Duke Louis of Württemberg
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Kirchheim unter Teck
Kirchheim unter Teck is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is situated near the Teck castle, approximatively 25 km southeast of Stuttgart...
, 20 September 1817) was the second son of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
Friedrich Eugen of Württemberg , the fourth son of Duke Karl Alexander and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis .-Royal duke:...
(1732-1797) and Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-1798). His elder brother was Frederick I
Frederick I of Württemberg
Frederick I William Charles of Württemberg was the first King of Württemberg. He was known for his size: at and about , he was in contrast to Napoleon, who recognized him as King of Württemberg.-Biography:...
, the first king of Württemberg, his sister was the Russian Empress consort Maria Feodorovna. Louis retained the pre-royal title of Duke.
Life in military
Louis Frederick was a general in the cavalry. He was a high ranking commander in the Lithuanian army , 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 FlemmingIzabela Fleming
Princess Izabela Czartoryska was a Polish noble lady, writer, art collector, and founder of the first Polish museum, the Czartoryski Museum in Kraków.-Life:...
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They had one child before they divorced in 1793 (Maria initiated the divorce upon the news of his betrayal of Poland):
- AdamAdam of WürttembergAdam Karl Wilhelm Nikolaus Paul Eugen von Württemberg was a Duke of Württemberg and General in Russian and Polish-Russian service....
(January 16 1792 - July 27 1847).
On 28 January 1797 in Hermitage
Altes Schloss
The Altes Schloss near Bad Berneck in south Germany is a ruined castle built in the Gothic style as an Amtsburg towards the end of the High Middle Ages. The castle lies on the Schlossberg of Bad Berneck in the Upper Franconian district of Bayreuth in Bavaria...
, near Bayreuth, Louis Frederick was married to Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau
Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857)
Princess Henriëtte van Nassau-Weilburg, then van Nassau was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Carolina of Orange-Nassau, daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange.-Marriage and children:She married in Hermitage, near Bayreuth, on 28 January 1797 Duke Louis of...
, daughter of Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
Carolina of Orange-Nassau
Princess Carolina of Orange and Nassau-Dietz, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg was the daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and Anne, Princess Royal.Her maternal grandparents were King George II of Great Britain and Queen Caroline.-Regent:Princess Carolina was born in...
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They had 5 children:
- Maria DorotheaDuchess Maria Dorothea of WürttembergMaria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline of Württemberg was the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg ....
(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 TheresePauline Therese of WürttembergDuchess Pauline Therese Luise of Württemberg was a daughter of Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg...
(1800-1873), married in 1820 her first cousin William I of WurttembergWilliam I of WürttembergWilliam I was the second King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.He was born in Lüben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel .-First marriage:... - Elisabeth Alexandrine (1802-1864), married in 1830 Prince Wilhelm of Baden (1792-1859)
- AlexanderDuke Alexander of WürttembergDuke Alexander of Württemberg was the father of Prince Francis of Teck and the grandfather of Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge and Queen Mary of Great Britain, wife of King George V....
(1804-1885), who founded the second branch of the House of WürttembergHouse of WürttembergThe Württemberg family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Württemberg. The House has its origins, according to recent research, probably in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty.-History:...
, known as the Dukes of TeckDuke of TeckDuke of Teck was, in medieval times, a title borne by the head of a principality named Teck in the Holy Roman Empire, centered around Teck castle in Germany. That territory was held by a branch line of the Zähringen dynasty from 1187 to 1439, known historically as the first House of Teck...
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He is an ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
, King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...
and Charles Napoléon.
Between 1807 and 1810, Duke Louis employed the composer Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria von Weber
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
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.