Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

Henry Casimir II
Henry Casimir II
Spouse(s)	Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau
Noble family	Nassau
Father	William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz
Mother	Albertine Agnes of Nassau
Born	(1657-01-18)18 January 1657 The Hague
Died	Leeuwarden

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. He was the eldest son of Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz and Albertine Agnes of Nassau, daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel. When his father died in 1664, he was made stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen (under guardianship of his motherm 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.

Henry Casimir II

Issue

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

Family of Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

16. William I of Nassau-Dillenburg               8. John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg                       17. Juliana of Stolberg               4. Ernst Casimir I 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-Wolfenbüttel                       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 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, Count I 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

Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz House of Nassau Born: 18 January 1657 Died: 25 March 1696
Regnal titles
Preceded by William Frederick	Prince of Nassau-Dietz 1664–1696	Succeeded by John William Friso
Political offices
Preceded by William Frederick	Stadholder of Friesland and Groningen 1664–1696	Succeeded by John William Friso