Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
Duchess Louis of Württemberg
Born	(1780-04-22)22 April 1780 Kirchheimbolanden
Died	2 January 1857(1857-01-02) (aged 76) Kirchheim unter Teck
Spouse	Duke Louis of Württemberg
Issue	Maria Dorothea, Archduchess Joseph of Austria-Hungary Amelie Theresa, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Pauline Therese, Queen of Württemberg Elisabeth Alexandrine, Princess Wilhelm of Baden Duke Alexander
House	Nassau-Weilburg
Father	Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg
Mother	Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Princess Henriëtte van Nassau-Weilburg, then van Nassau (22 April 1780, in Kirchheimbolanden – 2 January 1857, in Kirchheim unter Teck) was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Carolina of Orange-Nassau, daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is her descendant through Francis, Duke of Teck, Henriette's grandson. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is her descendant through her granddaughter Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, who is the grandmother of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. Juan Carlos I of Spain is a descendant of her granddaughter Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, the grandmother of Alfonso XIII of Spain.

Marriage and children

She married in Hermitage, near Bayreuth, on 28 January 1797 Duke Louis of Württemberg, a son of Duke Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg.

They had five children:

• Maria Dorothea (1797–1855), married in 1819 Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776–1847)
• Amelie Theresa (June 28, 1799 – November 28, 1848), married in 1817 Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789–1868)
• Pauline Therese (1800–1873), married in 1820 her first cousin William I of Wurttemberg
• Elisabeth Alexandrine (1802–1864), married in 1830 Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1792–1859)
• Alexander (9 September 1804 – 4 July 1885), who founded a cadet branch of the House of Württemberg, known as the Dukes of Teck.

Ancestry