Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus von Nassau-Weilburg (1792 - 1839)

Born 14 Jun 1792 in Kirchheimbolanden, Nassau-Weilburg, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Louise Friederike Amalie (Sachsen-Hildburghausen) von Nassau-Weilberg — married 24 Jun 1813 (to 6 Apr 1825) in Weilburg, Nassau, Rheinbund

Husband of Pauline Friederike Marie (Württemberg) von Nassau — married 23 Apr 1829 in Stuttgart, Königreich Württemberg, Deutscher Bund

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1839 at age 47 in Bad Kissingen, Bayern, Deutscher Bund

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Biography

Wilhelm, Herzog von Nassau

Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus zu Nassau-Weilburg, known as "Prince William of Nassau," was the eldest son of Frederick William, Duke of Nassau and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg. ^[1]

With the Nassau troops, he was involved on the Seventh Coalition's side in the Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon. ^[1]

On 9 January 1816, he succeeded his father, Duke Frederick William, as the Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and joint Duke of Nassau with his cousin, Frederick Augustus, of the Nassau-Usingen branch of his family. When his cousin and co-Duke died on 24 March 1816, Wilhelm inherited the Usingen territories and became sole ruler of the Duchy of Nassau. He kept the title of Duke of Nassau for the rest of his reign. ^[1]

On 24 June 1813 in Weilburg, Wilhelm married his first wife, Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen (28 January 1794 Hildburghausen, Thüringen - 6 April 1825, Biebrich or Weilburg). ^{[2] [1]}

Princess Louise was a daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (who, until 1826, had been the last Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen) and his wife, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. ^[1]

They had eight children ^[1]:

1. Princess Auguste (Princess Auguste Luise Friederike Maximiliane Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg (Weilburg, 12 April 1814 - Weilburg, 3 October 1814). ^[1]
2. Therese, Duchess of Oldenburg (17 April 1815 - 8 December 1871) who married in Biebrich on 23 April 1837 to Duke Peter of Oldenburg, a grandson of Tsar Paul I. Their descendants include the Russian Oldenburgs, the counts and countesses von Zarnekau and the Dukes of Leuchtenberg. One of her grandsons was the Imperial Russian General Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia the Younger, commander-in-chief of the Russian Army in 1914) ^[1]
3. Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxemburg (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. ^[1]
4. Prince William (Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 8 September 1819 - Biebrich, 22 April 1823). ^[1]
5. Prince Moritz Wilhelm August Karl Heinrich of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 21 November 1820 - Vienna, 23 March 1850), unmarried and without issue. ^[1]
6. Princess Maria (Princess Marie Wilhelmine Luise Friederike Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 5 April 1822 - Biebrich, 3 April 1824).
7. Prince Wilhelm Karl August Friedrich of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 12 August 1823 - Biebrich, 28 December 1828) ^[1]
8. Princess Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth of Nassau-Weilburg (Biebrich, 29 January 1825 - Neuwied, 24 March 1902), who married in Biebrich on 20 June 1842 to Hermann, Prince of Wied (Neuwied, 22 May 1814 - Neuwied, 5 March 1864). Their daughter Elisabeth married King Carol I of Romania. ^[1]

Wilhelm married, as his second wife, his first wife's niece, Princess Pauline of Württemberg (Stuttgart, 25 February 1810 - Wiesbaden, 7 July 1856) on 23 April 1829 in Stuttgart. ^[1]

Pauline was a daughter of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. ^[1]

Wilhelm and Pauline had four children ^[1]:

1. Unnamed Daughter (died as an infant) ^[1]
2. 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 ^[1]
3. 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. ^[1]
4. Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette of Nassau (9 July 1836 - 30 December 1913), who married King Oscar II of Sweden and thus became Queen Sophia of Sweden. The present Belgian, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish royal families and the Luxembourg grand ducal family descend from this marriage. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19} From Wikipedia "William, Duke of Nassau" at this link: Wikipedia William Duke of Nassau
2. ↑ Source: Handbuch der Geschichte des Hauses Nassau by Joseph Muth pg 162-163 marriage and date of death mentioned here

• Find A Grave Memorial "William I. Georg August Heinrich Belgicus von Nassau-Weilburg (1792 - 1839) " at this link: Find a Grave 35532636

• Peerage.com "Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus Herzog von Nassau-Weilburg" biography at this link: The Peerage

• Van de Pas, Leo. "Wilhelm, Herzog von Nassau" Genealogics website at this link: Wilhem Herzog von Nassau

• Wikipedia "William, Duke of Nassau" biography at this link: Wikipedia William Duke of Nassau

• "Adolphe, Duke of Luxemboug" Wikipedia [biography of son] at this link: wikipedia Adolpe Grand Duke of Luxembourg

• "Adolf Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg" Peerage.com [biography of son] at this link: The Peerage

• "Auguste, Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilberg" The Peerage.com [biography of daughter] at this link: The Peerage

• "Genealogy of the Ducal House of Nassau" House of Nassau Page at this link: geocities gen Nassau

• "Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus Herzog von Nassau-Weilburg" The Peerage.com at this link: The Peerage

• "Moritz, Prinz of Nassau-Weilburg" Peerage.com (listing of son) at this link: The Peerage

• "Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg" Wikipedia [biography of daughter] at this link: Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg]

• "Therese, Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilburg" The Peerage.com [biography of daughter] at this link: The Peerage

• Source: Handbuch der Geschichte des Hauses Nassau by Joseph Muth page 162-163

• William Duke of Nassau

• Wikipedia Wilhelm Herzog von Nassau-Weilburg

Books

• C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, in 3 volumes (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), volume 1, page 104.

• Dek, A.W.E. Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau.

• Huberty, Michel. L'Allemagne Dynastique Tome III (Alain Giraud and F. & B. Magdelaine).

• Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 77

• Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 313.