Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Henrietta
Duchess of Teschen
Tenure	1822-1829
Born	30 October 1797 Palace Ermitage, Bayreuth, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	29 December 1829(1829-12-29) (aged 32#REDIRECT This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name. For more information follow the category link.{{Sidebar with collapsible lists |name = Neo-fascism |title = Neo-fascism |pretitle = Linked to the Politics and elections series and part of the Politics series on |image = |listclass = plainlist |pretitlestyle = padding-bottom:0.3em; |titlestyle = padding-bottom:10; font-size:200%; font-weight:normal; |listtitlestyle = border-top:#989898 1px solid;padding-left:0.5em; |expanded = |list1name = Core |list1title = Core ideas |list1 = {{flatlist Fascism Nationalism Authoritarianism Single-party state Dictatorship Social Darwinism Social interventionism Indoctrination Propaganda Eugenics Heroism Militarism [[) Vienna, Austrian Empire
Burial	Imperial Crypt, Austrian Empire
Spouse	Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Issue	See issue link
Full name Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine
House	House of Nassau-Weilburg House of Habsburg-Lothringen
Father	Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Mother	Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
Religion	Calvinism

Henrietta Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (areas now part of Germany) (30 October 1797 Palace Ermitage, Bayreuth – 29 December 1829, Vienna) was the wife of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen. Her husband was a notable general of the Napoleonic Wars and victor of the Battle of Aspern-Essling against Napoleon I of France.

Family

Henrietta was the youngest daughter of Frederick William of Nassau-Weilburg (1768–1816) and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. Her paternal grandparents were Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Wilhelmine Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

Wilhelmine Carolina was a daughter of Caroline of Ansbach.

Marriage

Her husband Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

On 15 September/17 September 1815 in Weilburg, Henrietta married Archduke Charles of Austria. The bride was almost eighteen years old and the groom forty-four. Her husband was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Louisa of Spain. However he had been adopted and raised by his childless aunt Marie Christine of Austria and her husband Albert of Saxe-Teschen. He was the heir to the Duchy of Teschen and would succeed in 1822. This marriage was a very happy one.

Henrietta died young of scarlet fever, which she had caught while nursing her children through the same illness. She is the only Protestant buried in the Imperial Crypt in the Capuchin Church. This was allowed by order of her brother-in-law Emperor Francis I, who said, "She dwelt among us when she was alive, and so she shall in death".

Henrietta and Charles had seven children.

Issue

Ancestry

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