- Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
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Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen Spouse(s) Duchess Christine Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach Noble family House of Nassau Father William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen Mother Charlotte Amalie, Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg Born 31 December 1712
UsingenDied 21 June 1775 (aged 62)
BiebrichCharles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (born: 31 December 1712 in Usingen; died: 21 June 1775 in Biebrich), was from 1718 to 1775 Prince of Nassau-Usingen.
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Family
Charles was the son of William Henry of Nassau-Usingen and Charlotte Amalie, Countess of Nassau-Dillenburg.
His father died in 1718, when he was still a minor. His mother acted as regent for Charles and his younger brother William Henry II. In 1728, he inherited the counties Nassau-Ottweiler, Nassau-Idstein, and Nassau-Saarbrücken from his second cousin Frederick Louis. These counties were then added to his county of Nassau-Usingen.
Is 1734, he was declared an adult by Emperor Charles VI. In 1735, he and William Henry II divided their inheritance. Charles received Usingen, Idstein, Wiesbaden and Lahr; William Henry II recevied Nassau-Saarbrücken and some smaller territories. He then moved his residence from Usingen in the Taunus to Schloss Biebrich in Biebrich and continued the progressive policies of his mother.
Charles died in 1775 and was succeeded by his son Charles William.
Marriage and issue
On 26 December 1734 Charles married Christine Wilhelmine Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach (born: 1711), a daughter of John William III of Saxe-Eisenach. The marriage produced four children:
- Charles William (1735-1803), Prince of Nassau-Usingen
- Christine (1736-1741)
- Frederick Augustus (1738-1816), Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1803-1806) and later Duke of Nassau (1815-1816)
- John Adolph (1740-1793), Prussian general
In the second, morganatic, marriage, Charles married Magdalene Gross from Wiesbadener (born: 1712). From this marriage also had four children:
- Philippa Catherine of Biburg (born: 17 May 1744; died: 17 July 1798), married Karl Friedrich Kruse (1738-1806)
- Charles Philip of Weilnau (born: 25 March 1746; died: 15 August 1789)
- Sophie Christine (born: 20 June 1750; died: 16 November 1750)
- William Henry (born: 15 February 1755; died: 6 April 1755)
References
- Ernst Joachim (1882) (in German). "Karl von Nassau-Usingen". In Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). 15. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. p. 313–313.
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
Footnotes
Charles, Prince of Nassau-UsingenBorn: 31 December 1712 Died: 21 June 1775Preceded by
William HenryPrince of Nassau-Usingen
1718-1775Succeeded by
Charles WilliamPreceded by
Frederick Louis
as Count of Nassau-SaarbrückenPrince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
1728-1735Succeeded by
William Henry IICategories:- Counts of Nassau
- Princes of Nassau
- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
- House of Nassau
- 1712 births
- 1775 deaths
- German nobility
- 18th-century German people
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