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Princess Henriette of Nassau Weilburg

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Name
  
Princess of


Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Born
  
22 April 1780 Kirchheimbolanden (
1780-04-22
)

Issue
  
Maria Dorothea, Archduchess of Austria Amelie Theresa, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Pauline Therese, Queen consort of Wurttemberg Elisabeth Alexandrine, Princess of Baden Duke Alexander of Wurttemberg

Father
  
Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg

Mother
  
Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Died
  
January 2, 1857, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany

Spouse
  
Louis, Duke of Wurttemberg (m. 1797–1817)

Children
  
Duchess Maria Dorothea of Wurttemberg

Parents
  
Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

House
  
House of Nassau-Weilburg, House of Wurttemberg

Similar People
  
Louis - Duke of Wurttemberg, Duchess Maria Dorothea, Countess Claudine Rhedey v, Joseph - Duke of Saxe‑Altenburg, Francis - Duke of Teck

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.

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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.

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