Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg
German princess
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| Intro | German princess | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Charlotte Amalie of Nassau-Dillenburg | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Charlotte Amalie of Nassau-Dillenburg | ||||||
| Places | Germany | ||||||
| was | Princess Noble | ||||||
| Work field | Royals | ||||||
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| Birth | 13 June 1680, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Government Region, Hesse | ||||||
| Death | 11 October 1738Biebrich, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt Government Region, Hesse (aged 58 years) | ||||||
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Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg (1680 in Dillenburg – 1738) was a daughter of Prince Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife Dorothea Elisabeth, a daughter of George III of Brieg.
In 1706 in Dillenburg, she married Prince William Henry of Nassau-Usingen. The couple had ten children; the first child was born on 3 April 1707 and the last one on 6 March 1718. Four children reached adulthood:
- Françoise (1707–1750)
- Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1712–1775)
- Hedwig (1714–1786)
- William Henry, prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1718–1768)
William Henry died in 1718, and Charlotte Amalia became regent for her underage son Charles.