Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (''Karl Christian'', 16 January 1735 in

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– 28 November 1788 in Münster-Dreissen, near Kirchheim), till 1753 Count of Nassau-Weilburg, was the first ruler of the Principality 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 ...

between 1753 and 1788.

Family and rule

He was the son of

Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg Charles August (''Karl August'', 17 September 1685, Weilburg – 9 November 1753) was from 1719 to 1753 Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. Charles August was the second son of John Ernst of Nassau-Weilburg and Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Har ...

and Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein. He succeeded his father in 1753 and united his territories in 1783 with Nassau-Saarbrücken, Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Dietz.

Marriage

He married on 5 March 1760 in

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Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (''Wilhelmine Carolina''; 16 February 1743 – 6 May 1787) was a Dutch regent. She was the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and Anne, Princess Royal. She was regent of the ...

(1743–1787), daughter of

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and

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. He became a general in the Dutch infantry, governor of

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and governor of

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(1773–1784). He negotiated in vain with the

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in 1787. He died in 1788 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son

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Children

He and Carolina had 15 children, some of whom became ancestors of 19th century royalty: # Georg Wilhelm Belgicus, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (

, 18 December 1760 – Honselaarsdijk, 27 May 1762). # Wilhelm ''Ludwig'' Karl, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (The Hague, 12 December 1761 – Kirchheim, 16 April/26 April 1770). # Princess Auguste ''Marie'' Karoline of Nassau-Weilburg (The Hague, 5 February 1764 –

, 25 January 1802). A

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and

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. # Princess Wilhelmine ''Luise'' of Nassau-Weilburg (The Hague, 28 September 1765 –

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, 10 October 1837), married in Kirchheim on 9 January 1786

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(Greiz, 16 February 1747 – Greiz, 29 January 1817), and had issue. # Stillborn son (The Hague, 22 October 1767). #

Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (''Friedrich Wilhelm'', 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 ...

(25 October 1768,

– 9 January 1816). # Princess ''Karoline'' Luise Friederike of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 14 February 1770 –

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, 8 July 1828), married in Kirchheim on 4 September 1787

Karl Ludwig, Prince of Wied-Runkel Karl Ludwig Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Wied-Runkel (29 September 1763 – 9 March 1824) was a Germans, German ruler in the Wied-Runkel, Principality of Wied-Runkel from 1791 until 1806 when it was German mediatisation, mediatised to the Duchy o ...

(

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, 9 September 1763 – Dierdorf, 9 March 1824), without issue. # Prince Karl Ludwig of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 19 July 1772 – Kirchheim, 27 July 1772). # Prince ''Karl'' Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 1 May 1775 – Weilburg, 11 May 1807), unmarried and without issue. # Princess ''Amelia'' Charlotte Wilhelmine Luise of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 7 August 1776 –

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, 19 February 1841), married firstly in Weilburg on 29 October 1793

Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym Victor II Karl Frederick of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym ( Schaumburg, 2 November 1767Schaumburg, 22 April 1812), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch and a ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Bernburg-Scha ...

, 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. # Stillborn daughter (Kirchheim, 21 October 1778). # Child (1779–1779). #

Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg Princess Henriëtte of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (22 April 1780, in Kirchheimbolanden – 2 January 1857, in Kirchheim unter Teck) was a German duchess. She was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian and Carolina of Orange-Nassau, daught ...

(22 April 1780 – 2 January 1857). Married

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, second son of

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. # Child (.. November 1784 - died shortly thereafter). # Child (.. November 1785 - died shortly thereafter).

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