''Henry Louis'' Charles Albert, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (9 March 1768 in

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...

– 27 April 1797Some sources mention 1799 near

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), 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 Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (3 January 1745 in Saarbrücken – 2 March 1794 in Aschaffenburg) was the last ruling prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken. He ruled from 1768 until the French Revolution. Early life Louis was born in Saar ...

and his first wife, Princess Wilhelmina of

Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was a small historic state in present-day Thuringia, Germany, with its capital at Rudolstadt. History Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt was established in 1599 in the course of a resettlement of House of Schwarzburg, Schwarzburg dy ...

(1751–1780). His parents' marriage was unhappy, so that Wihelmine retreated to

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, where she raised her son. He studied physics, first in

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and from 1782 to 1785 in

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. 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

Schloss Jägersberg Schloss Jägersberg ()() was a baroque Schloss in Neunkirchen, Saarland, Neunkirchen in Saarland, Germany. It served as a hunting lodge and summer palace for the princes of County of Nassau-Saarbrücken , Nassau-Saarbrücken. Designed by a ...

in Neunkirchen. He entered

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n 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 Colonel ( ; abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...

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 with German origins. The name is a compound derived from the Old High German ''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', mean ...

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

* * ''Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach'', p. 10
Online

External links

*
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 {{Germany-noble-stub