Princess Henrietta 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 (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

Issue

Name Portrait Lifespan Notes Archduchess Maria Theresa Queen of the Two Sicilies. 1816- 1867 Married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, had issue Archduke Albrecht Duke of Teschen 1817- 1895 Married Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, had issue Archduke Karl Ferdinand 1818- 1874 Married Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, had issue Archduke Friedrich Ferdinand Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian Navy 1821- 1847 Died unmarried Archduke Rudolph 1822- 1822 Died in childhood Archduchess Maria Karoline 1825- 1915 Married her first cousin Archduke Rainer of Austria, no issue Archduke Wilhelm Franz Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights 1827- 1894 Died unmarried

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

External links

• Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of the House of Nassau-Weilburg". Genealogy.EU. External link in |publisher= (help)