Albertine Agnes of Orange-Nassau
Princess Emilie Albertine Agnes of Orange-Nassau (born April 9, 1634 in The Hague , † May 24, 1696 in Oranjewoud ) was a Dutch princess from the House of Orange and, by marriage, Princess of Nassau-Dietz .
Life
family
Albertine Agnes was the fifth daughter of nine children of the governor Friedrich Heinrich von Oranien (1584–1647) and his wife Countess Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels (1602–1675), fourth daughter of Count Johann Albrecht I zu Solms-Braunfels and his first Wife of Countess Agnes von Sayn-Wittgenstein . Her paternal grandparents were the governor William I of Orange and the French Huguenot Louise de Coligny .
On May 2, 1652 married Princess Albertine Agnes in Kleve Prince William Frederick of Nassau-Dietz (1613-1664), governor of Friesland , Groningen and Drenthe , the second son of Count Ernst Casimir and Duchess Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg . Three children emerged from the joint relationship:
- Amalie (1655–1695) ⚭ 1690 Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxony-Eisenach (1666–1729)
- Heinrich Casimir (1657–1696) ⚭ 1683 Princess Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau (1666–1726)
- Sophia Wilhelmina Hedwig (1664–1667)
Regent
In 1664 her husband died of his injuries sustained while cleaning his pistol , and Princess Albertine Agnes took over the reign of her underage son (1664 to 1679) in Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe. Despite the growing opposition to her governorship, she was able to at least maintain stability in the country. After the war between England and the Bishop of Munster against the Netherlands, which began in 1665, Albertine Agnes hurried to the besieged and hard-fought city of Groningen for moral support .
When, six years later, the Bishop of Münster again warred against the Netherlands , this time with his ally King Louis XIV of France, Albertine Agnes was involved in organizing the defense and contemplated flooding the country by opening the dykes .
Princess Albertine settled from 1672 to 1681 in Diez on the Lahn the Oranienstein castle built as a widow's residence after they shortly after 1664, the summer palace of Orange Forest ( Oranjewoud ) in Heerenveen had built (which was replaced in the 19th century by a new building) .
The Nassau-Dietz line gained a claim to the legacy of the older line of the House of Nassau-Orange through her: first her son, Heinrich Casimir II., Who died just before her, then his son Johann Wilhelm Friso . This was from Wilhelm III. , the last of the older line, confirmed as heir and after his death founder of the younger house of Orange.
literature
- Uwe Schögl (Red.): Orange. 500 years of portraits of a dynasty from the portrait collection of the Austrian National Library, Vienna and the Dutch Royal Collection The Hague. (Exhibition from February 1 to March 19, 2002, Camineum of the Austrian National Library, Vienna). Austrian National Library et al., Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-01-000028-6 , pp. 73–75.
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| SURNAME | Albertine Agnes of Orange-Nassau |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Albertine Agnes from Nassau-Diez |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Nassau-Diez and is therefore the ancestor of today's Dutch royal family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1634 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1696 |
| Place of death | Oranjewoud |