Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Prince Charles August
Born	(1685-09-17)17 September 1685 Weilburg
Died	9 November 1753(1753-11-09) (aged 68) Weilburg
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein
Father	John Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
Mother	Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg

Charles August (Template:Lang-de; 17 September 1685, Weilburg – 9 November 1753) was from 1719 to 1753 Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

Charles August was the second son of John Ernst of Nassau-Weilburg and Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg. In his youth, he worked as a diplomat for Saxony; for a while he was the Saxon ambassador in Paris. He succeeded his father as Prince in Weilburg on 27 February 1719.

In 1733 and 1734, he commanded the imperial troops on the Rhine as an imperial cavalry general.

In 1737 he assumed the title of Prince, which family had been awarded in 1688. In 1688 the family had not, however, obtained a seat on the princely bench in the Imperial Diet, and in protest, they had not used their title. In 1737, the seat in the diet was finally awarded and Charles August started using his princely title.

Charles August died in 1753 and was buried in the chapel of Weilburg. He was succeeded by his son Charles Christian after.

Descendants

Charles August married on 17 August 1723 in Wiesbaden, Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein (1699–1750), daughter of George August. They had the following children:

• Henrietta Maria Dorothea (1724- 1724)
• Henrietta Augusta Frederica (1726–1757)
• Christiana Louise (1727-1727)
• Polyxena Louise Wilhelmina (1728–1732)
• Christiana Louise Charlotte (1730–1732)
• Louise Polyxena (born: 27 January 1733; died: 27 September 1764)

married Prince Simon August of Lippe-Detmold

• Charles Christian (1735–1788)

married firstly in 1760 Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange (1743-1787)

married secondly in 1788 Barbara Giessen of Kirchheim

Ancestors

Family of Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

16. Louis II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 8. Ernest Casimir, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 17. Anna Maria of Hesse-Kassel 4. Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 18. William II of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg 9. Anna Maria of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg 19. Anna Ottilie of Nassau-Weilburg 2. John Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 20. George II, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 10. Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg 21. Elisabeth of Nassau-Weilburg 5. Christiane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein 22. Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen (= 14) 11. Christiane of Waldeck-Wildungen 23. Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen (= 15) 1. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg 24. Emich XII, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg 12. John Philip II of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg 25. Countess Palatine Maria Elisabeth of Zweibrücken-Neuburg 6. Frederick Emich, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg 26. Emich XI, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 13. Elisabeth of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg 27. Ursula of Fleckenstein 3. Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg 28. Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen 14. Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen 29. Maria of Barby-Mühlingen 7. Sibylla of Waldeck-Wildungen 30. John VII, Count of Nassau 15. Elisabeth of Nassau-Siegen 31. Countess Magdalena of Waldeck-Wildungen

References

• Ernst Joachim (1882), "Karl August", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 15, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 312–313
• Nassau, in: Heinrich August Pierer, Julius Löbe (eds.): Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit, 4th edition, vol. 9, Altenburg 1860, pp 692–700, online at zeno.org

External links

• Familienliste auf www.royaltyguide.nl
• Lundy, Darryl. "Eintrag". The Peerage. www.thepeerage.com