recognise the then still living John ‘the Younger’ as co-ruler. In 1645 John Maurice relinquished his rights to the Freudenberg district, granted by the will of 1621, in favour of his brother George Frederick. John Francis Desideratus was unsuccessful with the Emperor in Vienna, and two years later, at the Congress of Westphalia, Emperor Ferdinand III ratified the fiercely contested 1621 will of John ‘the Middle’. This left John Francis Desideratus only the Catholic third part, which is still known today as Johannland. John Maurice held both the other thirds in his hand, because his brother William had already died and left him his third part, and George Frederick had ceded all his rights to John Maurice in 1649. It was therefore the latter who continued to administer the Freudenberg district. Death, burial and reburial Henry died in Hulst on 27 October/7 November 1652. He was first buried in Terborg. On 17 July 1669 he was reburied in the in Siegen. Marriage and issue Henry married at in Terborg on 19/29 April 1646 to Countess Mary Magdalene of Limburg-Stirum (1632 – , Siegen, 27 December 1707), the daughter and only child of Count George Ernest of Limburg-Stirum and his first wife Countess Magdalene of Bentheim-Tecklenburg. Mary Magdalene was the heiress of the County of Bronkhorst and the heerlijkheden of , , and . From the marriage of Henry and Mary Magdalene the following children were born: Ernestine (Wisch Castle, Terborg, 15 November 1647 – Hulst, October 1652). Fürst William Maurice (Wisch Castle, Terborg, 18/28 January 1649 – Nassauischer Hof, Siegen, 23 January 1691Jul.), succeeded his uncle John Maurice as Fürst of Nassau-Siegen in 1679. Married at Schaumburg Castle on 6 February 1678Jul. to Princess Ernestine Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg (Schaumburg Castle, 20 May 1662Jul. – Nassauischer Hof, Siegen, 21 February 1732). Sophie Amalie (Wisch Castle, Terborg, 10 January 1650Jul. – Mitau, 15/25 November 1688), married in The Hague on 5 October 1675Greg. to Duke Frederick Casimir of Courland (6 July 1650 – 22 January 1698). Frederick Henry (Wisch Castle, Terborg, 11 November 1651 – Roermond, 4 September 1676), was a colonel in the Dutch States Army. The sons William Maurice and Frederick Henry were adopted by their uncle John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen after the death of their father. William Maurice, Sophie Amalie and Frederick Henry were elevated to the rank and title of prince(ss) in 1664. Ancestors Notes References Sources (1911).