Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz
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.jpg) Henry Casimir II by Lancelot Volders | |
| Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen | |
| Reign | 31 October 1664 – 25 March 1696 |
| Predecessor | William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz |
| Successor | John William Friso, Prince of Orange |
| Prince of Nassau-Dietz | |
| Reign | 31 October 1664 – 25 March 1696 |
| Predecessor | William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz |
| Successor | John William Friso, Prince of Orange |
| Born | 18 January 1657 The Hague |
| Died | 25 March 1696 (aged 39) Leeuwarden |
| Burial | Grote or Jacobijnerkerk in Leeuwarden |
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| House | Orange-Nassau |
| Father | William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz |
| Mother | Albertine Agnes of Nassau |
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Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (Dutch: Hendrik Casimir II van Nassau-Dietz; 18 January 1657 – 25 March 1696) was Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen from 1664 till 1696.
Life
Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz was born in The Hague, 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 on October 31, 1664, he was made stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen (under guardianship of his mother as he was then seven years old).[1] 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 died in Leeuwarden, and was succeeded as stadtholder by his son Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau.
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
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References
- ^ Ward, A. W.; Prothero, G. W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1908). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. V, The Age of Louis XIV. Cambridge University Press. p. 150.
External links
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