Reign 1711-1731 | Name Countess Charlotte | |
Born 9 November 1693
Idstein Castle, Idstein ( 1693-11-09 ) Issue Princess Fredericka Ulrike Father George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein Mother Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen Died April 8, 1734, Delitzsch, Germany Spouse Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg (m. 1711–1731) Parents George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein Children Princess Fredericka Ulrike Grandparents John, Count of Nassau-Idstein Great-grandparents Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel, Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg | ||
Henriette Charlotte of Nassau-Idstein (9 November 1693 - 8 April 1734), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Nassau and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Merseburg.
Born in Idstein Castle, Idstein, she was the fourth of twelve children born from the marriage of George August, Count and since 1688 Prince of Nassau-Saarbrucken-Idstein and Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen. From her eleven older and younger siblings, only four survive adulthood: Christine Louise (by marriage Princess of East Frisia), Albertine Juliane (by marriage Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Eisenach), Auguste Fredericka (by marriage Princess of Nassau-Weilburg) and Johannette Wilhelmine (by marriage Countess of Lippe-Detmold).
Life
In Idstein on 4 November 1711, Henriette Charlotte secretly married Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg.
After eight years of childless union, on 23 June 1720 the Duchess gave birth a daughter, Fredericka Ulrike, who died within hours. Although officially appears as the Duke's daughter, is highly probable that she was product from the affair of her mother with Friedrich Carl von Pollnitz, Henriette Charlotte's Hofmarshal and lover for several years.
After her husband's death in 1731, Henriette Charlotte retired to Delitzsch Castle, Delitzsch, where she openly lived with von Pollnitz until her death three years later, aged 40. She was buried in the Stadtkirche SS Peter und Paul, Delitzsch.