Henry Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Henry Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Born	(1768-03-09)9 March 1768 Saarbrücken
Died	27 April 1797(1797-04-27) (aged 29) Cadolzburg
Noble family	House of Nassau
Spouse(s)	Marie Francisca Maximilia of Montbarrey
Father	Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken
Mother	Princess Wilhelmina of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Henry Louis Charles Albert, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken (9 March 1768 in Saarbrücken – 27 April 1797 near Cadolzburg), was a titular prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken. He never actually reigned, because the country was occupied by French revolutionary troops from 1793 until after his death.

Life

He was the son of Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken and his first wife, Princess Wilhelmine of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1751–1780). His parents' marriage was unhappy, so that Wihelmine retreated to Hallberg Castle, where she raised her son.

He studied physics, first in Strasbourg and from 1782 to 1785 in Göttingen. Then he went on his Grand Tour. In 1786, he was in Berlin and in the spring of 1787 in Italy.

On 14 May 1793 he had to flee when French troop attacked Schloss Jägersberg in Neunkirchen. He entered Prussian military service. He had to watch when his ancestral castle went up in flames in October 1793. On 14 November 1793, he was promoted to colonel in the Prussian cavalry.

In 1794 his father died and he inherited the title of Prince. However, Nassau-Saarbrücken was still occupied by French revolutionary troops and he could not rule his principality.

In 1797 he died after a fall from a horse. Since he had no descendants, Nassau-Saarbrücken fell to his first cousin once removed, Prince Charles William of Nassau-Usingen (his father's first cousin). His half brother Adolph came of age in 1805 and resumed the title Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken.

Marriage

He married on 6 October 1785 to Princess Marie Françoise Maximilienne of Saint Mauris-Montbarrey (2 November 1761 – 2 February 1838), the daughter of Prince Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey. They left no issue.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Henry Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken

16. Walrad, Prince of Nassau-Usingen 8. William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen 17. Catherine Françoise de Croÿ-Roeulx 4. William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken 18. Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg 9. Charlotte Amalia of Nassau-Dillenburg 19. Dorothea Elisabeth of Brieg 2. Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken 20. George Albert II of Erbach-Fürstenau 10. George William of Erbach 21. Anna Dorothea Christina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg 5. Sophie of Erbach-Erbach 22. John Caspar of Bothmer 11. Sophia Charlotte of Bothmer 23. Gisela Erdmuthe of Hoym 1. Henry Louis, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken 24. Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 12. Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 25. Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 6. John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 26. John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 13. Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 27. Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck-Wildungen 3. Wilhelmine of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 28. Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar 14. Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 29. Sophie Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst 7. Bernardina Christina Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 30. Emmanuel Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen 15. Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen 31. Gisela Agnes of Rath

References

• Ernst Joachim (1880), "Heinrich, Fürst von Nassau-Saarbrücken", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 11, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 553–554
• Genealogisch-historisch-statistischer Almanach, p. 108 Online

External links

• Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of Nassau". Genealogy.EU.
• Biography of Henry Louis