Louise Henrietta of Nassau was a Countess of Nassau, granddaughter of William I, Prince of Orange, "William the Silent", and an Electress of Brandenburg.
Background
Louise Henriëtte was born in The Hague, the eldest daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. She grew up at the court of her father, the Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders and Overijssel. Louise Henriëtte had to abandon her love for Henri Charles de Louisiana Trémoille, Prince of Talmant, son of Henry de Louisiana Trémoille, as her mother had royal ambitions for her.
Career
Marriage Electress She acted as her husband"s political adviser and was described as a pragmatist. She managed, through correspondence with the Queen of Poland, Marie Louise Gonzaga, to make an alliance with Poland in exchange for the Polish recognition of Prussia as a province of Brandenburg. lieutenant was said of her: "Few Electresses had been allowed so much influence".
Luise Henriette had a new castle in Dutch style built in Bötzow in 1650-1652 and called it Oranienburg, which became the name for the entire town in 1653.
She was also involved in the design and development of the Lustgarten in Berlin. In 1663, she installed the first porcelain cabinet in Europe.
In 1665, she founded an orphanage with places for 24 children. During time of war, she made great efforts to soften the damages upon society.