Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810–1856)

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Princess Pauline
Portrait by Franz Seraph Stirnbrand, c. 1830
Duchess consort of Nassau
Tenure	23 April 1829 – 30 August 1839
Born	(1810-02-25)25 February 1810 Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, Confederation of the Rhine
Died	7 July 1856(1856-07-07) (aged 46) Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation
Burial	Alter Friedhof, Wiesbaden
Spouse	William, Duke of Nassau ​ ​ (m. 1829; died 1839)​
Issue	Helena, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm Sophia, Queen of Sweden and Norway
House	Württemberg
Father	Prince Paul of Württemberg
Mother	Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Princess Pauline Friederike Marie (25 February 1810, Stuttgart – 7 July 1856, Wiesbaden) was Duchess consort of Nassau from 1829 to 1839 as the second wife of William, Duke of Nassau.^[1] She was a member of the House of Württemberg and a princess of Württemberg by birth.

Pauline is an ancestress of the present Belgian, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish royal families, as well as the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg via two of her daughters.

Early life

Pauline was the fourth child of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

Marriage and issue

Pauline married William, Duke of Nassau, eldest son of Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, and widower of her aunt Louise on 23 April 1829 in Stuttgart. William was the third cousin of Pauline's father Prince Paul of Württemberg (as great-great-grandsons of King George II of Great Britain), making William and Pauline third cousins once removed. Pauline and William had four children:

• An unnamed daughter (Biebrich, 27 April 1830 – Biebrich, 28 April 1830).
• Princess Helene Wilhelmine Henriette Pauline Marianne of Nassau (Wiesbaden, 12 April 1831 – Bad Pyrmont, 27 October 1888), married in Wiesbaden on 26 September 1853 George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and had issue. The present Dutch and Swedish royal families descend from this marriage.
• Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau (20 September 1832 – 17 September 1905). Married, morganatically, Natalia Alexandrovna Pushkina, Countess of Merenberg. She was a daughter of Alexander Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova. They had issue, now extinct in male line.
• Princess Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette of Nassau (9 July 1836 – 30 December 1913). Married Oscar II of Sweden. The present Belgian, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish royal families descend from this marriage, as does the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg.

Ancestry

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