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Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Born(1706-11-11)11 November 1706
Siegen
Died11 November 1734(1734-11-11) (aged 28)
Siegen
Noble familyHouse of Nassau
Spouse(s)Sophie Polyxena Concórdia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
FatherFrederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
MotherJuliane of Hesse-Homburg

Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (11 November 1706 in Siegen – 11 November 1734[1] in Siegen) was the last Prince of Nassau-Siegen from the Calvinist line. He was the eldest son of Frederick William Adolph (1680–1722) and his wife, Juliane of Hesse-Homburg (1681–1707).

He was only 16 years old when he inherited the principality and was unable to lead it out of its financial crisis.

He died in 1734 without a male heir. Emperor Charles VI then enfeoffed Nassau-Siegen to William IV of Orange-Nassau-Dietz.

Marriage and issue

On 23 September 1728, Frederick William II married Sophie Polyxena Concórdia of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (28 May 1709 in Berlin – 15 December 1781 in Siegen), the daughter of Count August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein. They had five daughters:

  • Sophie Charlotte (6 June 1729 – 2 April 1759) married on 30 September 1748 to Count Charles Paul Ernest of Bentheim-Steinfurt (younger line)
  • Friederike Wilhelmine (3 April 1730 – 18 November 1733)
  • Marie Eleanor Concordia (2 March 1731 – 20 April 1759). She died of smallpox in the house of the preacher Theodore Diederich Henrich Wever in Kamen[2]
  • Friederike Auguste (1 June 1732 – 23 March 1733)
  • Anna Catharina Charlotte Auguste (19 June 1734 – 9 June 1759)

Ancestors

Family of Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
16. John VII, Count of Nassau
8. Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen
17. Margaretha of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
4. William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
18. Georg Ernst of Limburg Stirum
9. Marie Elisabeth of Limburg-Styrum
19. Magdalena of Bentheim
2. Frederick William Adolf, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
20. Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg
10. Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg
21. Catherine of Sayn-Wittgenstein
5. Ernestine Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg
22. Peter Melander, Count of Holzappel
11. Elisabeth Charlotte, Countess of Holzappel
23. Agnes of Effern
1. Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
24. George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
12. Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
25. Magdalene of Lippe
6. Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
26. Christopher of Leiningen-Westerburg
13. Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg
27. Anna Maria Ungnad, Baroness of Weissenwolff
3. Elisabeth Franciska of Hesse-Homburg
28. Wilhelm Kettler
14. Jacob Kettler
29. Duchess Sophie of Prussia
7. Louise Elisabeth of Courland
30. George William, Elector of Brandenburg
15. Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg
31. Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Zurückgeblättert...", Siegener Zeitungof 4 December 2010
  2. ^ Genealogy of the Wever family
Frederick William II, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
Born: 11 November 1706 Died: 11 November 1734
Preceded by Prince of Nassau-Siegen
1722–1734 		Succeeded byas Prince of Orange-Nassau

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