Duke Louis of Württemberg
Duke Louis of Württemberg (Ludwig Friedrich Alexander Duke of Württemberg) (Treptow an der Rega, 30 August 1756 – Kirchheim unter Teck, 20 September 1817) 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, his sister was the Russian Empress consort Maria Feodorovna. Louis retained the pre-royal title of Duke.
Biography
Life in military
Louis Frederick was a general in the cavalry. He was a high ranking commander in the Lithuanian army [1], but refused to fight against Russian troops throughout the Polish–Russian War of 1792, for which he was dismissed from his post.
Marriages and issue
He married on 28 October 1784 Maria Czartoryska (1768-1854), daughter of Prince Adam Czartoryski and Isabella, Countess Flemming.
They had one child before they divorced in 1793 (Maria initiated the divorce upon the news of his betrayal of Poland):
- Adam (January 16 1792 - July 27 1847).
On 28 January 1797 in Hermitage, near Bayreuth, Louis Frederick was married to Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau, daughter of Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.
They had 5 children:
- Maria Dorothea (1797-1855), married in 1819 Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776-1847)
- Amalie Therese (June 28, 1799 - November 28, 1848), married in 1817 Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789-1868)
- Pauline Therese (1800-1873), married in 1820 her first cousin William I of Wurttemberg
- Elisabeth Alexandrine (1802-1864), married in 1830 Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1792-1859)
- Alexander (1804-1885), who founded the second branch of the House of Württemberg, known as the Dukes of Teck.
He is an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, King Juan Carlos I of Spain and Charles Napoléon.
Between 1807 and 1810, Duke Louis employed the composer Carl Maria von Weber as his secretary with no musical duties. Weber and the duke's older brother Frederick mutually disliked each other, and the composer was banished from Württemberg after accusations of misappropriating some of the duke's money.
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Duke Louis of Württemberg |
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16. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg |
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8. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental |
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17. Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg |
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4. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg |
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18. Albert V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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9. Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach |
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19. Countess Sophie Margarethe of Oettingen-Oettingen |
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2. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg |
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20. Eugen Alexander Franz, 1st Prince of Thurn and Taxis |
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10. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis |
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21. Princess Anna Adelheid of Fürstenberg |
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5. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis |
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22. Ferdinand August Leopold, Prince of Lobkowicz |
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11. Princess Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska of Lobkowicz |
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23. Margrave Maria Anna Wilhelmine of Baden-Baden |
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1. Duke Louis of Württemberg |
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24. Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg |
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12. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
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25. Sophie Dorothea of Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg |
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6. Friedrich Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
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26. John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau |
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13. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau |
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27. Princess Henriette Catherine of Nassau |
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3. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
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28. Frederick I of Prussia |
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14. Frederick William I of Prussia |
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29. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover |
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7. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia |
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30. George I of Great Britain |
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15. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover |
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31. Sophia Dorothea of Celle |
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Wilhelm · Carl Theodor
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| Name |
Duke Louis of Württemberg |
| Alternative names |
Louis Frederick Alexander of Württemberg (full name); Ludwig von Württemberg (German) |
| Short description |
General in teh cavalry |
| Date of birth |
30 August 1756(1756-08-30) |
| Place of birth |
Treptow an der Rega |
| Date of death |
1819-9-20 |
| Place of death |
Kirchheim unter Teck |