Clotilde

Gräfin (; feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility and later also of the Russian nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title ...

von Merenberg (born 14 May 1941 in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...

, Germany) is a German psychiatrist and the last

patrilineal Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritanc ...

descendant of the

House of Nassau The House of Nassau is the name of a European aristocratic dynasty. The name originated with a lordship associated with Nassau Castle, which is located in what is now Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Nassau in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With t ...

. She is a descendant of Emperor

Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Grand Du ...

and of the Russian poet

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

Family

A psychiatrist, Clotilde is the only child of Count George von Merenberg (1897–1965) and Elisabeth Müller-Uri (1903-1963). She is the last

descendant of the

, the male line of which ruled the

Duchy of Nassau The Duchy of Nassau (German language, German: ''Herzogtum Nassau'') was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what became the Germany, German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. It was a States of the Confederation of th ...

until 1866, provided a 12th-century

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, a line of

Princes of Orange Prince of Orange (or Princess of Orange if the holder is female) is a title associated with the sovereign Principality of Orange, in what is now southern France and subsequently held by the Stadtholder, stadtholders of, and then the Heir a ...

who served first as

stadholder In the Low Countries, a stadtholder ( ) was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a national leader. The ''stadtholder'' was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and ...

s of the United Dutch Provinces and, from 1815 to 1948, as kings of the Netherlands, and reigned as grand dukes of Luxembourg until 1968. Neither she, however, nor her father or paternal grandfather were deemed full members of the Nassau

dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchy, monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty may also be referred to as a "house", "family" or "clan", among others. H ...

, the last member of which,

Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg Charlotte (''Charlotte Adelgonde Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine''; 23 January 1896 – 9 July 1985) was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 14 January 1919 until her abdication on 12 November 1964. Her reign is the longest of any Luxembourgish monarch ...

, died in 1985.''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVI. "Luxemburg". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, pp. 80-81. German. While Countess Clothilde's branch of the family had legitimate male members until 1965, they had been bypassed for Luxembourg's throne since 1907. The Counts von Merenberg descend legitimately from the

morganatic marriage Morganatic marriage, sometimes called a left-handed marriage, is a marriage between people of unequal social rank, which in the context of royalty or other inherited title prevents the principal's position or privileges being passed to the spou ...

in 1868 of

Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau (20 September 1832 – 17 September 1905) was a German prince, military officer and parliamentarian. He was the youngest son of William, Duke of Nassau, and the only son by his second wife Princess Pauline of Wü ...

and

Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina, later Countess of Merenberg (, Saint Petersburg – , Cannes) was the daughter of Alexander Pushkin and the morganatic wife of Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau. Biography Born on 4 June 1836, Kamenny Island, S ...

, a daughter of the renowned poet

, who was an untitled member of the lower

Russian nobility The Russian nobility or ''dvoryanstvo'' () arose in the Middle Ages. In 1914, it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members, out of a total population of 138,200,000. Up until the February Revolution of 1917, the Russian noble estates staffed ...

. Although their son Count George von Merenberg married

Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya Princess Olga Alexandrovna Yurievskaya (; 7 November 187310 August 1925) was the natural daughter of Alexander II of Russia by his mistress (later his wife), Princess Catherine Dolgorukova. In 1880, she was legitimated by her parents' morganati ...

, a daughter of Tsar

, and pressed for recognition as

heir presumptive An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of a person with a better claim to the position in question. This is in contrast to an heir app ...

to the Luxembourgeois throne as its grand ducal line approached extinction, a 1907 law of the grand duchy dismissed the Merenbergs' claim to the throne. Prince Nikolaus was a great-grandson of Charles Christian, 3rd Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, who in 1760 married

Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (''Wilhelmine Carolina''; 16 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 ...

, a daughter of the Dutch stadholder

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 who ...

and Anne, Princess Royal of Great Britain. Countess Clotilde is also a great-granddaughter of the Russian Emperor Alexander II.

Marriage and children

In 1965, she married ''

Junker Junker (, , , , , , ka, იუნკერი, ) is a noble honorific, derived from Middle High German , meaning 'young nobleman'Duden; Meaning of Junker, in German/ref> or otherwise 'young lord' (derivation of and ). The term is traditionally ...

'' Enno von Rintelen (9 November 1921, Berlin-Charlottenburg – 16 October 2013), a gynecologist, son of ''

'' Emil Viktor von Rintelen (1887–1954) and Antonie Bracht (1893–1922). He was a grandson of Wilhelm von Rintelen, a

prussian Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, the House of Hohenzoll ...

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ennobled in 1913 by German Emperor

Wilhelm II Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until Abdication of Wilhelm II, his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as th ...

. Clotilde and Enno have three sons: * Alexander Enno von Rintelen (born Wiesbaden, 23 March 1966). * Georg Nicolaus von Rintelen (born Wiesbaden, 29 June 1970) He married on 30 June 2007 Olivia Minninger (born Cologne, 27 August 1969), daughter of Günther Minninger and Monika Kleineberg. They have two sons: ** Julian Dominic Nicolaus von Rintelen (born Munich, 7 January 2003) ** Nicolai Philip Leonid von Rintelen (born 17 November 2006) * Gregor von Rintelen (born Wiesbaden, 13 August 1972). He married in 2002 Christiane Mathilde zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda-Prill (born Wiesbaden, 18 May 1973), daughter of Fiedebert zu

Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda was a historical county of the Holy Roman Empire, located in present northwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and southwestern Lower Saxony, Germany. The princely branch of Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Rheda, with its family seats ...

