Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857)

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Henriëtte van Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheimbolanden, April 22, 1780 - Kirchheim unter Teck, January 2, 1857) was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Carolina of Orange-Nassau, daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange.

She married on January 28, 1797 with Duke Louis of Württemberg, a son of Duke Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg.

They had five children :

• Maria Dorothea (1797-1855), married in 1819 Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776-1847)
• Amelie Theresa (June 28, 1799 - November 28, 1848), married in 1817 Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789-1868)
• Pauline Therese (1800-1873), married in 1820 her first cousin William I of Wurttemberg
• Elisabeth (1802-1864), married in 1830 Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1792-1859)
• Alexander (1804-1885), who founded a cadet branch of the House of Württemberg, known as the Dukes of Teck.