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Princess Carolina
Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg
Tenure5 March 1760 - 6 May 1787
Born(1743-02-28)28 February 1743
Died6 May 1787(1787-05-06) (aged 44)
SpouseCharles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
IssueGeorge Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Wilhelm Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Princess Maria
Luise, Princess Reuss-Greiz
Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Karoline, Princess of Wied
Prince Karl Ludwig
Prince Karl Wilhelm
Amalie, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Henriette, Duchess Louis of Württemberg
Prince Karl
HouseOrange-Nassau
FatherWilliam IV, Prince of Orange
MotherAnne, Princess Royal
ReligionDutch Reformed

Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (Wilhelmine Carolina; 28 February 1743, Leeuwarden – 6 May 1787, Kirchheimbolanden)[1] was the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and Anne, Princess Royal.

Regent

Princess Carolina was born in Leeuwarden.[1] In 1747, it was declared that the position of Stadtholder could be inherited by females, thus making the young Princess Carolina the heiress presumptive to the position of Stadtholder. However, in 1748, a male heir, Willem, was born to her parents, thus displacing her and putting her second in line to the position.

Princess Carolina's father died in 1751, making her three-year-old brother Willem V of Orange. At that point, her mother was appointed Princess-Regent. However, in 1759, her mother died, and Willem V was still just ten years old. Then, Princess Carolina's paternal grandmother, Princess Marie-Luise, was made Princess-Regent. Princess Marie-Luise was regent until 1765, when she died. Willem V was now seventeen, but that was still not old enough to rule on his own. So, Princess Carolina was made regent. She ruled until 1766, when Willem V turned eighteen.

Marriage and children

On 5 March 1760 in The Hague, during the regency of her grandmother Princess Marie Luise, Princess Carolina married Karl Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.[1] They had fifteen children, seven of whom survived to adulthood:

  • Georg Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (The Hague, 18 December 1760 - Honselaarsdijk, 27 May 1762)
  • Wilhelm Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (The Hague, 12 December 1761 - Kirchheim, 16 April/26 April 1770)
  • Augusta Carolina Maria of Nassau-Weilburg (The Hague, 5 February 1764 - Weilburg, 25 January 1802). A nun in Quedlinburg and Herford.
  • Wilhelmine Luise of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (The Hague, 28 September 1765 - Greiz, 10 October 1837), married in Kirchheim on 9 January 1786 Prince Reuss-Greiz (Greiz, 16 February 1747 - Greiz, 29 January 1817), and had issue:
    • Prince Heinrich XVIII (31 March 1787 – 31 March 1787)
    • Prince Heinrich XIX (1 March 1790 – 31 October 1836), married in 1822 to Princess Gasparine de Rohan-Rochefort, had issue.
    • Henirch XX, Prince Reuss-Greiz (29 June 1794 – 8 November 1859), married firstly in 1834 to Princess Sophie of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, no issue, Princess Sophie died in 1838; Married secondly in 1839 to Landgravine Karoline of Hesse-Homburg, had issue.
  • Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (25 October 1768, The Hague - 9 January 1816).
  • Karoline Luise Friederike of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 14 February 1770 - Wiesbaden, 8 July 1828), married in Kirchheim on 4 September 1787 Karl Ludwig, Prince zu Wied (Dierdorf, 9 September 1763 - Dierdorf, 9 March 1824), without issue
  • Karl Ludwig of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 19 July 1772 - Kirchheim, 27 July 1772)
  • Karl Wilhelm Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 1 May 1775 - Weilburg, 11 May 1807), unmarried and without issue
  • Princess Amalie Charlotte of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 7 August 1776 - Schaumburg, 19 February 1841), married firstly in Weilburg on 29 October 1793 Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and had issue, and married secondly in Schaumburg on 15 February 1813 Friedrich, Baron von Stein-Liebenstein zu Barchfeld (14 February 1777 - 4 December 1849), and had issue
  • Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (22 April 1780 - 2 January 1857). Married Duke Louis of Württemberg, second son of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg.
  • Karl of Nassau-Weilburg (1784 - shortly thereafter)
  • Four nameless, stillborn, children (1767, 1778, 1779, 1785)

Ancestors

Family of Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
16. William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz
8. Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz
17. Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau
4. John William Friso, Prince of Orange
18. John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
9. Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau
19. Princess Henriette Catherine of Orange-Nassau
2. William IV, Prince of Orange
20. William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
10. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
21. Margravine Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg
5. Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
22. Jacob Kettler
11. Princess Maria Amalia of Courland
23. Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg
1. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
24. Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover
12. George I of Great Britain
25. Princess Palatine Sophia
6. George II of Great Britain
26. George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
13. Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Celle
27. Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse
3. Anne, Princess Royal of Great Britain
28. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
14. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
29. Princess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen
7. Caroline of Ansbach
30. John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
15. Duchess Eleonore of Saxe-Eisenach
31. Countess Johanna of Sayn-Wittgenstein

References

  1. ^ a b c Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (ed.) (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World, 1st edition. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 240. ISBN 0-85011-023-8. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)

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