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'''Christine Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach''' (born September 3, 1711; November 27, 1740 at Biebrich Castle) was [[Nassau-Usingen|Princess of Nassau-Usingen]] by marriage.

{{Infobox royalty

| name = Princess Christine Wilhelmine

| title = [[Nassau-Usingen|Princess of Nassau-Usingen]]

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1711|9|3}}

| birth_place = possibly [[Altenkirchen]]

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1740|11|27|1711|9|3}}

| issue = [[Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen]]

<br>Princess Francisca<br>[[Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau]]<br>[[John Adolph of Nassau-Usingen]]

| death_place = [[Biebrich Palace|Biebrich Castle]], [[Biebrich (Wiesbaden)|Biebrich]], [[Principality of Nassau-Usingen]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]

| spouse = [[Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen]]

| house = [[House of Wettin|Wettin]]

| father = [[John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach]]

| mother = [[Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1673–1726)|Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels]]}}

== Life ==

Christine Wilhelmine was born as the daughter of [[John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach]] and his wife [[Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1673–1726)|Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels]]. On November 26, 1734, she married [[Charles, Prince of Nassau-Usingen|Prince Charles of Nassau-Usingen]]. The marriage resulted in four children:<ref>Friedrich Maximilian Oertel: ''Genealogische Tafeln zur Staatengeschichte''. 2. Aufl. Leipzig 1857, Tafel LVII ([https://books.google.de/books?id=rAM-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA63 online]).</ref>

*[[Charles William, Prince of Nassau-Usingen]] (1735–1803)

*Princess Francisca of Nassau-Usingen (1736–1741)

*[[Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau]] (1738–1816)

* [[John Adolph of Nassau-Usingen|Prince John Adolph of Nassau-Usingen]] (1740–1793), Prussian general, Count of Saarbrücken and Saarwerden and Lord of Lahr, Wiesbaden and Idstein

Through her son Charles William, she is a direct ancestor of [[Queen Alexandra]], [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], [[Empress Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Empress Maria Feodorovna]] and [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel|Queen Louise]]

She had a dispute with her brother [[Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach]] over the payment of her mother's marriage benefits from 1730 to 1737.<ref>''Verzeichnis der Handschriften im preußischen Staate'', S. 566 [https://www.google.de/books/edition/Verzeichniss_der_Handschriften_im_Preuss/hzJSAQAAMAAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=Christiane+wilhelmine+von+Nassau-Usingen&pg=PA566&printsec=frontcover ''Digitalisat'']</ref>

Christine Wilhelmine lived in [[Biebrich Palace|Biebrich Castle]], whose construction was started at the beginning of the 18th century by [[George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein]] and was completed as a residential palace after his death by Christine's eldest son Karl. The castle had magnificent furnishings.<ref>''Das Biebricher Schloss (1697–1750)'', S. 79 [https://www.google.de/books/edition/Das_Biebricher_Schloss_1697_1750/N_L-DwAAQBAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=Christiane+wilhelmine+von+Nassau-Usingen&printsec=frontcover ''Digitalisat'']</ref>

==Ancestry==

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|1= 1. '''Princess Christine Wilhelmine of Saxe-Eisenach'''

|2= 2. [[John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach]]

|3= 3. [[Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels (1673–1726)|Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels]]

|4= 4. [[John George I, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach]]

|5= 5. [[Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein (1632-1701)|Johannetta of Sayn-Wittgenstein]]

|6= 6. [[Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels]]

|7= 7. [[Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg]]

|8= 8. [[William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar]]

|9= 9. [[Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau]]

|10= 10. [[Ernest, Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn]]

|11= 11. [[Louise Juliane of Erbach]]

|12= 12. [[Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels]]

|13= 13. [[Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]

|14= 14. [[Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg]]

|15= 15. [[Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony]]

== References ==

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[[Category:1711 births]]

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[[Category:House of Wettin]]

[[Category:House of Nassau]]

[[Category:Daughters of monarchs]]

[[Category:18th-century German people]]