Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz

He was born in Arnhem, the eldest son of Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz and Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and, like his father, died in battle.

Henry Casimir was christened at Arnhem. The English representative, Sophia Hedwig being the niece of the queen Anne of Denmark, was Sir Edward Cecil. He brought gifts of a cupboard of gilt plate, a diamond necklace with a locket, horses, and an embroidered petticoat for Sophia Hedwig.A. B. Hinds, HMC Downshire, vol. 3 (London, 1938), p. 275.

He became count of Nassau-Dietz and stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe upon the death of his father, Count Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz, at the Siege of Roermond in June 1632. A week later, he was involved in the Capture of Maastricht, along with his cousin, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.

Henry Casimir was wounded in Sint Jansteen at the battle of Hulst on 12 July 1640. He died the next day and was buried in Leeuwarden. He was succeeded by William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz. His death in at the Battle of Hulst, aged 28, prompted the creation of several memorials to him and the battle. The Rijksmuseum collection contains a blood-stained shirt he is purported to have been wearing when he was wounded. The same collection also contains his father's hat, which has a bullet hole in it.[http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/NG-NM-7445?lang=nl&context_space=aria_themes&context_id=5550 bullet-hole hat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608073325/http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/aria/aria_assets/NG-NM-7445?lang=nl&context_space=aria_themes&context_id=5550 |date=8 June 2011 }} in Rijksmuseum

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| 1= 1. Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz

| 2= 2. Ernst Casimir of Nassau-Dietz

| 3= 3. Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 4= 4. John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

| 5= 5. Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg

| 6= 6. Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

| 7= 7. Elizabeth of Denmark

| 8= 8. William I, Count of Nassau-Siegen

| 9= 9. Juliana of Stolberg

| 10= 10. George III, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg

| 11= 11. Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

| 12= 12. Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 13= 13. Hedwig of Brandenburg

| 14= 14. Frederick II of Denmark

| 15= 15. Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

| 16= 16. John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen

| 17= 17. Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg

| 18= 18. Bodo III, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

| 19= 19. Anna of Eppstein-Königstein

| 20= 20. John IV, Landgrave of Leuchtenberg

| 21= 21. Margaret of Schwarzburg

| 22= 22. Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

| 23= 23. Sophia Jagiellon

| 24= 24. Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

| 25= 25. Maria of Württemberg

| 26= 26. Joachim II, Elector of Brandenburg

| 27= 27. Hedwig Jagiellon

| 28= 28. Christian III of Denmark

| 29= 29. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

| 30= 30. Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

| 31= 31. Elisabeth of Denmark

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110609042856/http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/zoeken/asset.jsp?id=NG-NM-1104&lang=en Blood-stained shirt] in collection Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215051/http://www.iec.nhl.nl/socvak/grotekerk/prinsenstallen/hencas.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090301235747/http://www.dodenakkers.nl/artikelen/oranje-nassau/grafkelderleeuwarden.html

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