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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.
Sep 14, 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.
Henry III of Nassau-Breda was appointed stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht by Emperor Charles V in the beginning of the 16th century. Henry married Claudia of Châlon-Orange from French Burgundy in 1515.
Apr 8, 2023 · Explore genealogy for Henry III Nassau-Breda born 1483 Siegen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland died 1538 Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.
Between 1480 and 1520, the palace was extensively renovated by Engelbert II of Nassau and his successor Henry III of Nassau-Breda. Architects included Loys van Boghem, Laurens Keldermans, and Hendrik van Pede (1503).
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 Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (Museo del Prado, Madrid), which the count very likely commissioned.
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.
