Prince Frederick of Württemberg
Prince Frederick of Württemberg
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Prince Frederick of Württemberg | |||||
Born | (1808-02-21)21 February 1808 Schloss Comburg (now part of Schwäbisch Hall), Kingdom of Württemberg | ||||
Died | 9 May 1870(1870-05-09) (aged 62) Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg | ||||
Burial | Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg, Germany | ||||
Spouse | Princess Catherine of Württemberg | ||||
Issue | William II of Württemberg | ||||
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House | House of Württemberg | ||||
Father | Prince Paul of Württemberg | ||||
Mother | Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
Prince Frederick Charles Augustus of Württemberg (German: Friedrich Karl August Prinz von Württemberg)[1] (21 February 1808 – 9 May 1870) was a General in the Army of Württemberg and the father of William II of Württemberg.[1] Frederick was a member of the Royal Family of Württemberg and a Prince of Württemberg.[1]
Contents
1 Family
2 Military career
3 Political career
4 Marriage and issue
5 Later life and death
6 Titles, styles, honours and arms
6.1 Titles and styles
7 Ancestry
8 References
Family[edit]
Frederick was born 21 February 1808 at Schloss Comburg (now part of Schwäbisch Hall), Kingdom of Württemberg,[1]
the second child and eldest son of Prince Paul of Württemberg and his wife Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen.[1] Through his father, Frederick was a grandson of Frederick I of Württemberg and through his mother, a grandson of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. He was a younger brother of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia and an elder brother of Pauline, Duchess of Nassau and Prince August of Württemberg.
Military career[edit]
Frederick began his military career in the Army of Württemberg (German: Württembergische Armee) where by the age of 15, he had reached the rank of Rittmeister 2nd class.[1] In 1832, he was a Colonel of the Infantry and by 1841, Frederick had attained the rank of Lieutenant General of the Cavalry.[1] In 1865, Frederick was promoted by Charles I of Württemberg to General Commander of the Cavalry and the Württemberg Federal Army Corps (German: Württembergischen Bundesarmeekorps).[1] In the Austro-Prussian War against Prussia, Frederick held no field command, but instead served as a liaison officer at the headquarters of the Austrian Feldzeugmeister.[1] Despite his serious eye problems, Frederick was offended when he was not offered the command of the Eighth Army Corps during the war.[2]
Political career[edit]
Because of his position as a Prince of Württemberg, Frederick held a served as a member of the Württembergian Chamber of Lords (German: Württembergischen Kammer der Standesherren) at which he regularly attended legislative sessions.[1] In 1865, Charles appointed Frederick as a privy councillor in the Geheimer Rat.[1]
During this time, Frederick resided mainly at Ludwigsburg Palace near Stuttgart and at the hunting lodge Schloss Katharinenhof in Oppenweiler.[1]
Marriage and issue[edit]
Frederick married his first cousin Princess Catherine of Württemberg, daughter of William I of Württemberg and his wife Pauline Therese of Württemberg, on 20 November 1845 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg. Frederick and Catherine had one son:
William II of Württemberg (25 February 1848 – 2 October 1921)
Later life and death[edit]
Frederick died on 9 May 1870 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg of an ulceration, which was most likely a later consequence of a facial injury he sustained in a hunting accident.[1]Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands wrote of her cousin Frederick to Lady Malet upon learning of his death.[3] According to Sophie, Frederick died after having suffered "cancer in the face" for eight years.[3] Frederick was interred in the family crypt in the Schlosskirche at Ludwigsburg Palace.[1]
Titles, styles, honours and arms[edit]
Titles and styles[edit]
21 February 1808 – 9 May 1870: His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Württemberg
Ancestry[edit]
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References[edit]
^ abcdefghijklmn Lorenz, Sönke; Dieter Mertens; Volker Press (1997), Das Haus Württemberg: ein biographisches Lexikon, Kohlhammer, ISBN 3-17-013605-4
^ Corti, Egon Caesar; Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1970), The Downfall of Three Dynasties, Ayer Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8369-5419-7
^ ab Sophie of Württemberg (1989), A stranger in The Hague: the letters of Queen Sophie of the Netherlands to Lady Malet, 1842-1877, Duke University Press, ISBN 0-8223-0811-8
Prince Frederick of Württemberg House of Württemberg Born: 21 February 1808 Died: 9 May 1870 | ||
German royalty | ||
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Preceded by Charles, Crown Prince of Württemberg later became Charles I | Heir to the Throne of Württemberg as heir presumptive 25 June 1864 – 9 May 1870 | Succeeded by Prince William later became William II |
Categories:
- 1808 births
- 1870 deaths
- People from Schwäbisch Hall
- German Protestants
- People from the Kingdom of Württemberg
- Princes of Württemberg
- Members of the Württembergian Chamber of Lords
- Generals of Cavalry of Württemberg
- Members of the Privy Council of Württemberg
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (Württemberg)
- People of the Austro-Prussian War
- Grand Crosses of the Friedrich Order
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