Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856)

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Princess Pauline
The Duchess of Nassau, c. 1830
Duchess of Nassau
Reign	23 April 1829 – 30 August 1839
Predecessor	Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Successor	Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia
Born	(1810-02-25)25 February 1810 Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, Confederation of the Rhine
Died	7 July 1856(1856-07-07) (aged 46) Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation
Burial	Alter Friedhof, Wiesbaden[1]
Spouse	William, Duke of Nassau ​ ​ (m. 1829; died 1839)​
Issue	Helena, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm Sophia, Queen of Sweden and Norway
Names German: Pauline Friederike Marie
House	Württemberg
Father	Prince Paul of Württemberg
Mother	Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Princess Pauline Friederike Marie of Württemberg,^[2] full German name: Pauline Friederike Marie, Prinzessin von Württemberg^[2] (25 February 1810, Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg^[2] – 7 July 1856, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau^[2]) was a member of the House of Württemberg and a Princess of Württemberg by birth. Through her marriage to William, Duke of Nassau, Pauline was also a Duchess consort of Nassau. Pauline is an ancestress of the present Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, and Swedish Royal families.

Family[]

Pauline was the fourth child of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen.^[2]

Marriage and issue[]

Pauline married William, Duke of Nassau, eldest son of Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, and widower of her aunt Louise on 23 April 1829 in Stuttgart. William is third cousin of Pauline's father, Prince Paul of Württemberg (both are great-great-grandsons of King George II of Great Britain), which makes them third cousins, once removed.^[2] Pauline and William had four children:^[2]

• An unnamed daughter (Biebrich, 27 April 1830 – Biebrich, 28 April 1830).
• Princess Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne of Nassau (Wiesbaden, 12 April 1831 – Bad Pyrmont, 27 October 1888), married in Wiesbaden on 26 September 1853 George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and had issue.
• Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau (20 September 1832 – 17 September 1905). Married, 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.
• Princess Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette of Nassau (9 July 1836 – 30 December 1913). Married Oscar II of Sweden. The present Belgian, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish royal families descend from this marriage.

Ancestry[]

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