Henry, Count of Nassau in Siegen
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| Henry, Count of Nassau-Siegen | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Adelheid of Heinsberg |
| Noble family | House of Nassau |
| Father | Otto I of Nassau |
| Mother | Agnes of Leiningen |
| Born | c. 1288 |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Henry, Count of Nassau (Dutch: Hendrik van Nassau-Siegen, German: Heinrich III. von Nassau) (before 1288 – July/August 1343) Count of Nassau-Siegen, of Grimborg, Heiger, Westerwald, later of Molsberg, and after his brother's death of Dillenburg. He was a son of Count Otto I of Nassau and Agnes of Leiningen.[1]
Henry married Adelheid of Heinsberg, daughter of Dirk of Heinsberg and Blankenberg and Johanna of Leuven. They had five children:[2]
- Agnes of Nassau, married Gerlach, Lord of Isenburg-Limburg
- Katharina of Nassau, Abbess at Altenburg
- Gertrud of Nassau, Abbess at Altenburg
- Otto II of Nassau
- Henry, born c. 1307. Initially intended for the church, but later married Meyna of Westerburg and became the first Count of Nassau-Beilstein.[3]
References
- ↑ De Nederlandsche leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde, Volumes 1889-1894, pg 89-91 Google Books
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.,[better source needed] at Medieval Lands
- ↑ Fritz Gerlich, Maximilian II (King of Bavaria), Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Historische Kommission, Duncker & Humblot, 1880, p 549. Google Books
