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Mother Countess Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg Born 31 December 1712Usingen ( 1712-12-31 ) Children Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen Parents Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg, William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen Grandparents Walrad, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg Great-grandparents William Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrucken | ||
Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (born 31 December 1712 in Usingen; died: 21 June 1775 in Biebrich), was from 1718 to 1775 Prince of Nassau-Usingen.
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Family
Charles was the son of William Henry of Nassau-Usingen and Countess Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg.
His father died in 1718, when he was still a minor. His mother acted as regent for Charles and his younger brother William Henry II. In 1728, he inherited the counties of Nassau-Ottweiler, Nassau-Idstein and Nassau-Saarbrucken from his second cousin Frederick Louis. These counties were then added to his county of Nassau-Usingen.
In 1734, he was declared an adult by Emperor Charles VI. In 1735, he and William Henry II divided their inheritance. Charles received Usingen, Idstein, Wiesbaden and Lahr; William Henry II received Nassau-Saarbrucken and some smaller territories. He then moved his residence from Usingen in the Taunus to Schloss Biebrich in Biebrich and continued the progressive policies of his mother.
Charles died in 1775 and was succeeded by his son Charles William.
Marriage and issue
On 26 December 1734 Charles married Duchess Christine Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach (born: 1711), a daughter of Duke John William III. The marriage produced four children:
In the second, morganatic marriage, Charles married Magdalene Gross from Wiesbaden (born: 1712). From this marriage he also had four children: