Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (''Friedrich Wilhelm'', 25 October 1768,

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– 9 January 1816,

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) was a ruler 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 ...

. He was created Prince of Nassau and reigned jointly with his cousin, Prince Frederick Augustus of Nassau-Usingen, who became Duke of Nassau. Frederick William died in January 1816, only two months before his cousin. Both men were succeeded by Frederick William's son,

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Family

Frederick William was the eldest surviving son of Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Wilhelmine Carolina of Orange-Nassau. Wilhelmine Carolina was a daughter of

William IV, Prince of Orange William IV (Willem Karel Hendrik Friso; 1 September 1711 – 22 October 1751) was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751. During his who ...

and

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. Anne was in turn the eldest daughter of

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and

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Marriage and children

On 31 July 1788 in Hachenburg, Frederick William married Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg ( Hachenburg, 19 April 1772 –

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, 6 January 1827). The groom was almost twenty years old and the bride only sixteen. At the time he was still the heir to the principality. His father died on 28 November of the same year and Frederick William succeeded him. Frederick William and Louise Isabelle had four children: *

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 unti ...

(14 June 1792 – 20 August/30 August 1839). * Auguste Luise Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg (

, 5 January 1794 –

, 11 April 1796). *

Henrietta of Nassau Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (areas now part of Germany) (30 October 1797 Hermitage Museum (Bayreuth), Palace Eremitage, Bayreuth – 29 December 1829, Vienna) was the wife of Archduke Charles, Duk ...

(30 October 1797 – 29 December 1829). Married

Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Lawrence of Austria, Duke of Teschen (; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain. He was also the younger brother of ...

* Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (

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, 15 December 1799 –

, 6 January 1845). He married on 7 June 1840 Anna Ritter, Edle von Vallyemare (

, 21 June 1802 –

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, 19 July 1864), created Gräfin von Tiefenbach in 1840, widow of Johann Baptist Brunold. Their only daughter was: ** Wilhelmine Brunold ( Altzgersdorf, 5 July 1834 –

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, 12 December 1892), created in 1844 Gräfin von Tiefenbach, married in

on 30 October 1856 and divorced in 1872

Émile de Girardin Émile de Girardin (; 22 June 180227 April 1881) was a French journalist, publisher and politician. He was the most successful and flamboyant French journalist of the era, presenting himself as a promoter of mass education through mass journalism ...

(''

né The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

'' Émile Delamothe) (

, 22 June 1802 –

, 27 April 1881).

Ancestry

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg House of Nassau-Weilburg Nobility from The Hague 1768 births 1816 deaths Burials in the Royal Crypt of Weilburg Schlosskirche