Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen

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Princess Louise
Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg
Reign	1816
Predecessor	Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
Successor	None. Incorporated into the Duchy of Nassau
Duchess consort of Nassau
Reign	1816—1825
Predecessor	None. New Title
Successor	Pauline of Württemberg
Born	(1794-01-28)28 January 1794 Hildburghausen, Saxe-Hildburghausen
Died	6 April 1825(1825-04-06) (aged 31) Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau
Spouse	William, Duke of Nassau ​ ​ (m. 1813)​
Issue	Therese, Duchess of Oldenburg Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Marie, Princess of Wied
Names German: Charlotte Luise Friederike Amalie Alexandrine
House	Saxe-Hildburghausen
Father	Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Mother	Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Charlotte Luise Friederike Amalie Alexandrine of Saxe-Hildburghausen,^{[citation needed]} full German name: Charlotte Luise Friederike Amalie Alexandrine, Prinzessin von Sachsen-Hildburghausen^{[citation needed]} (28 January 1794, Hildburghausen, Saxe-Hildburghausen^{[citation needed]} – 6 April 1825, Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau^{[citation needed]}) was a member of the House of Saxe-Hildburghausen and a Princess of Saxe-Hildburghausen (and later of Saxe-Altenburg) by birth. Through her marriage to William, Duke of Nassau, Louise was also a member of the House of Nassau-Weilburg and Duchess consort of Nassau. Louise was briefly Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg in 1816.

Family[]

Louise was the seventh child of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and his wife Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.^{[citation needed]} One of her godparents were her aunt, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Kingdom of Prussia. Louise and her sister Therese were considered very beautiful, and were the subject of the Friedrich Rückert poem “Mit drei Moosrosen."

Marriage and issue[]

In 1809, Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria visited Hildburghausen Castle to choose his bride. Ludwig chose between Louise and Therese and finally selected Therese. Louise married William, Duke of Nassau, eldest son of Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, on 24 June 1813 in Weilburg.^{[citation needed]} To honor the occasion of their marriage, the Civil Guard of Weilberg and Samuel Luja (1735–1818) composed the "Cantate am Feste der Heimführung des Erbprinzen Wilhelm von Nassau mit der Prinzessin Louise von Sachsen-Hildburghausen."

Louise and William had eight children:^{[citation needed]}

• Auguste Luise Friederike Maximiliane Wilhelmine of Nassau (Weilburg, 12 April 1814 - Weilburg, 3 October 1814).
• Therese Wilhelmine Friederike Isabelle Charlotte of Nassau (Weilburg, 17 April 1815 - Prague, 8 December 1871). Married in Biebrich on 23 April 1837 Duke Peter of Oldenburg. Their grandson was the Tsarist General Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia the Younger.
• Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (24 July 1817 – 17 November 1905). The Present Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg, which became extinct in the male line in 1912, descends from him.
• Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Friedrich of Nassau (Biebrich, 8 September 1819 - Biebrich, 22 April 1823).
• Moritz Wilhelm August Karl Heinrich of Nassau (Biebrich, 21 November 1820 - Vienna, 23 March 1850), unmarried and without issue.
• Marie Wilhelmine Luise Friederike Henriette of Nassau (Biebrich, 5 April 1822 - Biebrich, 3 April 1824).
• Wilhelm Karl August Friedrich of Nassau (Biebrich, 12 August 1823 - Biebrich, 28 December 1828).
• Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth of Nassau (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.

The marriage was an unhappy one. Louise's husband was not only autocratic in politics, but also with regard to his family circle and bullied his wife and children.

Louise died in 1825 shortly after the birth of her youngest daughter, Marie. Following her death, Louise's husband married her sister Charlotte's daughter Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856). The Luisenplatz and Luisenstraße in Wiesbaden are named for Louise.

Ancestry[]

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References[]

Literature[]

• Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: Die Herzoge von Sachsen-Altenburg. Bozen 1917, Neudruck Altenburg 1992
• Dr. Rudolf Armin Human: Chronik der Stadt Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen 1886