Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Amelia
Princess Amelia
	Baroness Frederick of Stein-Liebenstein-Barchfeld
	Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg
Princess consort of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Tenure	20 August 1806 - 22 April 1812
Born	7 August 1776; Kirchheimbolanden
Died	19 February 1841 (aged 64); Schaumburg Castle, near Limburg an der Lahn
Spouse	Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (m. 1793; died 1812); Baron Frederick of Stein-Liebenstein-Barchfeld (m. 1813)
House	Nassau-Weilburg
Father	Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Mother	Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg (Amelia Charlotte Wilhelmina Louise; 7 August 1776 in Kirchheimbolanden – 19 February 1841 at Schaumburg Castle, near Limburg an der Lahn) was a Princess of Nassau by birth and by marriage Duchess of Anhalt-Bernburg.

Background

She was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

Marriage and issue

On 29 October 1793, she married in Weilburg to Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (2 November 1767 – 22 April 1812). They had four children:

Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797–1817), married Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1800–1820)
Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1802–1858), married George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and became the grandmother of Queen Emma of the Netherlands, who was named after her.
Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1804–1828)

After Victor's death, she married on 15 February 1813 to Baron Frederick of Stein-Liebenstein-Barchfeld (14 February 1777 – 4 December 1849).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

16. Frederick, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

8. John Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg

17. Countess Christiane Elisabeth of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Homburg

4. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

18. Frederick Emich, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg

9. Countess Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hardenburg

19. Sibylla of Waldeck-Wildungen

2. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

20. John, Count of Nassau-Idstein

10. George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein

21. Countess Anna of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

5. Princess Auguste Friederike of Nassau-Idstein

22. Albert Ernest I, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen

11. Princess Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen

23. Duchess Christine Fredericka of Württemberg

1. Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg

24. Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

12. John William Friso, Prince of Orange

25. Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau

6. William IV, Prince of Orange

26. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

13. Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel

27. Maria Amalia of Courland

3. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

28. George I of Great Britain

14. George II of Great Britain

29. Sophia Dorothea of Celle

7. Anne, Princess Royal

30. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

15. Caroline of Ansbach

31. Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach

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External links

Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of Nassau". Genealogy.EU.

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