Nassau-Siegen , called: "The Brazilian", as well as 12 step-siblings from his father's first marriage with Magdalena von Waldeck .
On April 19, 1646, he married Elisabeth von Limburg-Styrum , Countess of Limburg and Bronckhorst, in Wisch, Lichtenfoorde and Wildenburg. From the marriage the children emerged:
- Ernestine of Nassau-Siegen (1647–1652)
- Wilhelm Moritz Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1649–1691), later Prince of Nassau Siegen
- Sophie Amalie Princess of Nassau-Siegen (1650–1688) ∞ on October 5, 1675 Frederick II Casimir of Courland
- Friedrich Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1651–1676)
literature
- Uwe Schögl (Red.): Orange. 500 years of portraits of a dynasty from the portrait collection of the Austrian National Library, Vienna and the Dutch Royal Collection The Hague. (Exhibition from February 1 to March 19, 2002, Camineum of the Austrian National Library, Vienna). Austrian National Library et al., Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-01-000028-6 , p. 132.
Individual evidence
- ^ "General portrait catalog of Wilhelm Eduard Drugulin", Leipzig 1860, p. 322 number 8709
- ↑ PJ Brand: “De geschiedenis van Hulst”, Stadsbestuur1972, p. 240 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heinrich Count of Nassau-Siegen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Nassau-Siegen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1611 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wins |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 1652 |
| Place of death | Hulst |