Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

Not to be confused with Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg.
Princess Henrietta
Duchess of Teschen
Tenure 1822-1829
Born 30 October 1797
Palace Ermitage, Bayreuth,
Kingdom of Prussia
Died 29 December 1829(1829-12-29) (aged 32)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Burial Imperial Crypt, Austrian Empire
Spouse Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Issue See issue link
Full name
Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine
House House of Nassau-Weilburg
House of Habsburg-Lothringen
Father Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Mother Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
Religion Calvinism

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

Her husband Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

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

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