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Henry Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz
Count of Nassau-Dietz
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
PredecessorErnst Casimir
SuccessorWillem Frederik
Born(1612-01-21)21 January 1612
Arnhem
Died13 July 1640(1640-07-13) (aged 28)
Hulst
FatherErnst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz
MotherSophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (Arnhem, 21 January 1612 – Hulst, 13 July 1640) was count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.

Life

He was the eldest son of Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz and Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and like his father, died in battle. On 12 July 1640, he was wounded in Sint Jansteen at the battle of Hulst. He died the next day. Hendrik Casimir is buried in Leeuwarden, and was succeeded in his titles by William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz. His death at age 28 caused a series of memorials to his name and the battle in which he died. The Rijksmuseum keeps a blood-stained shirt in the collection supposedly worn by him when he was wounded. Similarly, the bullet hole in his father's hat is also kept there for posterity.[1]

Ancestors

Family of Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
16. Jan IV of Nassau
8. John V of Nassau-Dillenburg
17. Maria of Loon-Heinsberg
4. William I of Nassau-Dillenburg
18. Henry III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse
9. Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg
19. Anna of Katzenelnbogen
2. John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
20. Henry IX of Stolberg
10. Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
21. Matilda of Mansfeld
5. Juliana of Stolberg
22. Philip I of Eppstein-Königstein
11. Anna of Eppstein-Königstein
23. Louise de la Marck
1. Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
24. Frederick V of Leuchtenberg
12. John IV, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
25. Dorothea of Rieneck
6. George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg
26. Günther XXXVIII, Count of Schwarzburg
13. Margaret of Schwarzburg
27. Catherine of Querfurt
3. Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg
28. Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg
14. Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
29. Anna of Saxony
7. Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach
30. Casimir IV Jagiellon
15. Sophia Jagiellon
31. Elizabeth of Austria

References

  1. ^ bullet-hole hat in Rijksmuseum
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
Born: 21 January 1612  Died: 13 July 1640
Political offices
Preceded by Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe
1632–1640 		Succeeded by
Regnal titles
Preceded by Count of Nassau-Dietz
1632–1640 		Succeeded by

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