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Willem Hendrik (Oranje-Nassau) of Orange (1650 - 1702)
Willem Hendrik"William III, Willem III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, Prins van Oranje"of Orange formerly Oranje-Nassau aka van Oranje
Son of Willem (Oranje-Nassau) van Oranje-Nassau and Mary Henrietta Stuart
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Willem Hendrik (Oranje-Nassau) of Orange is a member of the House of Orange-Nassau.
Willem Hendrik van Oranje was a sovereign prince of the House of Orange-Nassau. He was born eight days after the sudden death of his father, William II, who died of smallpox. His mother was Maria Henriëtte Stuart, the English Princess Royal.
From 1672, as stadtholder William III of Orange, he governed Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht. From 1675 also Guelders and Zutphen and Overijssel, and from 1696 also Drenthe, in the Republic of the S
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History
Stadholders imitation the Ordinal and Ordinal centuries
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First stadholderless calm (1650-1672)
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Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz
Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen from 1664 to 1696
Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (Dutch: Hendrik Casimir II van Nassau-Dietz; 18 January 1657 – 25 March 1696) was Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen from 1664 till 1696.
Life
[edit]Henry Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz was born in The Hague, the eldest son of Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz and Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau, daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, 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, and was succeeded as stadtholder by his son Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau.
Issue
[edit]From his marriage, Henry Casimir II had the following children:
- Willem George Friso (1685–1686), Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Dietz
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