Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate Princess Palatine Benedicta Henrietta (Benedicta Henrietta Philippina; 14 March 1652 – 12 August 1730) was Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, or of Hanover, by her marriage to Duke John Frederick. She was the third and youngest daughter of Prince Palatine Edward and the political hostess Anna Gonzaga. Born in Paris to the landless Prince Palatine Edward, "Bénédicte Henriette"'s paternal grandparents were Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth Stuart, the "Winter Queen". Her maternal grandparents were Charles I, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat and his French wife Catherine de Mayenne, daughter of Charles de Lorraine-Guise, Duke of Mayenne.
Henrietta d'Oultremont castle in Soumagne, near Liège in Belgium. In the Netherlands, she was nicknamed ("Henriëtta Thundermouth"). Henrietta d'Oultremont Countess Henriëtte Adriana Maria Ludovica Flora d'Oultremont de Wégimont (28 February 1792 in Maastricht–26 October 1864 at Rahe Castle in Aachen) was the second, morganatic, wife of the first Dutch king, William I. Henriëtte d'Oultremont was one of five children of Count Ferdinand L.F.M. d'Oultremont de Wégimont of the House of Oultremont in Liège and his wife Johanna Susanna Hartsinck, daughter of Admiral Andries Hartsinck. She was related to Charles John d'Oultremont. Around 1840, King William found himself in discord with much of