Duchess Frederica of Württemberg

Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (German: Friederike Elisabeth Amalie Auguste von Württemberg; 27 July 1765 – 24 November 1785) was a daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt.

Family

Frederica was born on 27 July 1765 in Treptow an der Rega, Farther Pomerania (now Trzebiatów, Poland) as the seventh child and second daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt.^[1] Among her siblings were King Frederick of Württemberg, Sophia Dorothea, Empress of Russia, and Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria.

Frederica's paternal grandparents were Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis.

Her maternal grandparents were Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.

Marriage and issue

On 6 June 1781, Frederica married Prince Peter Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp.^[1] The marriage was meant to strengthen relations between Russia and Württemberg (Frederica's sister was married to Paul I of Russia, a member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp). They had two sons: Augustus (born in 1783) and George (born in 1784).

Death

At the age of twenty, Frederica died from childbirth in Vienna on 24 November 1785.^[1] Her widowed husband Peter never remarried. He would succeed his cousin William as Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1823, many years after Frederica's death.

Issue

Frederica's two surviving sons: Augustus and George in the 1790s.

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Paul Friedrich August, Grand Duke of Oldenburg	13 July 1783	27 February 1853	married firstly Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; had issue, including Amalia of Oldenburg who became Queen consort of Greece; secondly, he married Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; had issue; thirdly, he married Princess Cecilia of Sweden; had issue.
Duke Georg Peter Friedrich of Oldenburg	9 May 1784	27 December 1812	married Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia; had issue.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Duchess Frederica of Württemberg

16. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

8. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

17. Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg

4. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

18. Albert V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

9. Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach

19. Countess Sophie Margarethe of Oettingen-Oettingen

2. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

20. Eugen Alexander Franz, 1st Prince of Thurn and Taxis

10. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis

21. Princess Anna Adelheid of Fürstenberg

5. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

22. Ferdinand August Leopold, Prince of Lobkowicz

11. Princess Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska of Lobkowicz

23. Margrave Maria Anna Wilhelmine of Baden-Baden

1. Duchess Frederica of Württemberg

24. Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

12. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

25. Sophie Dorothea of Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

6. Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt

26. John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

13. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau

27. Princess Henriette Catherine of Nassau

3. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

28. Frederick I of Prussia

14. Frederick William I of Prussia

29. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover

7. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

30. George I of Great Britain

15. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

31. Sophia Dorothea of Celle

References

1 2 3 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Friederike Herzogin von Württemberg". Retrieved 16 December 2009.

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