Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau | |
Princess consort of Nassau-Dietz | |
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Full Name: | Henriëtte Amalia Maria |
House: | Ascania |
Father: | John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau |
Mother: | Henriette Catherine of Nassau |
Birth Date: | 16 August 1666 |
Birth Place: | Kleve |
Death Place: | Diez an der Lahn |
Henriëtte Amalia Maria von Anhalt-Dessau (Kleve, 16 August 1666 – Dietz an der Lahn, 18 April 1726) was a Princess consort of Nassau-Dietz.[1] [2]
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.
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: