Princess Catherine of Württemberg

Catherine was the eldest of three children born to William I of Württemberg by his third wife and cousin Pauline Therese of Württemberg. Her two siblings were Charles I of Württemberg and Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She also had two half-siblings from her father's previous marriage to Catherine Pavlovna of Russia: Marie and Sophie, the future Queen consort of the Netherlands.

Marriage

On 20 November 1845, Catherine married her cousin, Prince Frederick of Württemberg.^[1] He was a son of Prince Paul of Württemberg and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The marriage was meant to strengthen ties between the main branch of the Württemberg family and the next possible heir to the throne. As the marriage seemingly predicted, they had one son, who would eventually succeed her childless brother Charles as King of Württemberg:

William II of Württemberg (25 February 1848 – 2 October 1921)

Later life

Frederick died in 1870. In the 1880s, Catherine was described as a "portly, austere old widowed Princess...who had a red, mannish face, and habitually dressed in purple and mauve".^[2] She frequently resided in the Villa Seefeld, which was located in Switzerland. In this location, she was a neighbor of her relatives, the Tecks, who included the future Queen Mary of the United Kingdom.^[2] Catherine died 28 years after her husband, on 6 December 1898 in Stuttgart, the place of her birth.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Catherine of Württemberg

8. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (=12)

4. Frederick I of Württemberg

9. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (=13)

2. William I of Württemberg

10. Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick

5. Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

11. Princess Augusta of Great Britain

1. Catherine Frederica of Württemberg

12. Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (=7)

6. Duke Louis of Württemberg

13. Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (=8)

3. Pauline Therese of Württemberg

14. Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg

7. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

15. Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Notes

1 2 3 4 Lundy 2012, p. 10173 § 101723 cites McNaughton 1973, pp. 224–225.
1 2 3 Pope-Hennessy 1959, p. 266.

References

Lundy, Darryl (20 March 2012), Katherina Friederike Charlotte Prinzessin von Württemberg, The Peerage, p. 10173 § 101723, retrieved September 2014 External link in |publisher= (help) Endnotes:
- McNaughton, C. Arnold (1973), The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy 1 (3 volumes ed.), London: Garnstone Press, pp. 224–225
Pope-Hennessy, James (1959), Queen Mary 1867-1953, London: George Allen and Unwin Unlimited, ISBN 0-04-923025-5

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Princesses of Württemberg by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King of Württemberg in 1805.

1st Generation	Catharina, Queen of Westphalia

2nd Generation	Charlotte, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia Pauline, Duchess of Nassau Marie, Countess Alfred of Neipperg Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands Catherine, Princess Frederick of Württemberg¹ Augusta, Princess Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

3rd Generation	none

4th Generation	Pauline, Princess of Wied

¹also a Princess of Württemberg by marriage

Princesses of Württemberg by marriage

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King of Württemberg in 1805.

1st Generation	Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

2nd Generation	Princess Catherine Frederica of Württemberg¹ Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia

3rd Generation	Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe

¹also a Princess of Württemberg by birth

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