Henry, Count of Nassau (born before 1288 - died July/August 1347) Count of Nassau

House of Nassau

The House of Nassau is a diversified aristocratic dynasty in Europe. It is named after the lordship associated with Nassau Castle, located in present-day Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The lords of Nassau were originally titled Count of Nassau, then elevated to the princely class as...

-Siegen, of Grimborg, Heiger, Westerwald, later of Molsberg, and after his brother's death of Dillenburg

Dillenburg

Dillenburg is a town in Hesse's Gießen region in Germany. The town was formerly the seat of the old Dillkreis district, which is now part of the Lahn-Dill-Kreis....

. He was a son of Count Otto I of Nassau

Otto I of Nassau

Otto I of Nassau , Count of Nassau was the younger son of Count Henry II of Nassau and Matilda of Geldern. Otto I became the count of Dillenburg, Hadamar, Siegen, Herborn and Beilstein after many years of quarrel with his brother Count Walram II. In the division of 17 December 1255 he received...

 and Agnes of Leiningen.

Henry married Adelheid of Heinsberg, daughter of Dirk of Heinsberg and Blankenberg and Johanna of Leuven. They had five children:

• Agnes of Nassau, married Gerlach, Lord of Isenburg-Limburg
• Katharina of Nassau, Abbess
  Abbess
  An abbess is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey....
  
   at Altenburg
• Gertrud of Nassau, Abbess
  Abbess
  An abbess is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey....
  
   at Altenburg
• Otto II of Nassau
  Otto II of Nassau
  Otto II of Nassau Count of Nassau-Dillenburg in Siegen and Dillenburg, was a son of Count Heinrich of Nassau and Adelheid of Heinsberg....
  
  
• Henry I of Nassau-Beilstein, born 11 June 1323. Initially intended for the church, but later married Meyna of Westerburg and became the first Count of Nassau-Beilstein.