Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (areas now part of Germany) (30 October 1797 Palace Ermitage, Bayreuth – 29 December 1829, Vienna) was the wife of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Her husband was a notable general of the Napoleonic Wars and victor of the Battle of Aspern-Essling against Napoleon I of France.
Family
Henrietta was the youngest daughter of Frederick William of Nassau-Weilburg (1768–1816) and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. Her paternal grandparents were Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Wilhelmine Carolina of Orange-Nassau.
Wilhelmine Carolina was a daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal. Anne was in turn the eldest daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.
Marriage
On 15 September/17 September 1815 in Weilburg, Henrietta married Archduke Charles of Austria. The bride was almost eighteen years old and the groom forty-four. Her husband was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa of Spain. However he had been adopted and raised by his childless aunt Marie Christine of Austria and her husband Albert of Saxe-Teschen. He was the heir to the Duchy of Teschen and would succeed in 1822. This marriage was a very happy one.
Henrietta died young of scarlet fever, which she had caught while nursing her children through the same illness. She is the only Protestant buried in the Imperial Crypt in the Capuchin Church. This was allowed by order of her brother-in-law Emperor Francis I, who said, "She dwelt among us when she was alive, and so she shall in death".
Henrietta and Charles had seven children:
Issue
Ancestry
Ancestors of Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
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16. John Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg |
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8. Charles Augustus, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg |
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17. Marie Polyxena of Leiningen-Hartenburg |
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4. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg |
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18. Georg August of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein |
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9. Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein |
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19. Henriette Dorothea of Öttingen-Öttingen |
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2. Frederick William, Duke of Nassau |
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20. John William Friso, Prince of Orange |
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10. William IV, Prince of Orange |
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21. Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel |
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5. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau |
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22. George II of Great Britain |
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11. Anne, Princess Royal |
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23. Caroline of Ansbach |
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1. Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg |
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24. Georg Friedrich, Burgrave of Kirchberg |
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12. Wilhelm Ludwig, Landgrave of Kirchberg |
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25. Sophia Amalie of Nassau-Ottweiler |
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6. Georg, Landgrave of Kirchberg, Count of Sayn-Hachenburg |
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26. Karl, Count of Dhaun |
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13. Countess Luise of Dhaun |
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27. Louise of Nassau-Ottweiler |
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3. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg |
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28. Heinrich II, Count Reuss of Greiz |
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14. Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz |
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29. Countess Sofie Charlotte von Bothmer |
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7. Countess Elisabeth Augusta Reuss of Greiz |
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30. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz |
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15. Konradine Eleonore, Princess Reuss of Köstritz |
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31. Baroness Marie Eleonore von Promnitz-Dittersbach |
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Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen · Princess Margherita of Savoy · Princess Anne Eugénie of Arenberg · Princess Yolande of Ligne · Countess Xenia Czernicheva-Besobrasova · Princess Anna Gabriele of Wrede · Countess Helena of Toerring-Jettenbach · Countess Ludmilla of Gallen · Princess Laetitia of Arenberg** · Countess Margaret Kálnoky von Köröspatak** · Maria Espinosa de los Monteros^^** · Countess Valerie of Podstatzky-Lichtenstein** · Freiin Eva Antonia von Hofmann** · Princess Anna Amelie of Schönburg-Waldenburg** · Countess Hedwig of Lichem-Löwenburg** · Freiin Edith von Sternbach** · Princess Margaret of Hohenberg · Countess Marie Christine of Hatzfeldt-Dönhoff · Eugenia de Calonge^^ · Freiin Maria Theresia von Gudenus
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*also an infanta of Spain by marriage
**also a princess of Tuscany by marriage
***also a princess of Modena by marriage
^also an archduchess of Austria in her own right
^^did not have a royal or noble title by birth
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Princess Laetitia of Arenberg* · Countess Margaret Kálnoky von Köröspatak* · Maria Espinosa de los Monteros^* · Countess Valerie of Podstatzky-Lichtenstein* · Freiin Eva Antonia von Hofmann* · Princess Anna Amelie of Schönburg-Waldenburg* · Countess Hedwig of Lichem-Löwenburg* · Freiin Edith von Sternbach*
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Elyssa Edmonstone^* · Countess Marie Gabrielle of Waldstein*
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^did not have a royal or noble title by birth
* also an archduchess of Austria by marriage
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Henrietta Of Nassau-Weilburg |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
30 October 1797 |
| Place of birth |
Palace Ermitage, Bayreuth |
| Date of death |
29 December 1829 |
| Place of death |
Vienna, Austrian Empire |