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Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (
31 August 1602 –
8 September 1675), countess of Solms-Braunfels, was the wife of
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. She was the daughter of Johan Albrecht I of Solms-Braunfels and Agnes of Sayn-Wittgenstein.
She spent her childhood at the parental castle at Braunfels. She became part of the train of
Elizabeth, wife of
Frederick V, Elector Palatine, the "Winter King" of Bohemia. After imperial forces defeated Frederick V, she fled with the pregnant queen to the west. Shelter was denied to them because the emperor forbade it. Elizabeth went into labour during their flight and Amalia helped her with her delivery.
The end of their journey was
The Hague, where stadtholder
Maurice of Nassau gave them asylum. They often appeared at his court, where Maurice's younger brother Frederick Henry became infatuated with Amalia. She refused to become his lover and held out for marriage.
When Maurice of Nassau died, he made his half-brother Frederick Henry promise to wed. Frederick married Amalia on
4 April 1625.
Their marriage produced five children who lived to adulthood, and four who died young:
When Frederick Henry became stadtholder after the death of his half-brother Prince Maurice, his influence grew substantially, as did Amalia's. Together Frederick Henry and Amalia succeeded in expanding court-life in The Hague. They had a number of palaces built, including
Huis ten Bosch. Amalia was the prime mover of a number of royal marriages, including that of her son William II to
Mary, Princess Royal of England and Scotland (daughter of King
Charles I of England) and of their daughters with a number of German princes. After the death of her son William II she became the main guardian of her grandson
William III (Prince William III of Orange and later also King William III of England).
King
Philip IV of Spain granted her the area around
Turnhout in 1649.
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