Background
Henry the Younger of Stolberg was the son of Count Henry IX of Stolberg and his first wife Matilda, the daughter of the Count Volrad of Mansfeld.
Henry the Younger of Stolberg was the son of Count Henry IX of Stolberg and his first wife Matilda, the daughter of the Count Volrad of Mansfeld.
Henry the Younger, on the other had was participating in government business from 1489 onwards. In 1497, when he was 30 years old, his father transferred the reign of the County of Stolberg and the County of Wernigerode to him. Henry the Younger had been in the service of Elector Frederick III of Saxony since 1491.
In 1493, Henry accompanied Frederick III on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
On 14 April 1506, Duke George of Saxony appointed him stadtholder of Friesland. Henry the Younger died in Cologne on 16 December 1508, while travelling.