Henry, Count of Nassau in Siegen
Count of Nassau-Siegen and Nassau-Dillenburg
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| Intro | Count of Nassau-Siegen and Nassau-Dillenburg | ||||||
| was | Count | ||||||
| Work field | Royals | ||||||
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| Birth | 1 January 1270 | ||||||
| Death | 1 January 1343 (aged 73 years) | ||||||
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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.
Henry married Adelheid of Heinsberg, daughter of Dirk of Heinsberg and Blankenberg and Johanna of Leuven. They had five children:
- 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.