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House
  
Nassau

Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrucken
Born
  
12 August 1704 (
1704-08-12
)

Died
  
25 March 1774(1774-03-25) (aged 69) Darmstadt

Spouse
  
Christian III of Zweibrucken

Father
  
Louis Crato of Nassau-Saarbrucken

Mother
  
Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe

Name
  
Caroline Nassau-Saarbrucken

Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrucken (12 August 1704 – 25 March 1774) was Countess Palatine of Zweibrucken by marriage.

Biography

She was the daughter of Count Louis Crato of Nassau-Saarbrucken (died 1713) and Countess Philippine Henriette of Hohenlohe (1679–1751).

On 21 September 1719, at the age of 15, she married her 44-year-old godfather, Christian III of Zweibrucken. The wedding took place at Castle Lorenzen in Nassau. This marriage produced four children:

  • Caroline Henriette Christine (1721–1774), called "the great landgravine"
    • married to Landgrave Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt
  • Christian IV (1722–1775), Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Zweibrucken
  • Frederick Michael (1724–1767), Count Palatine of Birkenfeld
  • Christiane Henriette (1725–1816), Countess Palatine of Zweibrucken-Birkenfeld and by marriage Princess of Waldeck-Pyrmont

    • When Christian III died in 1735, Caroline took over the Regency for five years, with the consent of Emperor Charles VI, until her son Christian IV came of age.

    From 1744 to 1774 she lived at Bergzabern Castle. She died on 25 March 1774 in Darmstadt at the age of 69. Her grave is in the City Church in Darmstadt.

    References

    Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrucken Wikipedia
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