Count Maurice Frederick of Nassau-Siegen (19 January 1621 – 17 June 1638),
German: Moritz Friedrich Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Beilstein, was a
count from the
House of Nassau-Siegen, a
cadet branch of the
Ottonian Line of the
House of Nassau. He served as an
officer in the
Dutch States Army. In the propaganda for the
House of Orange, he is regarded as one of the twelve heroes of the House of Nassau who gave their lives in the
Eighty Years' War for the freedom of the Dutch people.
PrinceFrederick Henry of Orange, who intended to lay
siege to
Antwerp, entrusted Maurice Frederick's father with an important undertaking in 1638, the occupation of the
levee at
Calloo. William conquered the
sconces of
Stabroek and Calloo and chased off the
Spaniards, but instead of continuing his march, he reinforced himself on the spot. When he heard the false rumour that the Spaniards were approaching with a greater force than his own, he fled in confusion. On 17 June he suffered a considerable loss of 2,000 men.[7][8][9] Maurice Frederick was one of those who fell in this
Battle of Calloo.[2][5][6][10] He was buried at
Heusden.[5]
Siegen in 1617. From Braun & Hogenberg, Civitates orbis terrarum Band 6, Cologne, 1617. On the left Siegen Castle.
Group portrait of Count William of Nassau-Siegen with his son Maurice Frederick and his halfbrothers
William Otto and
Christian.
^"Dek (1970) and Europäische Stammtafeln give the date 20-1, but a notification of the birth (see State Archives Marburg 115, 2, 340) dated Siegen 19-1-1621 mentions that the birth took place «heute dato»."[3]
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