| Sophie Amalie of Nassau-Siegen | |
| Duchess Consort of Courland | |
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| Spouse: | Frederick Casimir of Courland |
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| Full Name: | Sophie Amalie Princess of Nassau-Siegen |
| Native Name: | Sophia Amalia Prinzessin von Nassau-Siegen |
| Noble Family: | House of Nassau-Siegen |
| Father: | Henry of Nassau-Siegen |
| Mother: | Mary Magdalene of Limburg-Stirum |
| Birth Name: | Sophia Amalia Gräfin zu Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden und Diez, Frau zu Beilstein |
| Birth Date: | 10 January 1650Jul. |
| Birth Place: | , Terborg |
| Death Date: | 15/25 November 1688 |
| Death Place: | Mitau |
| Burial Date: | 16/26 December 1688 |
| Burial Place: | Reformed Church, Mitau |
Princess Sophie Amalie of Nassau-Siegen (10 January 1650Jul. – 15/25 November 1688), de|Sophia Amalia Prinzessin von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Prinzessin von Nassau, Gräfin zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Limburg und Bronkhorst, Frau zu Beilstein, Stirum, Wisch, Borculo, Lichtenvoorde und Wildenborch, Erbbannerfrau des Herzogtums Geldern und der Grafschaft Zutphen, was a countess from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau. In 1664, she was elevated to the rank and title of princess. By marriage she became Duchess Consort of Courland.
Sophie Amalie was born at in Terborg on 10 January 1650Jul.[1] as the second daughter and third child of Count Henry of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Countess Mary Magdalene of Limburg-Stirum.[2] Sophie Amalie was named after her godmother, the Danish-Norwegian Queen Sophie Amalie.[3] In October and November 1652 she first lost her eldest sister Ernestine and then her father Henry.[4] After the death of the father, Sophie Amalie's brothers William Maurice and Frederick Henry were adopted by their uncle Fürst John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen.[5] [6] Together with Sophie Amalie, both brothers were elevated into the Reichsfürstenstand on 6 May 1664.[7]
Sophie Amalie married in The Hague on 5 October 1675Greg.[8] to Hereditary Prince Frederick Casimir of Courland (6 July 1650[9] [10] – 22 January 1698). In 1682, after the death of her father-in-law, Sophie Amalie became Duchess Consort of Courland.
Sophia Amalia died in childbirth in Mitau on 15/25 November 1688 and was buried in the Reformed Church in Mitau on 16/26 December.
From the marriage of Sophie Amalie and Frederick Casimir the following children were born:[11]
| Ancestors of Sophie Amalie of Nassau-Siegen[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] | |||||||||
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| Great-great-grandparents | William I 'the Rich' of Nassau-Siegen (1487–1559) ⚭ 1531 Juliane of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1506–1580) | George III of Leuchtenberg (1502–1555) ⚭ 1528 Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1495–1552) | Christian III of Denmark (1503–1559) ⚭ 1525 Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511–1571) | Ernest V of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1518–1567) ⚭ 1547 Margaret of Pomerania (1518–1569) | Herman George of Limburg-Stirum (1540–1574) ⚭ 1557 Mary of Hoya (1534–1612) | Otto IV of Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneberg (ca. 1517–1576) ⚭ 1558 Elisabeth Ursula of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1539–1586) | Eberwin III of Bentheim-Steinfurt (1536–1562) ⚭ 1553 Anna of Tecklenburg-Schwerin (1532–1582) | Gumprecht II of Neuenahr-Alpen (ca. 1503–1555) ⚭ 1542 Amöna of Daun-Falkenstein (ca. 1520–ca. 1582) | |
| Great-grandparents | John VI 'the Elder' of Nassau-Siegen (1536–1606) ⚭ 1559 Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg (1537–1579) | John 'the Younger' of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545–1622) ⚭ 1568 Elisabeth of Brunswick-Grubenhagen (1550–1586) | Jobst of Limburg-Stirum (1560–1621) ⚭ 1591 Mary of Holstein-Schauenburg-Pinneberg (1559–1616) | Arnold IV of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1554–1606) ⚭ 1573 Magdalena of Neuenahr-Alpen (1553–1627) | |||||
| Grandparents | John VII 'the Middle' of Nassau-Siegen (1561–1623) ⚭ 1603 Margaret of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1583–1658) | George Ernest of Limburg-Stirum (1593–1661) ⚭ 1603 Magdalene of Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1591–1649) | |||||||
| Parents | Henry of Nassau-Siegen (1611–1652) ⚭ 1646 Mary Magdalene of Limburg-Stirum (1632–1707) | ||||||||
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