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| knights of the golden fleece | |
| 1483 births | |
| 1538 deaths | |
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He was the son of Count John V Of Nassau-Dillenburg , Stadtholder of Gelderland . He was the brother of William The Rich , Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. In 1503, Henry married Françoise Louise of Savoy . Upon the death of his uncle Engelbert II in 1504 Henry inherited the Nassau possessions in the Netherlands, including the wealthy lordship of Breda in the Duchy Of Brabant . Having been made a Knight Of The Golden Fleece , he was a confidant of Charles V as well as his upper chamberlain, and was part of the delegation that had Charles chosen emperor in 1519 . He was also prominently present at Charles' coronation in Bologna in 1530 . He served as an important military commander against both France and Guelders and was Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland between 1515 and 1522 . In 1515 he married Claudia Of Châlon , with whom he had a son, René Of Châlon , who would become Prince Of Orange in 1530 . In 1524 Henry married for the third and last time, to Mencia De Mendoza Y Fonseca . This marriage was encouraged by Charles V, as part of his plan to make the nobles of Spain and the Low Countries mix. Henry was however never liked by the Spaniards, who regarded him as a German Parvenu . Upon his death in 1538 he was succeeded by his only son, but René was himself slain in battle only a few years later in 1544 . Henry lies buried beneath the grave monument he himself erected for his uncle Engelbert in the Grote Kerk at Breda. REFERENCES
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