John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

John Maurice of Nassau
John Maurice of Nassau
	Portrait by Jan de Baen, 1668
Prince of Nassau-Siegen; (formerly Count of Nassau-Siegen)
Governor of Dutch Brazil
	In office; 23 January 1637 – 30 September 1643
Personal details
Born	17 June 1604; Dillenburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died	20 December 1679 (aged 75); Kleve, Brandenburg-Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Parents	John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen (father); Duchess Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (mother);
Military service
Allegiance	United Provinces
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Eighty Years' War Siege of Groenlo (1627); Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch (1629); Siege of Maastricht (1632); Siege of Schenkenschans (1636); ; Dutch–Portuguese War Siege of Salvador (1638); Campaign of Porto Calvo; ; Second Anglo-Dutch War; Franco-Dutch War Battle of Staphorst (1673); Battle of Zwartsluis (1673); Battle of Seneffe (1674); ;

John Maurice of Nassau (Dutch: Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen; German: Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen; Portuguese: João Maurício de Nassau-Siegen; 17 June 1604 – 20 December 1679), called "the Brazilian" for his fruitful period as governor of Dutch Brazil, was Count and (from 1664) Prince of Nassau-Siegen. He served as Herrenmeister (equivalent to Grand Master) of the Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) from 1652 until his death in 1679.

The former residence of John Maurice in The Hague, Netherlands, is now an art museum named Mauritshuis, which means "Maurice House" in Dutch.

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