Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
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Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (30 October 1797 Palace Ermitage, near 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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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:
[edit] Issue
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
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| Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria | 31 July 1816 | 8 August 1867 | Married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, had issue |
| Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen | 3 August 1817 | 2 February 1895 | |
| Archduke Karl Ferdinand | 29 July 1818 | 20 November 1874 | Married Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, had issue |
| Archduke Frederick Ferdinand | 14 May 1821 | 5 October 1847 | Died unmarried. |
| Archduke Rudolph of Austria | 25 September 1822 | 11 October 1822 | Died in childhood. |
| Archduchess Maria Karoline of Austria | 10 September 1825 | 17 July 1915 | Married her first cousin Archduke Rainer of Austria, third son of Archduke Rainer of Austria and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignano. |
| Archduke Wilhelm of Austria | 21 April 1827 | 29 July 1894 |
[edit] External links
- Princely House of Nassau-Weilburg then Ducal House of Nassau
- Imperial House of Austria
- A listing of descendants of the House of Nassau-Weilburg
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