Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Who was Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen?

Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen 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.

He married on 19 April 1646 to Marie Elisabeth. She was a daughter of Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum from his first marriage, on 26 September 1591 in Detmold, to Countess Magdalene of Bentheim. Henry II and Marie Magdalene had four children:

Ernestine

William Maurice, who later ruled Nassau-Siegen

Sophie Amalie, married in 1678 to Frederick Casimir Kettler, Duke of Courland and Semigallia

Frederick