Heinrich Nassau-Dillenburg ( German: Heinrich von Nassau-Dillenburg ; August 28, 1641 , Dillenburg - April 18, 1701 , Ludwigsbrunn Castle) - Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg in 1662-1701. The only son of Prince George Ludwig of Nassau-Dillenburgsky (1618–1656) and his wife Anna Augusta (1612–1673), daughter of the Duke of Heinrich Julius Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttelsky .
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| Predecessor | Ludwig Heinrich | ||||||
| Successor | Wilhelm II | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Adolf | ||||||
| Successor | Wilhelm II | ||||||
| Birth | August 28, 1641 | ||||||
| Death | April 18, 1701 (59 years old) | ||||||
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| Kind |  Nassau Oran Dynasty | ||||||
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| Spouse | Dorothea Elizabeth Brzeg | ||||||
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Biography
He studied at the Herborn Protestant Academy and in France. After graduation, he served in the Dutch army, where he rose to the rank of colonel .
In 1662, after the death of his grandfather Ludwig Heinrich Nassau-Dillenburgsky, Heinrich inherited the county, since his father had already passed away in 1656 by that time. In 1676, his uncle Adolf Nassau-Schaumburg died without leaving a male heir, and Henry inherited Nassau-Schaumburg.
Heinrich Nassau of Dillenburg unsuccessfully tried to claim the possessions of his deceased father-in-law George III, Duke of Brzeg (1611-1664). Prince Henry was succeeded by the eldest son Wilhelm II of Nassau-Dillenburg , and after the death of Wilhelm II - the youngest son Christian Nassau-Dillenburg .
Family and Children
On October 13, 1663, Heinrich Nassau-Dillenburgsky married Dorothea Elizabeth (December 17, 1646 - June 9, 1691), the only daughter of Duke George III of Brzeg (1611–1664). Their kids:
- Georg Ludwig (June 21, 1667 - July 25, 1681)
- Wilhelm II (August 28, 1670 - September 21, 1724), the reigning prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (1701-1724), married in 1699 to Johann Dorothea Holstein-Plen (1676-1727), daughter of the Duke of August Schleswig-Holstein-Sondenburg-Plen- Norburg
- Karl (February 4, 1672 - April 28, 1672)
- Adolph (March 7, 1673 - June 1, 1690)
- Frederick Henry (November 10, 1678 - July 24, 1681)
- Ludwig Henry (October 10, 1681 - January 13, 1710)
- Johann Georg (January 28, 1683 - May 10, 1690)
- Christian (August 11, 1688 - August 28, 1739), Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (1724-1739), wife since 1725 : Isabella Nassau-Ditskaya (1692-1757)
- Henry (1689)
- Sophia Augusta (April 28, 1666 - January 14, 1733), husband from 1695 : reigning prince Wilhelm Ludwig of Anhalt-Harzgerod (1643-1709)
- Albertina (August 8, 1668 - August 13, 1719), nun of Erford Abbey
- Frederic Amalia (December 28, 1674 - July 28, 1724)
- Elizabeth Dorothea (January 25, 1676 - July 25, 1676)
- Wilhelmina Henrietta (August 6, 1677 - August 28, 1727)
- Charlotte Amalia (June 13, 1680 - October 11, 1738), husband since 1706 : Prince Wilhelm Heinrich Nassau-Uzingensky (1684-1718)
- Elizabeth Dorothea (June 5, 1685 - January 20, 1686).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Joachim E. Heinrich, Fürst von Nassau-Dillenburg // Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie - L : 1880. - Vol. 11. - S. 553.
Literature
- Ernst Joachim (1880), “Heinrich (Fürst von Nassau-Dillenburg)” , Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German) 11, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 553
Links
- Marek, Miroslav Genealogy of Nassau-Dillenburg . Genealogy.EU .