Name Princess of | Siblings Sophia of Nassau | |
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Issue Sophie NikolinePauline, Princess of Bentheim and SteinfurtMarie, Princess William of WurttembergEmma, Queen of the NetherlandsHelena, Duchess of AlbanyFriedrich, Prince of Waldeck and PyrmontElisabeth, Princess of Erbach-Schonberg Died October 28, 1888, Bad Pyrmont, Germany Children Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont Parents Princess Pauline of Wurttemberg, William, Duke of Nassau Similar People Emma of Waldeck and Pyrm, Princess Helena of Waldeck, Sophia of Nassau, Josias - Hereditary Prince of, Prince Leopold - Duke of A |
Princess Helena of Nassau (German: Prinzessin Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne von Nassau-Weilburg; 18 August 1831 – 27 October 1888) was a daughter of William, Duke of Nassau, and consort of George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
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Early life
Helena was born at Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau. She was the ninth child of William, Duke of Nassau (1792–1839), by his second wife Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856), daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg. She was the half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (then Hereditary Prince of Nassau). She was related with the Dutch Royal Family and also, distantly, to the British Royal Family through her father and mother, both were descendants of King George II of Great Britain.
Marriage and family
Princess Helena married on 26 September 1853 in Wiesbaden to George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, son of George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont.
Children
They had seven children:
Grandchildren
Among her grandchildren were: