Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (areas now part of Germany) (30 October 1797 Palace Ermitage, Bayreuth – 29 December 1829, Vienna) was the wife of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Her husband was a notable general of the Napoleonic Wars and victor of the Battle of Aspern-Essling against Napoleon I of France.

Not to be confused with Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg.
Princess Henrietta
Duchess of Teschen
Tenure1822–1829
Born(1797-10-30)30 October 1797
Palace Ermitage, Bayreuth,
Kingdom of Prussia
Died29 December 1829(1829-12-29) (aged 32)
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Burial
Imperial Crypt, Austrian Empire
SpouseArchduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Issue
Details...		Maria Theresa, Queen of the Two Sicilies
Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen
Archduke Karl Ferdinand
Archduke Friedrich Ferdinand
Archduchess Maria Karoline
Archduke Wilhelm Franz
Full name
Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine
HouseNassau-Weilburg
FatherFrederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
MotherBurgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
ReligionCalvinism

Family

Henrietta was the youngest daughter of Frederick William of Nassau-Weilburg (1768–1816) and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. Her paternal grandparents were Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Wilhelmine Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

Wilhelmine Carolina was a daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange and Anne, Princess Royal. Anne was in turn the eldest daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.

Marriage
Her husband Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

On 15 September/17 September 1815 in Weilburg, Henrietta married Archduke Charles of Austria. The bride was almost eighteen years old and the groom forty-four. Her husband was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa of Spain. However he had been adopted and raised by his childless aunt Marie Christine of Austria and her husband Albert of Saxe-Teschen. He was the heir to the Duchy of Teschen and would succeed in 1822. This marriage was a very happy one. And in it she introduced the christmas tree to Vienna.

Henrietta died young of scarlet fever, which she had caught while nursing her children through the same illness. She is the only Protestant buried in the Imperial Crypt in the Capuchin Church. This was allowed by order of her brother-in-law Emperor Francis I, who said, "She dwelt among us when she was alive, and so she shall in death".

Henrietta and Charles had seven children.

Issue

Ancestry
  • Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of the House of Nassau-Weilburg". Genealogy.EU.
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