| Catharina of Württemberg | |
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| Queen consort of Westphalia Princess of Montfort |
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| A portrait of Queen Catharina in 1807. | |
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| Tenure | 8 July 1807 - 26 October 1813 |
| Spouse | Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia |
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| Jérôme Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Montfort Mathilde Bonaparte, Princesse de San Donato Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte |
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| Catharina Frederica of Württemberg | |
| House | House of Bonaparte (by marriage) House of Württemberg (by birth) |
| Father | Frederick I of Württemberg |
| Mother | Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
| Born | 21 February 1783 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 29 November 1835 (aged 52) Lausanne, Switzerland |
Princess Catharina Frederica of Württemberg (21 February 1783 – 29 November 1835) was the second wife of Jérôme Bonaparte.
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Catharina was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia to the later King Frederick I of Württemberg and Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. At age 5, her mother died and her father married her mother's first cousin Charlotte, Princess Royal, eldest daughter of British King George III.
She was Jérôme Bonaparte's second wife, married on 22 August 1807 in the Royal Palace at Fontainebleau, France. She was queen consort of the Kingdom of Westphalia. When the kingdom was dissolved after the downfall of the Napoleonic Empire she followed her husband into exile.
Catharina died in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Her daughter, Princess Mathilde Bonaparte (1820–1904), was prominent during and after the Second Empire as hostess to men of arts and letters.
Her son, Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822–1891) was a close advisor to his cousin, Napoleon III of France, and in particular was seen as a leading advocate of French intervention in Italy and the Italian nationalists.
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