Heinrich Casimir I (Nassau-Dietz)

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Heinrich Casimir I, copper engraving around 1640
Heinrich Casimir I, painting around 1632

Heinrich Casimir I (born January 31, 1612 in Arnhem , † July 13, 1640 in Hulst ) was Count of Nassau-Dietz and governor of Friesland , Groningen and Drenthe .

Heinrich Casimir was the eldest son of Ernst Casimir von Nassau-Dietz (1573–1632) and Sophie Hedwig von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1592–1642).

Heinrich Casimir I was elected coadjutor of the Deutschordensballei Utrecht on August 3, 1619 and appointed Land Commander on April 3, 1620 . At that time Heinrich Casimir I was only eight years old. Therefore, his father and guardian Ernst Casimir I. von Nassau-Dietz took over the official business until the son came of age. From August 11, 1630, Heinrich Casimir I finally appeared personally as Land Commander.

After his father's death in 1632, Heinrich Casimir I became Count of Nassau-Dietz and succeeded him as governor of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe. At that time Nassau-Dietz comprised the counties Katzenelnbogen , Vianden , Dietz and Spiegelberg , the dominion Bielstein and the barony Liesveld .

On July 4, 1640, Heinrich Casimir I was hit in the lower back by a pistol shot in the Battle of Hulst , fell from his horse and remained in the field for some time between the dead and dying soldiers. He was rescued and operated on, but died of the injury a few days later. He was buried in Leeuwarden . The pistol bullet and a piece of the removed bone are in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam .

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 , pp. 87-88.

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Casimir I. von Nassau-Dietz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chronyke van Vlaenderen in the Google book search
  2. ↑ exhibits of the operation
predecessor Office successor
Ernst Casimir Count of Nassau-Dietz
1632–1640 		Wilhelm Friedrich
personal data
SURNAME Heinrich Casimir I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Nassau-Dietz, governor of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1612
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnhem
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1640
Place of death Hulst