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Princess Henriette
Duchess Louis of Württemberg

Born	(1780-04-22)22 April 1780 Kirchheimbolanden, Empire of France
Died	2 January 1857(1857-01-02) (aged 76) Kirchheim unter Teck
Spouse	Duke Louis of Württemberg (m. 1797; died 1817)
Issue	Archduchess Maria Dorothea, Palatina of Hungary Amelia, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg Pauline Therese, Queen of Württemberg Elisabeth Alexandrine, Princess William of Baden Duke Alexander
House	Nassau-Weilburg
Father	Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Mother	Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Princess Henriëtte of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (22 April 1780, in Kirchheimbolanden – 2 January 1857, in Kirchheim unter Teck) was a German duchess. She was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian and Carolina of Orange-Nassau, daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange.

Marriage and children

On 28 January 1797, she married Duke Louis of Württemberg, a son of Duke Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, at the Hermitage, near Bayreuth.

They had five children:

Maria Dorothea (1797–1855); married in 1819 Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776–1847).
Amelie Theresa (28 June 1799 – 28 November 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); founded a cadet branch of the House of Württemberg, known as the Dukes of Teck.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

8. John Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

4. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

9. Countess Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg

2. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

10. George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein

5. Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein

11. Princess Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen

1. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

12. John William Friso, Prince of Orange

6. William IV, Prince of Orange

13. Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel

3. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

14. George II of Great Britain

7. Anne, Princess Royal

15. Caroline of Ansbach

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