Luise Henriette of Nassau
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Louise Henriëtte van Nassau (The Hague, December 7, 1627 – Berlin, June 18, 1667) was a countess of Nassau, granddaughter of William the Silent and Electress of Brandenburg.
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[edit] Biography
Louise Henriëtte was the eldest daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. She grew up at the court of her father, the stadtholder.
[edit] Marriage
Louise Henriëtte had to abandon her love for Henri Charles de la Trémoille, Prince of Talmant, son of Henry de La Trémoille, as her mother had royal ambitions for her. But her attempt to conclude an engagement with Charles II of England came to nothing. Finally she was forced to marry Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620-1688) at The Hague on December 7, 1646, her nineteenth birthday.
The couple lived in Kleve for the first years of their marriage, but they moved to Brandenburg, Frederick William's seat, in 1648.
The princess had a new castle in Dutch style built in Bötzow and called it Oranienburg. In 1653 the entire town of Bötzow was renamed Oranienburg.
A Protestant religious community known as the Luise-Henrietten-Stift in nearby Lehnin Abbey was named after her.
She was also involved in the design and development of the Lustgarten in Berlin.
[edit] Children
With Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg she had six children.
- William Henry (1648-1649)
- Charles (1655-1674)
- Frederick (1657-1713), the first King of Prussia
- Amalie (1656-1664)
- Henry (1664-1664)
- Louis (1666-1687)
She was buried in the Berliner Dom.
[edit] Ancestry
| Luise Henriette, Electress of Brandenburg | Father: Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange |
Paternal Grandfather: William I of Orange |
Paternal Great-grandfather: William, Count of Nassau |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Juliana of Stolberg |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Louise de Coligny |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Gaspard de Coligny |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Charlotte de Laval (1530-1568) |
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| Mother: Amalia of Solms-Braunfels |
Maternal Grandfather: John Albert I of Solms-Braunfels (1592-1623) |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Conrad Graf of Solms-Braunfels |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Ludwig Graf of Sayn-Wittgenstein |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth of Solms-Laubach |
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| Preceded by Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate |
Electress of Brandenburg 1646 – 1667 |
Succeeded by Elisabeth Henriëtte of Hesse-Kassel |
