Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Spouse(s)	Sophie Polyxena Concórdia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
Noble family	House of Nassau
Father	Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Mother	Juliane of Hesse-Homburg
Born	11 November 1706 Siegen
Died	11 November 1734 (aged 28) Siegen

Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (11 November 1706 in Siegen – 11 November 1734^[1] in Siegen) was the last Prince of Nassau-Siegen from the Calvinist line. He was the eldest son of Frederick William Adolph (1680–1722) and his wife, Juliane of Hesse-Homburg (1681–1707).

He was only 16 years old when he inherited the principality and was unable to lead it out of its financial crisis.

He died in 1734 without a male heir. Emperor Charles VI then enfeoffed Nassau-Siegen to William IV of Orange-Nassau-Dietz.

Marriage and issue

On 23 September 1728, Frederick William II married Sophie Polyxena Concórdia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (28 May 1709 in Berlin – 15 December 1781 in Siegen), the daughter of Count August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein. They had five daughters:

• Sophie Charlotte (6 June 1729 – 2 April 1759) married on 30 September 1748 to Count Charles Paul Ernest of Bentheim-Steinfurt (younger line)
• Friederike Wilhelmine (3 April 1730 – 18 November 1733)
• Marie Eleanor Concordia (2 March 1731 – 20 April 1759). She died of smallpox in the house of the preacher Theodore Diederich Henrich Wever in Kamen^[2]
• Friederike Auguste (1 June 1732 – 23 March 1733)
• Anna Catharina Charlotte Auguste (19 June 1734 – 9 June 1759)

Ancestors

Ancestors of Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

16. John VII, Count of Nassau               8. Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen                       17. Margaretha of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg               4. William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen                             18. Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum               9. Marie Elisabeth of Limburg-Styrum                       19. Magdalena of Bentheim               2. Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen                                   20. Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg               10. Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg                       21. Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein               5. Ernestine Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg                             22. Peter Melander, Count of Holzappel               11. Elisabeth Charlotte, Countess of Holzappel                       23. Agnes of Effern               1. Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen                                         24. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt               12. Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg                       25. Magdalene of Lippe               6. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg                             26. Christopher of Leiningen-Westerburg               13. Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg                       27. Anna Maria Ungnad, Baroness of Weissenwolff               3. Elisabeth Franciska of Hesse-Homburg                                   28. Wilhelm Kettler               14. Jacob Kettler                       29. Duchess Sophie of Prussia               7. Louise Elisabeth of Courland                             30. George William, Elector of Brandenburg               15. Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg                       31. Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate

Footnotes

1. "Zurückgeblättert...", Siegener Zeitungof 4 December 2010
2. Genealogy of the Wever family