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Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

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328: 40: 292:. Her marriage to Charles Christian of Nassau was discussed in 1758, but because of her position as the heir after her brother, her marriage was delayed by the government as well as by British monarch, who wished to discuss potential complications. In 1759, her mother died, and William V was still just ten years old. Then, Princess Carolina's paternal grandmother, 311:
After her brother married and started to have children, Princess Carolina, now further and further away from the succession line, left for Germany. When her spouse served as the Dutch Governor of Maastricht in 1773–1784, she often lived with him there. Outside of her short regency, she never involved
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Her grandmother Marie Louise ruled until 1765, when she died. William V was now seventeen, but that was still not old enough to rule on his own, as he was legally a minor until his 18th birthday. So, Princess Carolina, being a legal adult, closest senior relative and the heir of the ruler, was
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therefore made regent. She ruled until 1766, when William V turned eighteen. Her rule was short and not remembered for much else than for the fact that she invited
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Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans
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Princess Carolina's father died in 1751, making her three-year-old brother William V of Orange. At that point, her mother was appointed
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Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living
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Prince Karl Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 1 May 1775 – Weilburg, 11 May 1807), unmarried and without issue
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Frans Willem Lantink, Carolina van Oranje-Nassau, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL:
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who was married in his lifetime. They had fifteen children, seven of whom survived to adulthood:
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much in the political affairs of The Netherlands, and was occupied with constant child births.
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Prince Karl Ludwig of Nassau-Weilburg (Kirchheim, 19 July 1772 – Kirchheim, 27 July 1772)
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Wilhelm Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (The Hague, 12 December 1761 –
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http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/CarolinaWilhelmina
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Princess Maria of Nassau-Weilburg (The Hague, 5 February 1764 –
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to the position of stadtholder. However, in 1748, a male heir,
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Four nameless, stillborn children (1767, 1778, 1779, 1785)
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Prince Karl of Nassau-Weilburg (1784 – shortly thereafter)
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Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau and six of her children
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and her spouse was appointed colonel in the Dutch army.
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Georg Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (
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Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
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Wilhelm Ludwig, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
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Georg Wilhelm, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
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London: Burke's Peerage. p. 240. 528:Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz 362:, during the regency of her grandmother 326: 294:Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel 482:Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg 185:Henriette, Duchess Louis of Württemberg 14: 1080: 869: 749: 745: 735: 627: 517: 513: 945: 935: 931: 919: 913: 903: 887: 877: 873: 857: 851: 841: 825: 815: 811: 799: 793: 783: 767: 757: 753: 729: 719: 703: 693: 689: 677: 671: 661: 645: 635: 631: 615: 609: 599: 583: 573: 569: 557: 551: 541: 525: 521: 474:Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg 1009: 1007: 1005: 648:Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 554:John William Friso, Prince of Orange 436:Princess Caroline of Nassau-Weilburg 420:Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz 122: 1016:Burke's Royal Families of the World 48:Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg 24: 460:Princess Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg 444:Karl Ludwig, Prince of Wied-Runkel 231:Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau 25: 1149: 1073: 1002: 586:Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau 412:Princess Luise of Nassau-Weilburg 370:. She was the only grandchild of 169:Caroline, Princess of Wied-Runkel 414:(The Hague, 28 September 1765 – 438:(Kirchheim, 14 February 1770 – 159:Louise, Princess Reuss of Greiz 118: 1050: 261:Princess Carolina was born in 13: 1: 1123:Princesses of Nassau-Weilburg 996: 400:, 25 January 1802). 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Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg
Leeuwarden
Kirchheimbolanden
Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Issue
Detail
Louise, Princess Reuss of Greiz
Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
Caroline, Princess of Wied-Runkel
Amalie, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Henriette, Duchess Louis of Württemberg
House
Orange-Nassau
William IV, Prince of Orange
Anne, Princess Royal
William IV, Prince of Orange
Stadtholder
Anne, Princess Royal
William V
Leeuwarden
William IV, Prince of Orange
Stadtholder
Anne, Princess Royal
heir presumptive
William
regent
Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Korte Voorhout

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