- Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (
February 28 ,1743 ,Leeuwarden –May 6 ,1787 ,Kirchheimbolanden ) was the daughter ofWilliam IV, Prince of Orange ,Stadtholder of theNetherlands , and HRH Anne, the Princess Royal.Her maternal grandparents were
George II of Great Britain andCaroline of Ansbach .Regent
Princess Carolina was born in
Leeuwarden . In 1747, it was declared that the position of Stadtholder could be inherited by females, thus making the young Princess Carolina the heiress presumptive to the position of Stadtholder. However, in 1748, a male heir, Willem, was born to her parents, thus displacing her and putting her second in line to the position.Princess Carolina's father died in 1751, making her three-year-old brother Willem V of Orange. At that point, her mother was appointed Princess-Regent. However, in 1759, her mother died, and Willem V was still just ten years old. Then, Princess Carolina's paternal grandmother, Princess Marie Luise, was made Princess-Regent. Princess Marie-Luise was regent until 1765, when she died. Willem V was now seventeen, but that was still not old enough to rule on his own. So, Princess Carolina was made Princess-Regent. She ruled until 1766, when Willem V turned eighteen.
Marriage and children
On
5 March ,1760 , during the regency of Princess Marie Luise, Princess Carolina married HSHDuke Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg . They had fifteen children:*George Wilhelm Belgicus of Nassau-Weilburg (
18 December /19 December ,1760 -27 May ,1762 ).
*Wilhelm Ludwig Karl Flemand of Nassau-Weilburg (12 December ,1761 -16 April /26 April ,1770 ).
*Augusta Maria Carolina of Nassau-Weilburg (5 February ,1764 -20 January ,1802 ). A nun in Quedlinburg en Herford.
*Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (28 September ,1765 -10 October ,1837 ). MarriedHeinrich XIII, Princes Reuss .
*Stillborn Daughter (21 October 1767 )
*Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (25 October ,1768 ,The Hague -9 January ,1816 ).
*Karoline Luise Friederike of Nassau-Weilburg (14 February ,1770 -8 July ,1828 ). MarriedKarl Ludwig, Prince of Wied
*Karl Ludwig of Nassau-Weilburg (19 July -27 July ,1772 ).
*Karl Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg (1 May ,1775 -11 May ,1807 ).
*Amalie Charlotte Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (7 August ,1776 -19 February ,1841 ). MarriedVictor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym .
*Stillborn Child (1778 )
*Stillborn Child (1779 )
*Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (22 April ,1780 -2 January ,1857 ). MarriedDuke Louis of Württemberg , second son ofFriedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg .
*Karl of Nassau-Weilburg (born and deceased in 1784).
*Stillborn Child (1785 )External links
* [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/nassau/nassau6.html#HAF A listing of descedants of the House of Nassau-Weilburg, including her children]
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