Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler
Frederick Louis of Nassau-Ottweiler | |
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| Born | 13 November 1651 Ottweiler |
| Died | 25 May 1728 (aged 76) Saarbrücken |
| Noble family | House of Nassau |
| Spouse(s) | Christiane of Ahlefeldt-Rixingen Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| Father | John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler |
| Mother | Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler |
Frederick Louis of Nassau-Ottweiler (13 November 1651 – 25 May 1728) was a member of the House of Nassau.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Ottweiler, the son of John Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler and Countess Palatine Dorothea Catherine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. He was count of Nassau-Ottweiler from 1680 until his death. From 1721, he was also Count of Nassau-Idstein; from 1723 also Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken. When he died in Saarbrücken, without a male heir, his territories fell to his cousin Charles of Nassau-Usingen after his death in 1728.
Family
[edit]Frederick Louis married on 28 July 1680 with Countess Christiane von Ahlefeldt (1659–95), the daughter of Count Friedrich von Ahlefeldt and his first wife Countess Margarethe Dorothea zu Rantzau (1642-1665). They had eight daughters:
- Dorothea Friederike (1681–1691)
- Charlotte Marie (1684–1690)
- Christiane Charlotte (1685–1761), married first Charles Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken; secondly Frederick III, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
- Louise (1686–1773), married Charles, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun (1675–1733)
- Sophia Amalia (1688–1753), married Georg Friedrich, Burggraf von Kirchberg zu Hachenburg (1683–1749)
- Maria (1690–1714)
- Dorothea (1692–1740), married Walrad, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun (1686–1730)
- Eleonore (1693–1693)
After Christiane's death, Frederick Louis married on 27 September 1697 Countess Louise Sophie of Hanau-Lichtenberg (11 April 1662 in Bischofsheim am Hohen Steg – 9 April 1751 in Ottweiler), the daughter of Johann Reinhard II of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler. This marriage produced one child, a stillborn son, in 1698.
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