Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Henry of Nassau-Siegen
Henry of Nassau-Siegen
Born	(1611-08-09)9 August 1611 Siegen
Died	7 November 1652(1652-11-07) (aged 41) Hulst
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)
Father	John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
Mother

Count Henry of Nassau-Siegen (9 August 1611 in Siegen – 7 November 1652 in Hulst) was an officer and diplomat in the service of the Dutch Republic. He was a son of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen and his wife, Duchess (1583-1658). After the Siege of Hulst in 1645 he became governor of that city.

He married on 29 April 1646 to (1632 – 27 December 1707 in Siegen). She was a daughter of Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum (1593-1649) from his first marriage, on 26 September 1591 in Detmold, to Countess Magdalene of Bentheim (1591-1649). Henry and Marie Magdalene had four children:

• Ernestine (1647-1652)
• William Maurice (1649-1691), who later ruled Nassau-Siegen
• Sophie Amalie (10 January 1650 in Wisch – 15 November 1688 in Jelgava), married in 1678 to Frederick Casimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1650-1698)
• Frederick Henry (1651-1676)

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