Pauline Friederike Marie (Württemberg) von Nassau (1810 - 1856)

Born 25 Feb 1810 in Stuttgart, Königreich Württemberg, Rheinbund

Ancestors

Wife of Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus von Nassau-Weilburg — married 23 Apr 1829 in Stuttgart, Königreich Württemberg, Deutscher Bund

Descendants

Died 7 Jul 1856 at age 46 in Wiesbaden, Herzogtum Nassau, Deutscher Bund

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Biography

Princess Pauline Friederike Marie of Württemberg, full German name: Pauline Friederike Marie, Prinzessin von Württemberg (25 February 1810, Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg – 7 July 1856, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau) was a member of the House of Württemberg and a Princess of Württemberg by birth.

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

Marriage and issue:

Through her marriage to William, Duke of Nassau, Louise was also a member of the House of Nassau-Weilburg and Duchess consort of Nassau. Pauline is an ancestress of the present Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Luxembourg, Norwegian, and Swedish Royal families. She was his second wife .

Pauline married William, Duke of Nassau, eldest son of Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, on 23 April 1829 in Stuttgart. Pauline and William had four children:

1. An unnamed daughter (Biebrich, 27 April 1830 – Biebrich, 28 April 1830).
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,
3. Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau (20 September 1832 – 17 September 1905). who 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.
4. Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette of Nassau (9 July 1836 – 30 December 1913). Married King Oscar II of Sweden. The present Belgian, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish royal families descend from this marriage.

Sources

• Source: Handbuch der Geschichte des Hauses Nassau by Joseph Muth pg. 162-163 date of marriage also mentioned.

• Wikipedia Princess Pauline of Wurttemburg.

• "Pauline von Nassau (1819 - 1856)" at this link: Find A Grave: Memorial #32754414

• "Princess Pauline of Wurttemberg" - Wikipedia.

• Genealogy of the Ducal Family of Nassau: HSH Princess Marie and her descendants - Saved from defunct GeoCities page at OOCities.org

• William & Mary and Their House (New York: Pierpont Morgan Library, 1979) - Archive.org

See Also:

• "Adolphe, Duke of Luxemboug" - Wikipedia [biography of brother].

• "Adolf Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg" - Peerage.com (biography of brother).

• "Auguste, Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilberg" - The Peerage.com [biography of sister].

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

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

• "Georg Wilhelm August Heinrich Belgicus Herzog von Nassau-Weilburg" - The Peerage.com [biography of father].

• 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.

• "Moritz, Prinz of Nassau-Weilburg" Peerage.com (listing of brother).

• "Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg" Wikipedia [biography of sister].

• "Therese, Prinzessin von Nassau-Weilburg" The Peerage.com [biography of sister].

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

• "William, Duke of Nassau" Wikipedia [biography of father].