Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg
Henriette Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine Princess of Nassau- Weilburg ( born October 30, 1797 on Castle Hermitage near Bayreuth, † December 29, 1829 in Vienna) was the wife of Archduke Charles of Austria.
Life
Henriette was the daughter of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau- Weilburg and Princess Louise of Sayn- Hachenburg ( 1772-1827 ).
On September 17, 1815 married in Weilburg the " victor of Aspern " Archduke Charles of Austria, who was 26 years older. This was the first " mixed marriage" ( Calvinism ) in the house of Habsburg; it was a happy marriage, emerged from the seven children. Her husband built the Weilburg in Baden near Vienna for them. Although in evangelical prayer houses a roadside access was prohibited, the so-called Henriettentor was built for them in the Reformed Church in Vienna.
Henrietta of Nassau -Weilburg in 1816 brought the first Christmas tree with lighted candles to Vienna, a custom that had not yet given in Catholic Austria until then.
She died in 1829, only 32 years old, after she had been infected with their diseased children with scarlet fever plus drew upon pneumonia. My brother, Emperor Francis I sat through that she could be buried, despite their Protestant faith in the Imperial Crypt: " If she has lingered as living among us, it is also available as dead. "
In the family portrait by Johann Nepomuk Ender from 1832, which is located in Vienna Museum of Military History, the already deceased in 1829 Henriette is shown in the form of a portrait bust on the left side. The lady to the left of Archduke Karl is Archduchess Maria Theresa ( 1816-1867 ).
In 2009 ( 22nd District ) of Henriette von Nassau- way was named after her in Vienna Danube city.
Progeny
- Maria Theresa Isabella (1816-1867), Queen of Naples and Sicily
- Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf (1817-1895)
- Karl Ferdinand (1818-1874)
- Friedrich Ferdinand Leopold (1821-1847)
- Rudolph Franz ( * / † 1822)
- Maria Carolina (1825-1915), wife of Archduke Rainer of Austria (1827-1913)
- Wilhelm Franz Karl (1827-1894)