William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

), German: Wilhelm Moritz Fürst von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Fürst zu Nassau, Graf zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Limburg und Bronkhorst, Herr zu Beilstein, Stirum, Wisch, Borculo, Lichtenvoorde und Wildenborch, Erbbannerherr des Herzogtums Geldern und der Grafschaft Zutphen, was a count from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau.

[1] William Maurice was born at Wisch Castle [nl] in Terborg on 18/28 January 1649[2][note 1] as the eldest son of Count Henry of Nassau-Siegen and Countess Mary Magdalene of Limburg-Stirum.

On 29 April 1663, William Maurice became a hopman of a company of Swiss soldiers in the Dutch States Army.

[2] During his reign, William Maurice had the Nassauischer Hof [de], the Residenz of the Protestant princes of Nassau-Siegen in the city of Siegen, extended.

[5] In 1690, he had the members of his dynasty, who had been buried in the St. Nicholas Church [de] in Siegen, transferred to the Fürstengruft [nl] there.

William Maurice died in the Nassauischer Hof in Siegen[16] on 23 January 1691Jul.,[2][note 3] and was buried in the Fürstengruft there on 12 March.

Wisch Castle in Terborg, 2004.
Siegen in 1617. From Braun & Hogenberg, Civitates orbis terrarum Band 6, Cologne, 1617. In the middle (under the word Coenobiu) the St. John's Church of the former monastery, which buildings were the Residenz of the Protestant Fürsten of Nassau-Siegen with the name Nassauischer Hof . Left from the center the St. Nicholas Church.