Maurice Henry, Prince of Nassau-Hadamar was — after his father — the second ruler of the younger Nassau-Hadamar line of the Ottonian branch of the House of Nassau.
Background
Maurice Henry was born on 23 April 1626 in Hadamar as the son of Prince John Louis of Nassau-Hadamar and his wife Ursula, the daughter of Count Simon "the Elder" of Lippe-Detmold. Maurice Henry continued the development of the city of Hadamar his father had begun. Unlike his father, he did not influence neighbouring principalities.
On 17 July 1663, he officially continued the construction of the Saint Elisabeth Hospital at the Upper Market Square, for which his father had laid the foundation.
Education
The building was completed on 21 November 1663.
Career
He was particularly involved in the development of the infrastructure, civile order, public health, and social services. He was also responsible for the construction, between 1658 and 1666, of the Franciscan church at the spot where the church of Saint Giles had been demolished. The princely family owned a crypt below the choir of this church.
The first burial there took place in May 1661.
In the second half of 1675, he built the octagonal Herzenberg chapel, which later became the choir of the Herzenberg church.
