Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen
File:HendrikNassauSiegen.jpg Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen
Spouse(s)	Maria Magdalene of Limburg-Stirum
Noble family	House of Nassau
Father	John VII of Nassau-Siegen
Mother	Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
Born	(1611-08-09)9 August 1611 Siegen
Died	Hulst

Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (9 August 1611 in Siegen – 27 October 1652 in Hulst) was Count of Nassau-Siegen from 1611 to 1623. He was a son of Count John VII of Nassau-Siegen and his wife, Duchess Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1558-1599).

He married on 19 April 1646 to Maria Magdalene (1623 – 26 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 II 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 (1651-1676)

Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen House of Nassau Born: 9 August 1611 Died: 27 October 1652
Preceded by John VII	Count of Nassau-Siegen 1611-1623	Succeeded by John VIII