Genealogy of the Ducal Family of Nassau¹

HH Prince Nicolas and his descendants

HDSH Prince Nicolas Wilhelm of Nassau
(Since August 22nd, 1844:) HH Prince Nicolas Wilhelm of Nassau
* Schloß Biebrich near Wiesbaden, September 20th, 1832
† 18 Sonnenbergerstraße, Wiesbaden, September 17th, 1905
Major-General of the Cavalry of Prussia.

Married:

(morganatic) London, July 1st, 1868:
Natalja Aleksandrovna Pushkina
* St. Petersburg, June 4th, 1836
† Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, March 23rd, 1913
Created Gräfin von Merenberg by HSH Fürst Georg III Viktor of Waldeck and Pyrmont: Arolsen, July 29th, 1868 (acknowledged by HM King Wilhelm I of Prussia: Bad Gastein, July 22nd, 1881).

Children from this marriage:

1. Sophia Gräfin von Merenberg
   * Geneva, June 1st, 1868
   † London, September 14th, 1927
   (Born out of wedlock)
   Created Comtesse de Torby by HRH Grand Duke Adolphe I of Luxembourg in 1891.

   Married:

   (non-dynastic for the groom) San Remo, February 26th, 1891:
   HIH Grand Duke Mikhael Mikhailovitch of Russia
   * Peterhof, October 16th n.s., 1861
   † York Terrace, Regent's Park, Mary-le-Bone, London, April 26th, 1929
   Aide-de-Camp of the Czar.

2. Alexandra Gräfin von Merenberg
   * Wiesbaden, December 14th, 1869
   † Buenos Aires, September 29th, 1950

   Married:

   London, 1914:
   Massimo de Elia
   * 1851
   † Saint-Jean de Luz, 1929

3. Georg Nicolas Graf von Merenberg
   

Georg Nicolas Graf von Merenberg
* Wiesbaden, February 13th, 1871
† Wiesbaden, May 31st, 1948

Married:

1. Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, May 12th, 1895:
   HH Princess Olga Aleksandrovna Yurievskaya
   * St. Petersburg, November 9th n.s., 1873
   † Wiesbaden, August 14th, 1925
2. Wiesbaden, January 2nd, 1930:
   Adelheid Brambeer ("Ada")
   * Wiesbaden, October 18th, 1875
   † Zurich, May 12th, 1942

Children from the first marriage:

1. Alexander Nicolas Adolph Michael Georg Graf von Merenberg
   * Bonn, September 17th, 1896
   † Hanover, April 27th, 1897
2. Georg Michael Alexander Graf von Merenberg
3. Olga Katharina Ada Gräfin von Merenberg

Georg Michael Alexander Graf von Merenberg
* Hanover, October 16th, 1897
† Mainz, January 11th, 1965

Married:

1. Budapest, January 7th, 1926:
   Paulette von Kövér de Gyergyó-Szent-Miklós
   * ?
   † ?
   (Divorced: Wiesbaden, July 13th, 1928)
2. Schroda, July 27th, 1940:
   Elisabeth Anne Müller-Uri
   * Wiesbaden, July 8th, 1903
   † Wiesbaden, November 20th, 1963

Child from the second marriage:

1. Elisabeth Clotilde Gräfin von Merenberg
   * Wiesbaden, May 14th, 1941

   Married:

   (civil) Wiesbaden, May 25th and (religious) Mainz, May 27th, 1965:
   Enno von Rintelen
   * Berlin-Charlottenburg, November 9th, 1921
   

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Alexander von Rintelen
      * Wiesbaden, March 23rd, 1966
   2. Nicolaus von Rintelen
      * Wiesbaden, June 29th, 1970
   3. Gregor von Rintelen
      * Wiesbaden, August 13th, 1972
      

Olga Katharina Ada Gräfin von Merenberg
* Wiesbaden, October 3rd, 1898
† Bottmingen near Basel, September 15th, 1983

Married:

Wiesbaden, November 3rd, 1923:
Mikhael Tarilovitch Count Loris-Melikov
* Tsarskoe Selo, June 21st, 1900
† Bottmingen near Basel, October 2nd, 1980

Child from this marriage:

1. Alexander Count Loris-Melikov

Alexander Count Loris-Melikov
* Paris, May 26th, 1926

Married:

Soignies, September 27th, 1958:
Micheline Prunier
* Liège, June 21st, 1932

Children from this marriage:

1. Ann Elisabeth Countess Loris-Melikov
   * Basel, July 23rd, 1959

   Married:

   Therwil, November 4th, 1983:
   Marc Moos
   * February 5th, 1953

   Child from this marriage:

   1. Alain Moos
      * Bâle, March 26th, 1984
2. Dominique Countess Loris-Melikov
   * Basel, March 24th, 1961
3. Nathalie Countess Loris-Melikov
   * Basel, December 28th, 1963

   Married:

   Küßnacht, October 9th, 1996:
   Johan Dierbach
   * Stockholm, January 12th, 1963

   Child from this marriage:

   1. Sophie Dierbach
      * Zurich, February 23rd, 1997
4. Michael Count Loris-Melikov
   * Basel, December 18th, 1964

Footnotes:

1. With special thanks to Will Campbell, Netty Leistra and Paul Theroff.

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Last updated: December 1st, 2007.