Carolina of Orange, Princess of Nassau-Ditsa ( German: Karoline Prinzessin von Oranien-Nassau-Diez ; February 28, 1743 , Leeuwarden - May 6, 1787 , Kirchheimbolanden ) - Princess of Orange , Princess of Nassau-Weilburg .
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Biography
Carolina is the daughter of William IV of Orange and Anna of Hanover , daughter of the King of Great Britain George II . The princess was distinguished by her musical talents, she sang well and played the piano. In 1765, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played for her in The Hague , who also dedicated six piano sonatas to her.
Descendants
In accordance with the wishes of the deceased mother, on March 5, 1760, in The Hague, Carolina married Prince Karl Christian Nassau-Weilburgsky (1735-1788), the son of Karl Augustus Nassau-Weilburg . The spouses were born:
- Georg (1760-1762)
- Wilhelm (1761-1762)
- Augusta Maria Carolina (1764-1802), nun of the Quedlinburg and Herford monasteries
- Louise (1765-1837), married to Henry XIII Reuss-Greitsky (1747-1817)
- daughter (1767)
- Friedrich Wilhelm (1768-1816), Prince of Nassau-Weilburg , married to Louise Sain-Gachenburg
- Carolina (1770-1828), married to Prince Karl Ludwig Vid-Runkelsky (1763-1824)
- Karl (1772)
- Karl (1775-1807)
- Amalia (1776-1841), married to Prince Victor II of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoymsky , then to Baron Friedrich Stein-Liebenstein-Barkhfeldsky
- Henrietta (1780-1857), married to Ludwig Wurttemberg (1756-1897)
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 141192127 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Carolina Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau - 2009.
- ↑ 1 2 The Peerage - 717826 copies.