Burgravine Louise Isabella of Kirchberg

Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg
Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg
Born	(1772-04-19)19 April 1772 Hachenburg
Died	6 January 1827(1827-01-06) (aged 54) Vienna, Austrian Empire
Spouse	Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg ​ ​ (m. 1788; died 1816)​
Issue	William, Duke of Nassau Princess Auguste Luise Wilhelmine Archduchess Henrietta, Duchess of Teschen Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
Names German: Luise Isabelle Alexandrine Auguste
House	Burggrafen von Kirchberg
Father	Wilhelm Georg, Count of Sayn-Hachenburg, Burgrave of Kirchberg
Mother	Countess Isabella Auguste Reuss of Greiz

Louise Isabelle Alexandrine Augusta, Countess of Sayn-Hachenburg, Burgravine of Kirchberg, full German name: Luise Isabelle Alexandrine Auguste, Gräfin zu Sayn-Hachenburg, Burggräfin von Kirchberg (19 April 1772, Hachenburg – 6 January 1827, Vienna, Austrian Empire) was the Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg (28 November 1788 – 9 January 1816) through her marriage to Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

Early life

Countess Louise Isabelle was born as the only child of Burgrave Georg Wilhelm von Kirchberg, Count of Sayn-Hachenburg (1751-1777) and his wife, Princess Isabelle Auguste Reuss of Greiz (1752-1824).

Marriage and family

As she was the only heir to her father Louise married Frederick William, Hereditary Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, son of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and his wife Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, on 31 July 1788 in Hachenburg. Frederick William succeeded to his father Charles Christian upon his death on 28 November 1788. They had four children:

• William, Duke of Nassau (14 June 1792 - 20 August/30 August 1839)
• Auguste Luise Wilhelmine of Nassau-Weilburg (Weilburg, 5 January 1794 - Weilburg, 11 April 1796)
• Henriette Alexandrine Friederike Wilhelmine (30 October 1797 – 29 December 1829). Married Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
• Friedrich Wilhelm of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau (Bayreuth, 15 December 1799 - Vienna, 6 January 1845). He married on 7 June 1840 Anna Ritter, Edle von Vallyemare (Vienna, 21 June 1802 - Paris, 17 June 1864), daughter of Joseph Edler von Vallyemare (1772-1832), widow of Johann Baptist Brunold, created Gräfin von Tiefenbach in 1840. They had issue:
  • Wilhelmine Brunold (Atzgersdorf, 5 July 1834 - Geneva, 12 December 1892), created in 1844 Gräfin von Tiefenbach, married in Paris on 30 October 1856 and divorced in 1872 Emile Delamothe de Girardin (- Paris, 27 April 1881)
  • Isabelle, Gräfin von Tiefenbach (1841-1842)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Burgravine Louise Isabella of Kirchberg

16. Georg Ludwig, Burgrave of Kirchberg 8. Georg Friedrich, Burgrave of Kirchberg 17. Countess Magdalena Christina von Manderscheid-Blankenheim 4. Wilhelm Ludwig, Burgrave of Kirchberg 18. Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler 9. Countess Sophia Amalie of Nassau-Ottweiler 19. Countess Christiane of Ahlefeldt-Rixingen 2. Wilhelm Georg, Count of Sayn-Hachenburg, Burgrave of Kirchberg 20. John Philip II, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun 10. Charles, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun 21. Anna Catherine of Nassau-Ottweiler 5. Wild- and Rhinegravine Louise of Salm-Dhaun 22. Frederick Louis, Count of Nassau-Ottweiler (= 18) 11. Countess Louise of Nassau-Ottweiler 23. Countess Christiane of Ahlefeldt-Rixingen (= 19) 1. Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg 24. Heinrich VI, Count Reuss of Greiz 12. Heinrich II, Count Reuss of Greiz 25. Baroness Henriette Amalie von Friesen 6. Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz 26. Count Johann Caspar von Bothmer 13. Countess Sofie Charlotte von Bothmer 27. Baroness Gisela Erdmuth von Hoym 3. Countess Isabella Auguste Reuss of Greiz 28. Heinrich I, Count Reuss of Schleiz 14. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Köstritz 29. Countess Anna Elisabeth von Zinzendorf und Pottendorff 7. Countess Konradine Reuss of Köstritz 30. Baron Hans Christoph von Promnitz-Dittersbach 15. Baroness Marie Eleonore von Promnitz-Dittersbach 31. Baroness Anna Elisabeth Saurma von der Jeltsch