Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz ( Dutch: ''Hendrik Casimir II van Nassau-Dietz''; 18 January 1657 – 25 March 1696) was

Stadtholder In the Low Countries, a stadtholder ( ) was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a national leader. The ''stadtholder'' was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and ...

Friesland Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...

and

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

from 1664 till 1696.

Life

Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz was born in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

, the eldest son of Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz and

Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau Albertine Agnes of Nassau (9 April 1634 – 26 May 1696), was the regent of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe during the minority of her son Henry Casimir II, Count of Nassau-Dietz, between 1664 and 1679.Geert H. Janssen, Albertine Agnes van O ...

, daughter of

Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange Frederick Henry (; 29 January 1584 – 14 March 1647) was the sovereign prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from his older half-brother's death on 23 April 1625 until his ...

, stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel. When his father, a member of the branch of Nassau-Dietz, died in 1664, he was made stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen (under guardianship of his mother as he was then seven years old). In 1675, Friesland voted to make its stadtholdership hereditary in the house of Nassau-Dietz. Hendrik Casimir II was therefore the first Friesian stadtholder. In 1683, he married his cousin Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, daughter of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Hendrik Casimir died in

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; ; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provin ...

, and was succeeded as stadtholder by his son Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau.

Issue

From his marriage, Henry Casimir II had the following children: * Willem George Friso (1685–1686), Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Dietz * Henriette Albertine (1686–1754), Princess of Nassau-Dietz * Johan Willem Friso (1687–1711), Stadholder in Friesland and Groningen * Maria Amalia (1689–1771) Princess of Nassau-Dietz * Sofia Hedwig (1690–1734), married in 1708 Duke Charles Leopold of Mecklenburg (1678–1747), son of Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow * Isabelle Charlotte (1692–1757), married in 1725 Prince

Christian, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg Christian, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (12 August 1688 at Dillenburg Castle – 28 August 1739 in Straßebersbach, now part of Dietzhölztal) was the last ruler (i.e. Fürst) of Nassau-Dillenburg from the line that had started in 1606 with Geor ...

(1688–1739), son of Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg * Johanna Agnes (1693–1765), Princess of Nassau-Dietz * Louise Leopoldina (1695–1758), Princess of Nassau-Dietz * Henriette Casimira (1696–1738), Princess of Nassau-Dietz

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