Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
| Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg | |
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 Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg | |
| Spouse(s) | Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg |
| Noble family | House of Nassau |
| Father | Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg |
| Mother | Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau |
| Born |
25 October 1768 The Hague |
| Died |
9 January 1816 (aged 47) Weilburg |
Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 October 1768, The Hague – 9 January 1816, Weilburg) was a ruler of Nassau-Weilburg. In 1806 he was given the title of Prince of Nassau, while his cousin, Prince Frederick Augustus of Nassau-Usingen, became the Duke of Nassau. Frederick William died in January 1816, only two months before his cousin. Both men were succeeded by Frederick William's son, William.
Family
Frederick William was the eldest surviving son of 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 and Princess of Orange. Anne was in turn the eldest daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.
Marriage and children
On 31 July 1788 in Hachenburg, Frederick William married Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg (Hachenburg, 19 April 1772 - Vienna, 6 January 1827). The groom was almost twenty years old and the bride only sixteen. At the time he was still the heir to the principality. His father died on 28 November of the same year and Frederick William succeeded him.
Frederick William and Louise Isabelle had four children:
- William, Duke of Nassau (14 June 1792 - 20 August/30 August 1839).
- Auguste Luise Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg (Weilburg, 5 January 1794 - Weilburg, 11 April 1796).
- Henrietta of Nassau (30 October 1797 - 29 December 1829). Married Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
- Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (Bayreuth, 15 December 1799 - Vienna, 6 January 1845). He married on 7 June 1840 Anna Ritter, Edle von Vallyemare (Vienna, 21 June 1802 - Paris, 19 July 1864), created Gräfin von Tiefenbach in 1840, widow of Johann Baptist Brunold. Their only daughter was:
- Wilhelmine Brunold (Altzgersdorf, 5 July 1834 - Geneva, 12 December 1892), created in 1844 Gräfin von Tiefenbach, married in Paris on 30 October 1856 and divorced in 1872 Émile de Girardin (Émile Delamothe) (- Paris, 27 April 1881).
Ancestry
| John Ernst, Prince Nassau-Weilburg | |||||||||||||
| Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg | |||||||||||||
| Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Hartenburg | |||||||||||||
| Karl Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg | |||||||||||||
| George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein | |||||||||||||
| Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein | |||||||||||||
| Henriette Dorothea of Öttingen-Öttingen | |||||||||||||
| Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg | |||||||||||||
| John William Friso, Prince of Orange | |||||||||||||
| William IV, Prince of Orange | |||||||||||||
| Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel | |||||||||||||
| Carolina of Orange-Nassau | |||||||||||||
| George II of Great Britain | |||||||||||||
| Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange | |||||||||||||
| Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach | |||||||||||||
| Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg Cadet branch of the House of Nassau Born: 25 October 1768 Died: 9 January 1816 | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded by Karl Christian |
Prince of Nassau-Weilburg 1788 - 1816 |
Succeeded by Wilhelm |
External links
- Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of the House of Nassau-Weilburg". Genealogy.EU.
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