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Alexandra, Grand Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of RussiaDuke Nicholas
Duchess Cecile
Duke AlexanderDuchess Catherine
Duke George
Duke Constantine Therese, Princess Therese Petrovna Romanovskaya
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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 t ...
, father =
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 ...
, mother =
Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen
, image = Luise von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.jpg
, succession = Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg
, reign = 1816
, succession1 = Duchess consort of Nassau
, reign1 = 1816—1825
, spouse =
, issue = ...
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Weilburg
Weilburg is, with just under 13,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg.
Geography
Location
The community lies in the Lahn valley between the Westerwa ...
,
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 ...
, death_date =
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Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
,
Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia ( cs, České království),; la, link=no, Regnum Bohemiae sometimes in English literature referred to as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czec ...
,
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
, burial_place =
Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg (german: Therese Wilhelmine Friedrike Isabelle Charlotte Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilburg; , Terezya Vasilyevna Nassauskaya; 17 April 1815 in
Weilburg
Weilburg is, with just under 13,000 inhabitants, the third biggest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, after Limburg an der Lahn and Bad Camberg.
Geography
Location
The community lies in the Lahn valley between the Westerwa ...
,
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 ...
– 8 December 1871 in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
,
Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia ( cs, České království),; la, link=no, Regnum Bohemiae sometimes in English literature referred to as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czec ...
,
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
) was 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 t ...
and a Princess of Nassau-Weilburg by birth. Through her marriage 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. ...
, Therese was also a Duchess of Oldenburg.
Family
Therese was the second child and daughter of
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 ...
and his first wife
Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen
, image = Luise von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.jpg
, succession = Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg
, reign = 1816
, succession1 = Duchess consort of Nassau
, reign1 = 1816—1825
, spouse =
, issue = ...
.
Marriage and issue
Therese married
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. ...
, second and younger son of
Duke George of Oldenburg
Duke Peter Frederick George of Oldenburg (german: link=no, Herzog Peter Friedrich Georg von Oldenburg; 9 May 1784 – 27 December 1812) was a younger son of Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg and his wife Duchess Frederica of Württemberg. He was a ...
and his wife
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (russian: Екатерина Павловна; 21 May 1788 S 10 May 1788– 9 January 1819) later Queen Catharina Pavlovna of Württemberg, was the fourth daughter of Paul I of Russia, Tsar Pau ...
, on 23 April 1837 in
Biebrich. Therese and Peter had eight children:
*
Alexandra of Oldenburg (2 June 1838, St. Petersburg – 13 April 1900
Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
, Ukraine); m.
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia.
* Nicholas of Oldenburg (9 May 1840, St. Petersburg – 20 January 1886,
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...
, Switzerland); m. Maria Bulazel created Countess of Osternburg.
* Cecile of Oldenburg (27 February 1842 St. Petersburg – 11 January 1843, St. Petersburg)
*
Alexander of Oldenburg (2 June 1844, St Petersburg, – 6 September 1932,
Biarritz
Biarritz ( , , , ; Basque also ; oc, Biàrritz ) is a city on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the French Basque Country in southwestern France. It is located from the border with Spain. ...
, France). Heir of the Russian Oldenburgs. He married
Princess Eugenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg. Their only son,
Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg
Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (21 November 1868 – 11 March 1924) was the first husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the youngest sister of Tsar Nicholas II.
Biography
Early life
He was born in Saint Petersburg in the ...
, married
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (russian: О́льга Алекса́ндровна; – 24 November 1960) was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and younger sister of Emperor Nicholas II.
Olga was raised at the ...
* Catherine of Oldenburg (21 September 1846, St. Petersburg – 23 June 1866, St. Petersburg)
* George of Oldenburg (17 April 1848, St. Petersburg – 17 March 1871, St. Petersburg)
*
Konstantin of Oldenburg (27 April 1850, St. Petersburg – 18 March 1906 in
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
, France); m. Princess Agrippina
Japaridze, divorced Princess
Dadiani
The House of Dadiani ( ka, დადიანი ), later known as the House of Dadiani- Chikovani, was a Georgian family of nobles, dukes and princes, and a ruling dynasty of the western Georgian province of Mingrelia.
The House of Dadiani
Th ...
and later created Countess of Zarnekau.
*
Therese of Oldenburg (30 March 1852, St. Petersburg – 18 April 1883 St. Petersburg); m.
George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg
Prince George Maximilianovich Romanowsky, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (29 February 1852 – 16 May 1912), also known as Prince Georgii Romanovsky or Georges de Beauharnais, was the youngest son of Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg a ...
(1852–1912)
Ancestry
References
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