''Henry Louis'' Charles Albert, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (9 March 1768 in
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
– 27 April 1797
[Some sources mention 1799] near
Cadolzburg), was a titular prince of
Nassau-Saarbrücken. He never actually reigned, because the country was occupied by
French revolutionary troops from 1793 until after his death.
Life
He was the son of
Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken and his first wife, Princess Wilhelmine of
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1751–1780). His parents' marriage was unhappy, so that Wihelmine retreated to
Hallberg Castle, where she raised her son.
He studied physics, first in
Strasbourg
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and from 1782 to 1785 in
Göttingen. Then he went on his
Grand Tour. In 1786, he was in Berlin and in the spring of 1787 in Italy.
On 14 May 1793 he had to flee when French troop attacked Neunkirchen castle. He entered
Prussian military service. He had to watch when his ancestral castle went up in flames in October 1793. On 14 November 1793, he was promoted to
colonel in the Prussian cavalry.
In 1794 his father died and he inherited the title of Prince. However, Nassau-Saarbrücken was still occupied by French revolutionary troops and he could not rule his principality.
In 1797 he died after a fall from a horse. Since he had no descendants, Nassau-Saarbrücken fell to his first cousin once removed, Prince
Charles William of Nassau-Usingen (his father's first cousin). His half brother
Adolph
Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...
came of age in 1805 and resumed the title ''Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken''.
Marriage
He married on 6 October 1785 to Princess Marie Françoise Maximilienne of Saint Mauris-Montbarrey (2 November 1761 – 2 February 1838), the daughter of Prince
Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey
Alexandre Marie Eleonor of Saint-Mauris, count of Montbarrey, then prince of Montbarrey and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1774), grandee of Spain of first class (1780), knight of the Holy Spirit, lieutenant general (1780).
Biography
Born in B ...
. They left no issue.
Ancestors
References
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* ''Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach'', p. 10
Online
External links
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Biography of Henry Louis
Footnotes
Princes of Nassau
People from Saarbrücken
House of Nassau
Prussian Army personnel
1768 births
1797 deaths
18th-century German people
German military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
Military personnel from Saarland
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