Henriette Catharina of Orange-Nassau
Henriette Catharina von Oranien-Nassau (* January 31st July / 10th February 1637 greg. In The Hague ; † November 4, 1708 in Oranienbaum Castle ) was a Dutch princess from the House of Orange and by marriage, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau .
Life
Henriette Catharina was the third of the four daughters of Prince Friedrich Heinrich of Orange and his wife Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels , who reached adulthood. In 1642, as a child, she was betrothed to Count Enno Ludwig von Ostfriesland , who was also a minor . Later, however, Henriette Catharina successfully refused to marry the Count of East Friesland and the engagement was broken.
Through the mediation of her brother-in-law, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg , the marriage with Prince Johann Georg II of Anhalt-Dessau in the Dutch city of Groningen came about on July 9, 1659 . This wedding was the basis for a long-lasting, good family relationship between the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau and the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Kingdom of Prussia .
As a princess, Henriette Catharina took part in the establishment and development of the relatively poor principality. In 1660 the village of Nischwitz received it as a personal property, which was renamed Oranienbaum in 1673 in memory of its origins . From 1683 she had the city, park and Oranienbaum Castle built here as her personal residence, the town has a baroque, grid-like basic structure, the castle by the Utrecht architect Cornelis Ryckwaert has a Dutch character. After the death of her husband Johann Georg II. In 1693, she had Oranienbaum Castle expanded into a widow's residence, which she lived in until her death. She had a glassworks built there in 1669 and a brewery in 1693, and tobacco has been grown and processed in Oranienbaum since 1693.
Oranienbaum Castle is one of four castles in Germany named after the House of Oranien . They were built for four sisters, daughters of the Dutch governor Friedrich Heinrich Prince of Orange-Nassau and his wife Amalie zu Solms-Braunfels , who were married to German rulers. In addition to Oranienbaum, the palace of Henriette Catharina, these are Oranienburg Palace near Berlin (for Luise Henriette von Brandenburg), Oranienstein Palace near Diez (for Albertine Agnes von Nassau-Dietz) and the - no longer existing - Oranienhof Palace near Bad Kreuznach (for Marie von Pfalz-Simmern).
Oranienbaum Castle
progeny
Henriette Catharina had ten children from her marriage to Johann Georg II. Von Anhalt-Dessau in 1659 :
- Amalie Ludovika (* / † 1660)
- Henriette Amalie (* / † 1662)
- Friedrich Kasimir (1663–1665)
- Elisabeth Albertine (1665-1706); ∞ Heinrich von Sachsen-Weißenfels-Barby (1657–1728)
- Henriette Amalie (1666-1726); ∞ Heinrich Casimir II of Nassau-Dietz (1657–1696)
- Luise Sofie (1667–1678)
- Marie Eleonore (1671-1756); ∞ Prince Jerzy Józef Radziwiłł (1668–1689)
- Henriette Agnes (1674–1729)
- Leopold I (1676–1747), the old Dessauer
- Johanna Charlotte (1682-1750); ∞ Philipp Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1669–1711)
literature
- Regina-Bianca Kubitscheck: Henrietta Catharina von Oranien-Nassau, Princess of Anhalt-Dessau. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 31, Bautz, Nordhausen 2010, ISBN 978-3-88309-544-8 , Sp. 633-636.
- 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. 75–76.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Henriette Catharina of Orange-Nassau |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henriette Catharina of Anhalt-Dessau; Henrietta Catharina of Orange-Nassau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch princess from the House of Orange, by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Dessau |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1637 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1708 |
| Place of death | Oranienbaum Castle |