Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

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Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen

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Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
Landgravine Frederick of Hesse-Kassel
Spouse Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel
Issue
Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel
Karl Friedrich
Friedrich Wilhelm
Ludwig Karl
Georg Karl
Luise Karoline Marie Friederike
Marie, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge
Full name
German: Karoline Polyxena
House House of Nassau-Usingen
House of Hesse-Kassel
Father Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
Mother Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg
Born 4 April 1762(1762-04-04)
Biebrich, Nassau-Usingen
Died 17 August 1823(1823-08-17) (aged 61)
Rumpenheim, Hesse-Kassel

Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen (German: Prinzessin Karoline Polyxena von Nassau-Usingen; 4 April 1762 – 17 August 1823) was the elder daughter of Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, and wife of Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel.

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Early life

Caroline was born at Biebrich, Nassau-Usingen the second child and first daughter of Karl Wilhelm, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1735–1803), and his wife, Countess Caroline Felizitas of Leiningen-Dagsburg (1734–1810), daughter of Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim.

Marriage and family

Caroline married on 2 December 1786 in Biebrich to Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747–1837), youngest child of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Mary of Great Britain, daughter of George II of Great Britain.[1]

They had eight children:

Titles and styles

  • 4 April 1762 – 2 December 1786: Her Serene Highness Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen
  • 2 December 1786 – 17 August 1823: Her Serene Highness Landgravine Frederick of Hesse-Kassel

Ancestry

Notes and sources

  1. ^ Richard Glanville-Brown, online <e-mail address>, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.

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