Princess Helena of Nassau

Helene Wilhelmine Henriette of Nassau- Weilburg ( born August 12, 1831 in Wiesbaden, † October 27, 1888 in Pyrmont ) was by marriage, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

Life

Helene was the daughter of Duke Wilhelm of Nassau (1792-1839) and his second wife, Pauline (1810-1856), née Princess of Württemberg.

On September 26, 1853 married Princess Helene Prince Georg Viktor of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Together, they got seven children, six girls and a boy, including the later Queen and regent Emma of the Netherlands, the second wife of the Dutch King William III. The eldest daughter, Sophie, died in 1869, only 15 years old, in England of tuberculosis.

Children

  • Sophie ( * July 27, 1854; † August 5, 1869 )
  • Pauline (* October 19, 1855; † July 3, 1925 ) ∞ Alexis, Prince of Bentheim and Steinfurt
  • Marie ( * May 23, 1857, † April 30, 1882 ) ∞ Prince William of Württemberg, who later became King William II of Württemberg
  • Emma (* August 2, 1858, † March 20, 1934 ) Queen and Regent of the Netherlands
  • Helene (* February 17, 1861, † September 1, 1922 ) ∞ Leopold, Duke of Albany, parents Charles Edward, the last Duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha
  • Friedrich ( * January 20, 1865, † May 26 1946 ), the last reigning Prince of Waldeck -Pyrmont
  • Elisabeth ( * September 6, 1873, † November 23, 1961 ) ∞ Prince Alexander of Erbach -Schönberg
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