Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Duchess Maria Dorothea
Archduchess of Austria

Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, taken around 1840
Born (1797-11-01)1 November 1797
Carlsruhe (Pokój), Silesia
Died 30 March 1855(1855-03-30) (aged 57)
Budapest, Hungary
Spouse Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Issue Archduchess Franziska Marie Elisabeth
Archduke Alexander
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska
Archduke Joseph Karl
Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians
Full name
Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline
House House of Württemberg (by birth)
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
(by marriage)
Father Duke Louis of Württemberg
Mother Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline; 1 November 1797 in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia – 30 March 1855 in Budapest, Hungary) was the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756–1817) and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780–1857).[1]

Family

Maria Dorothea in 1818.

Maria Dorothea was the eldest of five children born to Louis of Württemberg and his second wife Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She was born in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia, now Poland.

Her brother Alexander was the grandfather of Mary of Teck, the future queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom.

Marriage and children

She was the third wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, to whom she was married on 24 August 1819. They had five children:

Name Portrait Lifespan Notes
Archduchess Franziska Marie Elisabeth of Austria
1820-
1820
Died in childhood.
Archduke Alexander of Austria
1825-
1837
Died in childhood
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
1831-
1903
Married firstly Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and had issue;

married secondly Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and had issue.

Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria
1833-
1905
Married Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and had issue.
Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria 1836-
1902
Married Leopold II of Belgium and had issue

Ancestry


Notes

  1. Lundy, Darryl. "p10124.htm#i101240". The Peerage. External link in |publisher= (help)

References


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