Friedrich Wilhelm II. (Nassau-Siegen)

Friedrich Wilhelm II of Nassau-Siegen , (born November 11, 1706 in Siegen , † March 2, 1734 ibid) was the last Prince of Nassau-Siegen from the Reformed line.

He was the eldest son of Friedrich Wilhelm I Adolf von Nassau-Siegen , (1680–1722) and his wife Elisabeth Franziska von Hessen-Homburg (1681–1707).

When his father died, he was just 15 years old and could not lead the country out of the crisis. He himself died of smallpox when he was only 27 . After his death, Emperor Charles VI transferred. the government of the Prince of Orange and Prince Wilhelm IV of Nassau-Dietz .

progeny

Friedrich Wilhelm was married to Sophie Polyxena Concordia zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (born May 28, 1709 Berlin; † December 15, 1781 Siegen), daughter of Count August David zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein , since September 23, 1728 .

• Charlotte Sophie (born June 6, 1729; † April 2, 1759) ⚭ September 30, 1748 with Count Karl Paul Ernst von Bentheim-Steinfurt (younger line)
• Friederike Wilhelmine (April 3, 1730 - November 18, 1733)
• Marie Eleonore Konkordia (March 2, 1731 - April 20, 1759). She died of peeling in the house of the preacher Theodor Diederich Henrich Wevers in Kamen .
• Friederike Auguste (June 1, 1732 - March 23, 1733)
• Catharina Anna Charlotte Auguste (June 19, 1734 - June 9, 1759)

Individual evidence

1. ^ EF Keller: Prince Wilhelm Hyacinth von Nassau-Siegen, pretender of the Orange inheritance, his government and contemporaries. In: Annals of the Society for Nassau antiquity and historical research. Vol. 9, 1868, page 103. Retrieved December 23, 2018
2. ^ Family tree Wever family (PDF; 46 kB)

predecessor	Office	successor
Friedrich Wilhelm I. Adolf	Prince of Nassau-Siegen 1722–1734	united with Nassau-Dietz ( Wilhelm IV. )