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Carolina of Orange-Nassau
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Her Serene Highness Fürstin Carolina zu Nassau-Weilburg née Her Serene Highness Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, Princess-Regent of Republic of the Netherlands (February 28, 1743, Leeuwarden- May 6, 1787, Kirchheimbolanden) was the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and HRH Anne, the Princess Royal,
Her maternal grandparents were George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.
Princess Carolina was born in Leeuwarden. In 1747, it was declared that the position of Stadtholder could be inherited by females, thus making the young Princess Carolina the heiress presumptive to the position of Stadtholder. However, in 1748, a male heir, Willem, was born to her parents, thus displacing her and putting her second in line to the position.
Princess Carolina's father died in 1751, making her three-year-old brother Willem V of Orange. At that point, her mother was appointed Princess-Regent. However, in 1759, her mother died, and Willem V was still just ten years old. Then, Princess Carolina's paternal grandmother, Princess Marie Luise, was made Princess-Regent. Princess Marie-Luise was regent until 1765, when she died. Willem V was now seventeen, but that was still not old enough to rule on his own. So, Princess Carolina was made Princess-Regent. She ruled until 1766, when Willem V turned eighteen.
On 5 March 1760, during the regency of Princess Marie Luise, Princess Carolina married HSH Duke Karl Christian of Nassau-Weilburg. They had eleven children:
- George Wilhelm Belgicus of Nassau-Weilburg (18 December/19 December 1760 - 27 May 1762).
- Wilhelm Ludwig Karl Flemand of Nassau-Weilburg (12 December 1761 - 16 April/26 April 1770).
- Augusta Carolina Maria of Nassau-Weilburg (5 February 1764 - 25 January 1802). A nun.
- Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (28 September 1765 - 10 October 1837). Married Heinrich XIII, Princes Reuss.
- Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (25 October 1768, The Hague - 9 January 1816).
- Karoline Luise Friederike of Nassau-Weilburg (14 February 1770 - 8 July 1828). Married Karl Ludwig, Prince of Wied
- Karl Ludwig of Nassau-Weilburg (19 July - 27 July 1772).
- Karl Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg (1 May 1775 - 11 May 1807).
- Amalie Charlotte Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (7 August 1776 - 19 February 1841). Married Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym.
- Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (22 April 1780 - 2 January 1857). Married Ludwig Friedrich Alexander of Württemberg, second son of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg.
- Karl of Nassau-Weilburg (born and deceased in 1784).