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Count Henry III of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz (12 January 1483 – 14 September 1538), Lord (from 1530 Baron) of Breda, Lord of the Lek, of Dietz, etc. was a count of the House of Nassau. He was born in Siegen, the son of Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg.
Enrique III de Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz (Siegen, 10 de enero de 1483-Breda, 14 de septiembre de 1538) fue un conde de la Casa de Nassau.
14 de sept. de 2019 · Count Henry III of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz (12 January 1483 – 14 September 1538), Lord (from 1530 Baron) of Breda, Lord of the Lek, of Dietz, etc. was a count of the House of Nassau. He was born in Siegen, the son of Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg.
Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda was appointed stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland by Charles of Ghent in the beginning of the 16th century. Hendrik was succeeded by his son René of Chalon in 1538, who had inherited the title of Prince of Orange and the principality of that name from his maternal uncle Philibert of Chalon .
As chamberlain to Emperor Charles V, Henry III was one of the most powerful and influential members of the court - indeed the Habsburg Empire. Mencía de Mendoza, his wife, was exceptionally cultivated and well educated in the humanist tradition, having grown up in an important noble family.
Among the most important were Henry III, count of Nassau-Breda, and his wife, Mencía de Mendoza, marchioness of Zenete, the richest woman in Spain. The couple probably met Gossart on their stay in the Netherlands, and he began to receive a regular stipend from Mencía between 1530 and his death in 1532.
Hendrik III was an adventuresome and noteworthy art patron. An Italian visitor’s diary remarks on the beautiful pictures he saw in Hendrik’s palace in Brussels in 1517, including Hieronymus...
