Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz

Henry Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz
Count of Nassau-Dietz
Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
Predecessor	Ernst Casimir
Successor	Willem Frederik
Father	Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz
Mother	Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born	(1612-01-21)21 January 1612 Arnhem
Died	Hulst

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.

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

External links

• Blood-stained shirt in collection Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam
• http://www.iec.nhl.nl/socvak/grotekerk/prinsenstallen/hencas.htm
• http://www.dodenakkers.nl/artikelen/oranje-nassau/grafkelderleeuwarden.html

Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz House of Nassau Born: 21 January 1612 Died: 13 July 1640
Political offices
Preceded by Ernest Casimir I	Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe 1632–1640	Succeeded by William Frederick
Regnal titles
Preceded by Ernest Casimir I	Count of Nassau-Dietz 1632–1640	Succeeded by William Frederick