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Princess Amalia
Princess Henry of the Netherlands
Princess Amalia at a young age.
Born(1830-03-20)20 March 1830
Ghent
Died1 May 1872(1872-05-01) (aged 42)
Walferdange
SpousePrince Henry of the Netherlands
Names
Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta
HouseSaxe-Weimar-Eisenach
FatherPrince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
MotherPrincess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen
ReligionLutheran

Amalia Maria da Gloria Augusta (Ghent, 20 March 1830 — Walferdange, Luxembourg, 1 May 1872), Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, was the first wife of Prince Henry of the Netherlands, son of king William II of the Netherlands.

Life

Family

She was the daughter of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (daughter of George I of Saxe-Meiningen).

Marriage

She first met Henry, alongside his brother Alexander on the island of Madeira in 1847. She married Henry in Weimar on 19 May 1853 and he then took her to live at Walferdange Castle in Luxembourg, where he was stadhouder. As she had been before her marriage, she was active in charities there, becoming very popular. It was thanks to her that kindergartens (initiated by Friedrich Fröbel) were introduced into the area. The marriage, however, remained childless. On her death in 1872 she was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk at Delft. In 1876 the city of Luxembourg unveiled a statue of her in Henry's presence.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
16. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
8. Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
17. Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
4. Charles Augustus, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
18. Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
9. Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
19. Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
2. Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
20. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
10. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
21. Countess Charlotte of Hanau-Lichtenberg
5. Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt
22. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
11. Caroline of Zweibrücken
23. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1. Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
24. Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
12. Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
25. Elisabeth Eleonore of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
6. George I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
26. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
13. Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal
27. Karoline Christine of Saxe-Eisenach
3. Ida of Saxe-Meiningen
28. Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
14. Prince Christian Albert of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
29. Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrücken
7. Luise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
30. Prince Frederick Charles of Stolberg-Gedern
15. Karoline of Stolberg-Gedern
31. Louise of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Sources

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