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Catherina Elisabeth Wilhelmina van Nassau-LaLecq

Biography


Birth: n/a
Death: 1777

Daughter of Lodewijk Theodoor I van Nassau-LaLecq (1701-1748) and Josina Geertruida Crommelin (1715-1756). Sister of Lodewijk Theodoor van Nassau-LaLecq. Married (1762) to Coenraad Schuur (1734-1781).

Catherine was adopted by her uncle, Hendrik Karel, possibly in 1752.

Also known as

  • Countess de Nassau Ouwerkerke

Life with James Boswell

Boswell knew her brother well (from Utrecht), but probably only met the Countess during his stay in the Hague in December, 1763. He dined with her at Baron von Spaen's on December 21, 1763.

Notes

This identification of the Countess de Nassau Ouwerkerke is almost certainly correct, although not a hundred percent. The Nassau family was (and still is) immense.


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Catherina Elisabeth Wilhelmina van Nassau-LaLecq is mentioned in:

  • Boswell in Holland 1763-1764

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