Background
She was the sixth child and fifth daughter of stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. Albertine Agnes was born in The Hague and was the sixth of nine children born to her parents.
She was the sixth child and fifth daughter of stadtholder Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. Albertine Agnes was born in The Hague and was the sixth of nine children born to her parents.
Albertine and four other siblings lived to adulthood. Her surviving siblings were: William II, Prince of Orange, Luise Henriette of Nassau, Henriette Catherine of Nassau and Mary of Nassau. Her grandfather, William, was murdered on the orders of Philip II of Spain, who believed that William had betrayed the Spanish king and the Catholic religion.
They had three children:
Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, married to John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Henry Casimir II, Count of Nassau-Dietz, married to Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau
Wilhelmina Sophia Hedwig (1664–1667)
In 1665, both England and the bishopric of Münster declared war on the Netherlands.
Because most of the money for defence had been used for the fleet, the army had been neglected. When Groningen was under siege, Albertine Agnes hastened to the city to give moral support.
She organised defence and kept moral high In 1676 Albertine Agnes bought a country seat in Oranjewoud and called it Oranjewoud Palace.
lieutenant was here that she died in 1696.