Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg

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Friedrich Eugen

Friedrich Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (21 January 1732, Stuttgart-23 December 1797, Hohenheim), the fourth son of Duke Karl Alexander and Maria Augusta Anna of Thurn and Taxis (11 August 1706 - 1 February 1756).

He served as Duke of Württemberg from the death of his older brother Ludwig Eugen in 1795 until his own death two years later.

[edit] Maternal ancestry

His maternal grandparents were Anselm Franz, Fürst of Thurn und Taxis (30 January 1681 - 8 November 1739) and Maria Ludovika Anna von Lobkowicz (20 October 1683 - 20 January 1750). Maria Ludovika was daughter of Ferdinand August Leopold von Lobkowicz zu Sagan and Maria Anna Wilhelmine of Baden-Baden.

Maria Anna was a daughter of Wilhelm, Marquess of Baden-Baden (1593 - 1677) and Maria Magdalena von Oetingen-Baldern (c. 1619 - 1688). Her paternal grandparents were Edward Fortunatus of Baden (1565 - 1600) and Maria, Baroness of Eicken (c. 1569 - 1636.

Edward was a son of Christoph, Marquess of Baden-Rodemachern (1537 - 1575) and Cecilia of Sweden. (1540 - 1627).

[edit] Marriage and children

He married Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt, by whom he had twelve children, including his successor Friedrich III, who would later become the first King of Württemberg, and a daughter, Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg, who would mary Paul I of Russia and become Empress Marie Feodorovna.

The Empress was mother to (among others) Alexander I of Russia, Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia and Nicholas I of Russia.