-Prill and Rosemarie Heihecker. They have a son and a daughter: ** Frederick Enno Christian von Rintelen (born 11 December 2006) ** Luise von Rintelen (born

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, 30 June 2009) Clotilde is the chairwoman of the German Pushkin society and also the chairwoman of the ''Herus e.V. - Hessisch-russischer interkultureller Austausch und humanitäre Hilfe''.

Ancestry

#Drutwin (mentioned 881) #Drutwin (mentioned 940-959) #Drutwin, Count in Königssundergau (mentioned 991-997) #Adelhart, Vogt in Haiger (mentioned 1048) # Rupert of Laurenburg (ca. 1050 - c. 1110) #

Dudo of Laurenburg Dudo of Laurenburg, , († before 1124),Hesselfelt (1965).Van de Venne & Stols (1937). was probably Count of Laurenburg and is considered the founder of the House of Nassau. The House of Nassau would become one of the reigning families in Germ ...

(ca. 1060 – ca. 1123) #

Rupert I, Count of Laurenburg Rupert I of Laurenburg, (died before 13 May 1154Dek (1970).Hesselfelt (1965).Van de Venne & Stols (1937).), was count of Laurenburg and one of the ancestors of the House of Nassau. Biography Rupert was a son of Dudo of Laurenburg (German: ''D ...

(ca. 1090 – ca. 1154) #

Walram I, Count of Nassau Walram I of Nassau, (Dek (1970).Van de Venne & Stols (1937). – 1 February 1198Hesselfelt (1965).Vorsterman van Oyen (1882).), also known as Walram I of Laurenburg, was Count of County of Nassau, Nassau and is the oldest Nassau whose ancest ...

(ca. 1146–1198) #

Henry II, Count of Nassau Henry II "the Rich" of Nassau (; Dek (1970). – 26 April 1247/48/49/50, before 25 January 1251) was Count of Nassau. He distinguished himself in particular by his chivalrous and devout spirit. He was charitable and made great donations to the ...

(ca. 1190–1251) # Walram II, Count of Nassau (ca. 1220-1276) # Adolf of Nassau, King of Germany (ca. 1255-1298) #

Gerlach I, Count of Nassau Gerlach I of Nassau (1288 – 7 January 1361), Count of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Idstein, Weilburg, and Weilnau. He was a son of Adolf of Nassau, elected King of the Romans, and Imagina of Isenburg-Limburg. Family and children He was married ...

(ca. 1280-1361) #

John I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg John I of Nassau-Weilburg (1309–1371) was Count of Nassau-Weilburg from 1355 to 1371. John I was the second son of Count Gerlach I of Nassau-Wiesbaden and Agnes of Hesse, granddaughter of Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse. On Gerlach I abdication in ...

(1309-1371) #

Philipp I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Count Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg (1368 – 2 July 1429) was Count of Nassau in Weilburg, County of Nassau-Saarbrücken#County of Saarbrücken, Count of Saarbrücken and Seigneur of Commercy ''Château bas'' in 1371–1429. Biography Philipp w ...

(1368-1429) #

Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (14 March 1418 – 19 March 1492 in Mainz) was Count of Nassau in Weilburg and shared briefly the regency of the County of Saarbrücken. Biography Philip was a son of Philipp I of Nassau-Weilburg, Philip I ( ...

(1418-1492) #

John III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg John III of Nassau-Weilburg (27 June 1441dr. A.W.E. Dek, ''Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau'', Europese Bibliotheek, Zaltbommel, 1970.A.A. Vorsterman van Oyen, ''Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden'', A.W. Sijthoff ...

(1441-1480) # Louis I, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1473-1523) # Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1504-1559) #

Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Albert of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler (26 December 1537, Weilburg – 11 November 1593, Ottweiler), was a count of the House of Nassau. His territory included the areas around Weilburg, Ottweiler and Lahr in the Black Forest. Like his father, ...

(1537-1593) #

Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Louis II of Nassau-Weilburg (9 August 1565, Weilburg – 8 November 1627, Saarbrücken) was a count of Nassau-Weilburg. Life Louis was the eldest son of Count Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg, Albert of Nassau-Weilburg-Ottweiler and Counte ...

(1565-1627) #

Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Weilburg Ernest Casimir of Nassau-Weilburg (15 November 1607 – 16 April 1655) was the founder of the ''younger'' line of Nassau-Weilburg. He was a son of Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel (1567–1626). Life ...

(1607-1655) # Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1640-1675) # John Ernst, 1st Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1664-1719) # Charles August, 2nd Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1685-1753) # Charles Christian, 3rd Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735-1788) # Frederick William, 4th Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1768-1816) #

William, Duke of Nassau Wilhelm (Given names: ''Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus''; 14 June 1792, Kirchheimbolanden – 20/30 August 1839, Bad Kissingen) was joint sovereign Duke of Nassau, along with his father's cousin Frederick Augustus, reigning from 1816 unti ...

(1792-1839) #

(1832-1905) # Count George of Merenberg (1871-1948) #Count George of Merenberg (1897–1965) #Countess Clotilde of Merenberg (born 1941)

References

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