Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau (1666–1726)

Henriëtte Amalia Maria von Anhalt-Dessau (Kleve, 16 August 1666 – Dietz an der Lahn, 18 April 1726) was a Princess consort of Nassau-Dietz.

She was the daughter of John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, and Henriëtte Catharina of Nassau and the granddaughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.

Marriage and issue

She married her cousin Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, in 1683, at the age of 17. When Henry Casimir died in 1696, she became regent for their son, John William Friso, who succeeded to his father's titles. Henriëtte Amalia von Anhalt-Dessau died in 1726, at the age of 59 and was buried in Dietz.

Hendrik Casimir II and Henriëtte Amalia had nine children:

• William George Friso (1685–1686)
• John William Friso (1687–1711), married Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
• Henriëtte Albertine (1686–1754)
• Maria Amalia (1689–1771)
• Sophia Hedwig (1690–1734), married Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (26 September 1678 – 28 November 1747) on 27 May 1709 (div. 1710)
• Isabella Charlotte (1692–1757), married Christian, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (1688–1739)
• Johanna Agnes (1693–1765)
• Louise Leopoldina (1695–1758)
• Henriëtte Casimira (1696–1738)

Ancestry

References

1. Countess Henriette Catharina of Nassau
2. John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
3. Principality of Anhalt
4. House of Ascania
5. Amalia (given name)
6. List of consorts of Anhalt
7. List of state leaders in the 17th-century Holy Roman Empire
8. List of state leaders in the 18th-century Holy Roman Empire
9. Descendants of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile
10. Electress
11. List of Nassau consorts
12. List of consorts of Lippe
13. List of Saxon royal consorts
14. List of women who died in childbirth
15. List of monarchs of Hesse
16. List of rulers of Saxony
17. Burial sites of European monarchs and consorts
18. 1620s
19. 1700s (decade)
20. 1640s