Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

Henry Casimir II
Henry Casimir II by Lancelot Volders
Born	(1657-01-18)18 January 1657 The Hague
Died	25 March 1696(1696-03-25) (aged 39) Leeuwarden
Buried	Grote of Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden
Noble family	Nassau
Spouse(s)	Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau
Issue Detail	John William Friso, Prince of Orange
Father	William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz
Mother	Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau

Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (The Hague, 18 January 1657 – Leeuwarden, 25 March 1696) was Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen from 1664 till 1696.

Life

Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz was the eldest son of Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz and Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel. When his father, a member of the branch of Nassau-Dietz, died in 1664, he was made stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen (under guardianship of his mother as he was then seven years old). In 1675, Friesland voted to make its stadtholdership hereditary in the house of Nassau-Dietz. Hendrik Casimir II was therefore the first Friesian stadtholder. In 1683, he married his cousin Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Hendrik Casimir was succeeded as stadtholder by his son Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau.

Issue

Henry Casimir II

From his marriage, Henry Casimir II had the following children:

• Willem George Friso (1685 - 1686), Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Dietz
• Henriette Albertine (1686-1754), Princess of Nassau-Dietz
• Johan Willem Friso (1687-1711), Stadholder in Friesland and Groningen
• Maria Amalia (1689-1771) Princess of Nassau-Dietz
• Sofia Hedwig (1690-1734), married in 1708 Duke Charles Leopold of Mecklenburg (1678-1747), son of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow
• Isabelle Charlotte (1692-1757), married in 1725 Prince Christian, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (1688-1739), son of Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg
• Johanna Agnes (1693-1765), Princess of Nassau-Dietz
• Louise Leopoldina (1695-1758), Princess of Nassau-Dietz
• Henriette Casimira (1696-1738), Princess of Nassau-Dietz

Ancestors

Ancestors of Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

16. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg 8. John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg 17. Juliana of Stolberg 4. Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz 18. George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg 9. Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg 19. Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach 2. William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz 20. Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 10. Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 21. Hedwig of Brandenburg 5. Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg 22. Frederick II of Denmark 11. Elizabeth of Denmark 23. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 1. Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz 24. William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (= 16) 12. William the Silent 25. Juliana of Stolberg (= 17) 6. Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange 26. Gaspard II de Coligny 13. Louise de Coligny 27. Charlotte de Laval 3. Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau 28. Conrad, Count of Solms-Braunfels 14. John Albert I, Count of Solms-Braunfels 29. Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg 7. Amalia of Solms-Braunfels 30. Louis I, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein 15. Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein 31. Elisabeth of Solms-Laubach

External links

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