Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (Wilhelmine Carolina; 16 February 1743 – 6 May 1787) was a Dutch regent. She was the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and Anne, Princess Royal. She was regent of the Netherlands from 1765 until 1766 during the minority of her brother, William V.
Life
Princess Carolina was born in Leeuwarden,
After her brother married and started to have children, Princess Carolina, now further and further away from the succession line, left for Germany. When her spouse served as the Dutch Governor of Maastricht in 1773–1784, she often lived with him there. Outside of her short regency, she never involved much in the political affairs of The Netherlands, and was occupied with constant child births.
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|1= 1. Carolina of Orange-Nassau
|2= 2. William IV, Prince of Orange
|3= 3. Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
|4= 4. John William Friso, Prince of Orange
|5= 5. Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
|6= 6. George II of Great Britain
|7= 7. Caroline of Ansbach
|8= 8. Henry Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz
|9= 9. Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau
|10= 10. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel
|11= 11. Maria Amalia of Courland
|12= 12. George I of Great Britain
|13= 13. Sophia Dorothea of Celle
|14= 14. John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
|15= 15. Princess Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach