William, Duke of Nassau
| William | |
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 William | |
| Duke of Nassau | |
| Reign | 24 March 1816 – 20 August 1839 |
| Predecessor | Frederick Augustus |
| Successor | Adolf |
| Prince of Nassau-Weilburg | |
| Reign | 9 January 1816 – 24 March 1816 |
| Predecessor | Frederick William |
| Successor | None. Incorporated into the Duchy of Nassau |
| Born | 14 June 1792 Kirchheimbolanden, Principality of Nassau-Weilburg |
| Died | 20 August 1839 (aged 47) Kissingen, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Burial | Schlosskirche, Weilburg |
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Wilhelm (
Given names: Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus; 14 June 1792, Kirchheimbolanden – 20/30 August 1839, Bad Kissingen) was joint sovereign Duke of Nassau, along with his father's cousin Frederick Augustus
, reigning from 1816 until 1839. He was also sovereign Prince of Nassau-Weilburg from 1816 until its incorporation into the duchy of Nassau.
Frederick Augustus died on 24 March 1816 and Wilhelm inherited the Usingen territories and became sole sovereign of the Duchy of Nassau.
He is the father of
King Oscar II and a 3rd cousin of William III of the Netherlands
, who left a surviving daughter to rule his main realm, but the crown of Luxembourg went through the male line, looking to 17 generations back, to pass to the Duke of Nassau and then his descendants.
Biography
Wilhelm was the eldest son of
Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. With the Nassau troops, he was involved on the Seventh Coalition's side in the Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon
.
Duke of Nassau
On 9 January 1816, he succeeded his father, Duke Frederick William, as the
Nassau-Usingen branch of his family. When his cousin and co-Duke died on 24 March 1816, Wilhelm inherited the Usingen territories and became sole ruler of the Duchy of Nassau
. He kept the title of Duke of Nassau for the rest of his reign.
Marriages and children
On 24 June 1813 in
Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen) and his wife, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
. They had eight children:
- Princess Auguste Luise Friederike Maximiliane Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg (Weilburg, 12 April 1814 – Weilburg, 3 October 1814).
- Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia the Younger.
- Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg, which became extinct in the male line in 1912, descends from him.
- Prince Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 8 September 1819 – Biebrich, 22 April 1823).
- Prince Moritz Wilhelm August Karl Heinrich of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 21 November 1820 – Vienna, 23 March 1850), unmarried and without legitimate issue.
- Princess Marie Wilhelmine Luise Friederike Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 5 April 1822 – Biebrich, 3 April 1824).
- Prince Wilhelm Karl August Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 12 August 1823 – Biebrich, 28 December 1828).
- Princess Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 29 January 1825 – Neuwied, 24 March 1902), married in Biebrich on 20 June 1842 Hermann, Prince of Wied (Neuwied, 22 May 1814 – Neuwied, 5 March 1864).[citation needed] Their daughter Elisabeth married King Carol I of Romania .
Wilhelm married, as his second wife, his first wife's niece, Princess Pauline of Württemberg (Stuttgart, 25 February 1810 – Wiesbaden, 7 July 1856) on 23 April 1829 in Stuttgart. Pauline was a daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Wilhelm and Pauline had four children:
- An unnamed daughter (Biebrich, 27 April 1830 – Biebrich, 28 April 1830).
- Dutch and Swedish royal familiesdescend from this marriage.
- morganatically, Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina, Countess of Merenberg. She was a daughter of Alexander Pushkin and his wife, Natalya Goncharova. They had issue, now extinct in male line.
- and Swedish royal families, as well as the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg, descend from this marriage.
Ancestry
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References
External links
- Marek, Miroslav. "A listing of descendants of the House of Nassau-Weilburg". Genealogy.EU.[better source needed]
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