, image = Luise von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.jpg , succession = Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg , reign = 1816 , succession1 = Duchess consort of Nassau , reign1 = 1816—1825 , spouse = , issue = Therese, Duchess of Oldenburg

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Marie, Princess of Wied , house =

Saxe-Hildburghausen Saxe-Hildburghausen () was an Ernestine duchy in the southern side of the present State of Thuringia in Germany. It existed from 1680 to 1826 but its name and borders are currently used by the District of Hildburghausen. History After the Duk ...

, father =

Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (29 April 1763 in Hildburghausen – 29 September 1834 in Altenburg), was duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1780–1826) and duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1826–1834). Biography He was the youngest child, but only ...

, mother =

Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , succession = Duchess consort of Saxe-Hildburghausen , image = Charlottesahi1800.JPG , caption = The Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen, 1800 , reign = 3 September 1785 – 14 May 1818 , spouse = , issue = , issu ...

, birth_date = , birth_place =

Hildburghausen Hildburghausen (IPA adapted from: ) is a town in Thuringia in central Germany, capital of the district Hildburghausen. Geography It is situated in the Franconian part of Thuringia south of the Thuringian Forest, in the valley of the Werra river ...

, death_date = , death_place = Biebrich,

Duchy of Nassau The Duchy of Nassau (German: ''Herzogtum Nassau'') was an independent state between 1806 and 1866, located in what is now the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. It was a member of the Confederation of the Rhine and later of the G ...

Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (''Charlotte Luise Friederike Amalie Alexandrine''; 28 January 1794 – 6 April 1825) was a member of the

House of Saxe-Hildburghausen A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...

, and a Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen by birth. Through her marriage to

William, Duke of Nassau Wilhelm (Given names: ''Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus''; 14 June 1792, Kirchheimbolanden – 20/30 August 1839, Bad Kissingen) was joint sovereign Duke of Nassau, along with his father's cousin Frederick Augustus, reigning from 1816 unt ...

, Louise was also a member of the

House of Nassau-Weilburg The House of Nassau-Weilburg, a branch of the House of Nassau, ruled a division of the County of Nassau, which was a state in what is now Germany, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, from 1344 to 1806. On 17 July 1806, upon the dissolution of ...

and duchess consort of Nassau. Louise was briefly princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg in 1816.

Family life and early years

Louise was the youngest daughter of Duke Frederick of Saxe-Hildburghausen and his wife,

. She thus belonged to the House of Sachsen-Hildburghausen. Louise and her sister

Therese Therese or Thérèse is a variant of the feminine given name Teresa. It may refer to: Persons Therese *Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773–1839), member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and a Duchess of Mecklenburg * Therese of B ...

were both considered very beautiful, and were the subject of the poem “''Mit drei Moosrosen'',” written by Friedrich Rückert.

Marriage

In 1809, Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria visited Schloss Hildburghausen to choose his bride. Ludwig chose between Louise and Therese, though soon selected Therese. Upon this, Louise was wed with

, eldest son of

Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (25 October 1768, The Hague – 9 January 1816, Weilburg) was a ruler of Nassau-Weilburg. He was created Prince of Nassau and reigned jointly with his cousin, Prince Frederick Augustus of Nassau-Usin ...

and his wife, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. Louise,_Herzogin_von_Nassau,_Prinzessin_von_Sachsen_Hildburghausen

On 24 June 1813, in

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, the two were married. To honour the occasion of their marriage, the Civil Guard of Weilberg, including Samuel Luja, composed the ''"Cantate am Feste der Heimführung des Erbprinzen Wilhelm von Nassau mit der Prinzessin Louise von Sachsen-Hildburghausen."'' The marriage was an unhappy one: Louise's husband was not only autocratic in politics, but he was also rude to his family circle and pestered his wife and children.

Death, aftermath and legacy

Louise died in 1825 shortly after the birth of her youngest daughter, Marie. Following her death, Louise's husband married her sister Charlotte's daughter

Princess Pauline of Württemberg Princess is a regal rank and the feminine equivalent of prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or for the daughter of a king or prince. Princess as a subst ...

. The Luisenplatz and Luisenstraße in

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are named for Louise.

Issue

Louise and William had eight children: * Auguste Luise Friederike Maximiliane Wilhelmine of Nassau (12 April 1814 - 3 October 1814). * Therese Wilhelmine Friederike Isabelle Charlotte of Nassau (17 April 1815 - 8 December 1871); married in Biebrich, on 23 April 1837 to

Duke Peter of Oldenburg Duke Constantine Frederick Peter of Oldenburg (german: Konstantin Friedrich Peter; russian: Пётр Гео́ргиевич Ольденбу́ргский, translit=Pëtr Geórgievič Ol'denbúrgskij; – ) was a Duke of the House of Oldenburg. ...

. Their grandson was the tsarist general Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia the Younger. *

(24 July 1817 – 17 November 1905). The present Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg, which became extinct in the male line in 1912, descends from him. * Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Friedrich of Nassau (8 September 1819 - 22 April 1823). * Moritz Wilhelm August Karl Heinrich of Nassau (21 November 1820 - 23 March 1850); died unmarried and without issue. *

Princess Marie of Nassau , house =Nassau-Weilburg , father =William, Duke of Nassau , mother =Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen , birth_date = , birth_place = Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau , death_date = , death_place =Neuwied, Duchy of Nassau P ...

(29 January 1825 - 24 March 1902)

Ancestry

References

Literature

*Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: ''Die Herzoge von Sachsen-Altenburg.'' Bozen 1917, Neudruck Altenburg 1992. *Dr. Rudolf Armin Human: ''Chronik der Stadt Hildburghausen''. Hildburghausen 1886.

External links

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