OTD June 2nd 1632 Ernest Casimir I Count of Nassau-Dietz
Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz was born on December 22nd. 1573 in Dillenburg (now Germany). Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz - Source picture: Wikipedia His parents were John IV, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Countess Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg. Ernest Casimir served under Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange. Later he became Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (now The Netherlands). On June 2nd. 1632 Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz, died @ the Siege of Roermond by a bullet, while he was inspecting the trenches.