Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

European royal
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEuropean royal
A.K.A.Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg
A.K.A.Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg
PlacesGermany
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Female
Birth22 April 1780, Kirchheimbolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Death2 January 1857Kirchheim unter Teck, Esslingen, Stuttgart Government Region, Baden-Württemberg (aged 76 years)
Family
Mother:Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
Father:Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Siblings:Karl Ludwig of Nassau-Weilburg Karl Wilhelm Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg Wilhelm Ludwig Karl Flamand of Nassau-Weilburg Georg Wilhelm Belgicus of Nassau-Weilburg Frederick William Prince of Nassau-Weilburg Wilhelmine Luise of Nassau-Weilburg Augusta Carolina Maria of Nassau-Weilburg Karoline Luise Friederike of Nassau-Weilburg Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg
Spouse:Duke Louis of Württemberg
Children:Duke Alexander of Württemberg Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg Pauline Therese of Württemberg Duchess Amelia of Württemberg Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
The details

Biography

Princess Henriëtte van Nassau-Weilburg, then van Nassau (22 April 1780, in Kirchheimbolanden – 2 January 1857, in Kirchheim unter Teck) was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Carolina of Orange-Nassau, daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is her descendant through Francis, Duke of Teck, Henriette's grandson. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is her descendant through her granddaughter Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, who is the grandmother of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. Juan Carlos I of Spain is a descendant of her granddaughter Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, the grandmother of Alfonso XIII of Spain.

Marriage and children

She married in Hermitage, near Bayreuth, on 28 January 1797 Duke Louis of Württemberg, a son of Duke Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg.

They had five children:

  • Maria Dorothea (1797–1855), married in 1819 Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776–1847)
  • Amelie Theresa (June 28, 1799 – November 28, 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 (1792–1859)
  • Alexander (9 September 1804 – 4 July 1885), who founded a cadet branch of the House of Württemberg, known as the Dukes of Teck.

Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Johann Ernst, Prince Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marie Polyxena of Leiningen-Hartenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Georg August Samuel, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Henriette Dorothea of Öttingen-Öttingen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John William Friso, Prince of Orange
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William IV, Prince of Orange
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carolina of Orange-Nassau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
George II of Great Britain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anne, Princess Royal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach
 
 
 
 
 
 
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