Princess Pauline of Württemberg | |||||
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The Duchess of Nassau, c. 1830
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Duchess of Nassau | |||||
Reign | 23 April 1829 – 30 August 1839 | ||||
Predecessor | Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen | ||||
Successor | Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia | ||||
Born |
Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, Confederation of the Rhine |
25 February 1810||||
Died | 7 July 1856 Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation |
(aged 46)||||
Burial | Alter Friedhof, Wiesbaden | ||||
Spouse | William, Duke of Nassau | ||||
Issue |
Helena, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm Sophia, Queen of Sweden and Norway |
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House |
House of Württemberg House of Nassau-Weilburg |
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Father | Prince Paul of Württemberg | ||||
Mother | Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
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German: Pauline Friederike Marie |
Princess Pauline Friederike Marie of Württemberg, full German name: Pauline Friederike Marie, Prinzessin von Württemberg (25 February 1810, Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg – 7 July 1856, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau) was a member of the House of Württemberg and a Princess of Württemberg by birth. Through her marriage to William, Duke of Nassau, Louise was also a member of the House of Nassau-Weilburg and Duchess consort of Nassau. Pauline is an ancestress of the present Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Luxembourg, Norwegian, and Swedish Royal families.
Pauline was the fourth child of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Pauline married William, Duke of Nassau, eldest son of Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, on 23 April 1829 in Stuttgart. Pauline and William had four children: