Ernestine Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg

Ernestine Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg
Fürstin of Nassau-Siegen
Fürstin Ernestine Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen, nee Princess of Nassau-Schaumburg, Fürst William Maurice of Nassau-Siegen and their sons Frederick William Adolf and Charles Louis Henry. Anonymous portrait, ca. 1690. Siegerlandmuseum, Siegen.
Fürstin-Regent of Nassau-Siegen
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Reign1691–1701
Full name
Ernestine Charlotte Princess of Nassau-Schaumburg
Native nameErnestine Charlotte Prinzessin von Nassau-Schaumburg
BornErnestine Charlotte Prinzessin von Nassau, Gräfin zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez und Holzappel, Frau zu Beilstein, Laurenburg und Schaumburg
20 May 1662Jul.
Schaumburg Castle
Died21 February 1732
Nassauischer Hof, Siegen
Buried15 March 1732
Fürstengruft, Siegen
Noble familyHouse of Nassau-Schaumburg
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FatherAdolf of Nassau-Schaumburg
MotherElisabeth Charlotte Melander, Countess of Holzappel

Princess Ernestine Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg (20 May 1662Jul. – 21 February 1732), German: Ernestine Charlotte Prinzessin von Nassau-Schaumburg, official titles: Prinzessin von Nassau, Gräfin zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez und Holzappel, Frau zu Beilstein, Laurenburg und Schaumburg, was a princess from the House of Nassau-Schaumburg, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau and through marriage Fürstin of Nassau-Siegen. She was regent of the Principality of Nassau-Siegen (part of the County of Nassau) for her son Frederick William Adolf in the period 1691–1701.

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