Princess Henriëtte of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (22 April 1780, in
Kirchheimbolanden
Kirchheimbolanden (), the capital of Donnersbergkreis, is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, south-western Germany. It is situated approximately 25 km west of Worms, and 30 km north-east of Kaiserslautern. The first part of the name, ' ...
– 2 January 1857, in
Kirchheim unter Teck
Kirchheim unter Teck (Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is 10 km (6 miles) near the Teck castle, approximately ...
) was a German duchess. She was a daughter of Prince
Charles Christian and
Carolina of Orange-Nassau
Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (''Wilhelmine Carolina''; 28 February 1743 – 6 May 1787) was a Dutch regent. She was the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and Anne, Princess Royal. She was regent of the ...
, daughter of
William IV, Prince of Orange
William IV (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso; 1 September 1711 – 22 October 1751) was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751. During his whole ...
.
Marriage and children
On 28 January 1797, she married
Duke Louis of Württemberg, a son of Duke
Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg Friedrich may refer to:
Names
*Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich''
*Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich''
Other
*Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...
, at the
Hermitage, near
Bayreuth
Bayreuth (, ; bar, Bareid) is a town in northern Bavaria, Germany, on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains. The town's roots date back to 1194. In the 21st century, it is the capital o ...
.
They had five children:
*
Maria Dorothea (1797–1855); married in 1819
Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Archduke Joseph Anton Johann of Austria (, , 9 March 1776 – 13 January 1847) was the 103rd and penultimate palatine of Hungary who served for more than 50 years from 1796 to 1847, after he had been appointed governor in 1795.
The latter half ...
(1776–1847).
*
Amelie Theresa (28 June 1799 – 28 November 1848); married in 1817
Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789–1868).
*
Pauline Therese (1800–1873), married in 1820 her first cousin
William I of Wurttemberg.
*
Elisabeth Alexandrine (1802–1864); married in 1830
Prince Wilhelm of Baden
Margrave Wilhelm of Baden (8 April 1792 in Karlsruhe – 11 October 1859 in Karlsruhe) was the second son of Karl Friedrich, Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife, Luise Karoline, Baroness Geyer von Geyersberg (26 May 1768 – 23 July 1 ...
(1792–1859).
*
Alexander
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Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
(9 September 1804 – 4 July 1885); founded a cadet branch of the
House of Württemberg
The House of Württemberg is a German dynasty and former royal family from Württemberg.
History County
The House probably originated in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty. Around 1080 the ancestors of modern Württemberg, which was then calle ...
, known as the
Dukes of Teck.
Ancestry
{{DEFAULTSORT:Henriette Of Nassau-Weilburg, Princess
House of Nassau-Weilburg
1780 births
1857 deaths
People from Kirchheimbolanden
Duchesses of Württemberg
Princesses of Nassau-Weilburg
Daughters of monarchs