Henry, Count of Nassau in Siegen

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 1 August 1343(1343-08-01) (aged 54–55)

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]

References

  1. De Nederlandsche leeuw: Maandblad van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Genootschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde, Volumes 1889-1894, pg 89-91 Google Books
  2. Cawley, Charles, House of Nassau, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012, at Medieval Lands
  3. Fritz Gerlich, Maximilian II (King of Bavaria), Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Historische Kommission, Duncker & Humblot, 1880, p 549. Google Books
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