Duke Louis of Württemberg

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Duke Louis of Württemberg (Ludwig Friedrich Alexander Duke of Württemberg), (Treptow, August 30, 1756 - Kirchheim unter Teck, September 20, 1817) is an ancestor of Queen Elisabeth II and King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

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He was the second son of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1732-1797) and Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-1798). His elder brother was Frederick I, the first king of Württemberg. Louis retained the pre-royal title of Duke.

Louis Frederick was a general in the cavalry.

He married on October 28, 1784 with Maria Czartoryski (1768-1854), daughter of Prince Adam Czartoryski and Isabella, Countess Flemming.
They had one child before they divorced in 1793 :

On January 28, 1797 Louis Frederick remarried Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, daughter of Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.
They had 5 children :

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