Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
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Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg |
Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (31 December 1712 – 21 June 1775), was Prince of
Family
Charles was born in
After Charles' father died in 1718, Charlotte Amalia acted as regent for both Charles and his younger brother William Henry II. In 1728, Charles inherited the counties of Nassau-Ottweiler, Nassau-Idstein and Nassau-Saarbrücken from his second cousin Frederick Louis. These counties were then added to his county of Nassau-Usingen.
In 1734, he was declared an adult by Emperor
Charles died in 1775 in Biebrich and was succeeded by his son Charles William.
Marriage and issue
On 26 December 1734 Charles married Princess Christine Wilhelmine of
- Charles William (1735–1803), Prince of Nassau-Usingen
- Christine (1736–1741)
- Frederick Augustus (1738–1816), Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1803–1816) and Duke of Nassau (1806–1816)
- John Adolph (1740–1793), Prussian general
In the second, morganatic marriage, Charles married Magdalene Gross from Wiesbaden (born: 1712). From this marriage he also had four children:
- Philippa Catherine von Biebrich (born: Idstein 17 May 1744; died: 17 July 1798), married at Biebrich June 1773 to Baron Karl Friedrich von Kruse (1738–1806)
- Karl Philipp von Biebrich, Count von Weilnau (born: 25 March 1746; died: 15 August 1789 Wiesbaden). The Nassau Family Pact was executed in 1783, but he was not invited to be a signatory because of the morganatic marriage of his parents.
- Sophie Christine (born: 20 June 1750; died: 16 November 1750)
- Wilhelm Heinrich (born: 15 February 1755; died: 6 April 1755)
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Bibliography
- Ernst Joachim (1882), "Karl von Nassau-Usingen", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 15, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 313
References
- ^ Bleymehl–Eiler, Martina. "Karl Fürst zu Nassau-Usingen". Stadtlexicon A–Z. Retrieved 22 June 2024 – via Wiesbaden.de.
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