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Henriette Catharina <I>Van Nassau</I> von Anhalt-Dessau

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Henriette Catharina Van Nassau von Anhalt-Dessau

Birth
Den Haag Centrum, Den Haag Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Death
3 Nov 1708 (aged 71)
Dessau, Stadtkreis Dessau-Roßlau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Burial
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In 1659 she married in Groningen Johann Georg II (1627-1693), Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. He gave her in 1660 the little town of Nischitz. By order of her houses were built for the population, a cemetery was constructed, glass works founded. In 1673 it was renamed Oranienbaum. In 1683 she gave order to a Dutch architect, Cornelis Ryckwaert, to introduce baroque elements, to build the Castle Oranienbaum for her with a surrounding park in Dutch style.
In 1659 she married in Groningen Johann Georg II (1627-1693), Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. He gave her in 1660 the little town of Nischitz. By order of her houses were built for the population, a cemetery was constructed, glass works founded. In 1673 it was renamed Oranienbaum. In 1683 she gave order to a Dutch architect, Cornelis Ryckwaert, to introduce baroque elements, to build the Castle Oranienbaum for her with a surrounding park in Dutch style.


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