Louise Henriette of Nassau was a Countess of Nassau, granddaughter of William I, Prince of Orange, "William the Silent", and an Electress of Brandenburg.
Portrait attributed to Johannes Mytens
Luise and her sisters
Oranienburg Palace
Luise Henriette of Nassau, 1643
Frederick William was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he is popularly known as
Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau
…royal ambitions for her. However, attempts to conclude an engagement with King Charles II of England came to nothing. Finally she was forced to marry Frederick William, the Great Elector (1620-1688), "the Great Elector," at The Hague on 7 December 1646, her nineteenth birthday, on the proposal of the Brandenburg diplomat Joachim Friedrich…
Portrait by Frans Luycx, c. 1650
Portrait by Mathias Czwiczek, 1642
Portrait by Abraham and Gedeon Romandon, 1687–1688
Statue of Frederick William at Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin