Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau (1666–1726)
Henriette Amalie von Anhalt-Dessau (born August 26, 1666 in Kleve , † April 18, 1726 in Diez ) was a princess of Anhalt-Dessau from the house of the Ascanians and by marriage Princess of Nassau-Dietz . From 1696 to 1707 she was governor of Friesland , Groningen and Drenthe as regent for her son .
Life
Henriette Amalie was a daughter of Prince Johann Georg II of Anhalt-Dessau (1627–1693) from his marriage to Henriette Katharina (1637–1708), daughter of Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Orange , the governor of the United Netherlands .
She married her cousin Prince Heinrich Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1657-1696) on November 26, 1683 in Dessau . After the death of her husband, she became the governor of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe for her eldest son, who was a minor. Henriette Amalie inherited important Dutch paintings from her mother's estate. In 1710 the governor founded the “Le Très Noble Ordre de la Fidélité” as a Nassau house order. This is intended to reward family members and deserving people. The language of the order was, as was customary in the religious circles of that time, French, and the members of the order were called "lady" or "chevalier". The first members of the order were appointed in the founding year, including Prince Franz Alexander von Nassau-Hadamar , Elisabeth Katharina von Hessen-Rheinfels (* 1677, † 1739) and the son-in-law of Princess Christian von Nassau-Dillenburg.
Henriette Amalie used Justine Siegemundin to help with the birth of her second daughter . Henriette Amalie died at Oranienstein Castle , the shape of which she significantly shaped and had the architect Daniel Marot designed in baroque style between 1704 and 1709 .
She is buried in the collegiate church in Diez .
progeny
Henriette Amalie had the following nine children from their marriage:
- Wilhelm Georg Friso (1685–1686)
- Henriette Albertine (1686–1754)
- Johann Wilhelm Friso (1687–1711), Prince of Nassau-Dietz
- ⚭ 1709 Princess Marie Luise of Hessen-Kassel (1688–1765)
- Marie Amalie (1689–1771), canoness in Herford
- Sophie Hedwig (1690–1734)
- ⚭ 1708 (closed 1710) Duke Karl Leopold of Mecklenburg (1678–1747)
- Isabella Charlotte (1692–1757)
- ⚭ 1725 Prince Christian von Nassau-Dillenburg (1688–1739)
- Johanna Agnes (1693-1765)
- Luise Leopoldine (1695–1758)
- Henriette Casimira (1696–1738)
literature
- Marijke Bruggeman: Nassau en de makes van Oranje. De strijd van de Friese Nassau's voor de seineing van hun rights, 1702–1747. Uitgeverij Verloren, Hilversum 2007, ISBN 978-90-6550-945-1 , p. 22 f.
- 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 , p. 91.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horst Lademacher (ed.): Dynasty in the Republic. The House of Orange-Nassau as a mediator of Dutch culture in German territories in the 17th and 18th centuries (= Onder den oranje boom. Textbd.). Hirmer, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7774-8070-3 , p. 319.
- ^ Justine Siegemund : The court midwife. Edited and translated Lynne Tatlock. University of Chicago Press, Chicago a. a IL 2005, ISBN 0-226-75708-0 , p. 39.
- ↑ Katharina Bechler: Oranienbaum Castle. Architecture and art politics of the Orange women in the second half of the 17th century (= studies on regional history. Vol. 4). Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2002, ISBN 3-89812-097-X , p. 148 (At the same time: Berlin, Technical University, dissertation, 2000: Studies on Oranienbaum Castle (1681 / 83–1698) in Anhalt - an orange " Filiation ”in a reformed German principality. ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Princess of Nassau-Dietz, regent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1666 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kleve |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1726 |
| Place of death | Diez |