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In 1499 Henry's uncle, count Engelbert II, invited Henry to the Burgundian Netherlands as his heir. He travelled with Philip the Handsome to Castile in 1501-1503. Upon the death of his uncle in 1504 Henry inherited the Nassau possessions in the Netherlands, including the wealthy lordship of Breda in the duchy of Brabant.
Count Henry III of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz (12 January 1483, Siegen – 14 September 1538, Breda), Lord (from 1530 Baron) of Breda, Lord of the Lek, of Dietz, etc. was a count of the House of Nassau. He was the son of Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg .
painter: Jan Gossaert (Flemish, 1472-1533) Portrait of Hendrik III, Count of Nassau-Breda / Henry III, Count of Nassau-Breda / Renaissance; Creation date: ca. 1516-1517
Henry married three times: On 3 August 1503 Henry III married firstly Françoise Louise of Savoy (° bef. 1486 - † 17 September 1511). They had no children. In May 1515 Henry III married secondly Claudia of Châlon (° 1498 – † 31 May 1521).
Henry (Henry III) "Count" Nassau-Breda. Born 12 Jan 1483 in Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland. Ancestors. Son of Johann (von Nassau-Dillenburg) van Nassau and Elisabeth (Hessen) von Hessen zu Marburg. Brother of Wilhelm (Nassau-Dillenburg) von Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth (Nassau) Wied. Husband of Françoise Louise (Savoy) Savoie ...
The subject of this portrait is Hendrik III, Count of Nassau-Breda (1483–1538). An esteemed statesman and captain general, Hendrik was entrusted with the education of the Emperor Maximilian ’s grandson, the future Emperor Charles V, who appointed him governor of Holland , Zeeland, and Friesland in 1515.
