- Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822)
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Duke Eugen of Württemberg Spouse Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern Issue Duke Eugen
Louise, Princess of Hohenlohe-Oehringen
Duke Georg Ferdinand
Duke Heinrich
Duke Paul WilhelmFull name German: Eugen Friedrich Heinrich House House of Württemberg Father Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg Mother Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt Born 21 November 1758
Schwedt, Margraviate of BrandenburgDied 20 June 1822 (aged 63)
Meiningen, Saxe-MeiningenDuke Eugen of Württemberg (German: Herzog Eugen Friedrich Heinrich von Württemberg; 21 November 1758 – 20 June 1822) was a German nobleman. He was brother of Frederick I of Württemberg
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Life
Duke Eugen was born at Schwedt, Margraviate of Brandenburg, third child of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732–1797), (son of Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis) and his wife, Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736–1798), (daughter of Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia).
Eugen was educated by Johann Georg Schlosser, a brother of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The prince came early in Prussian service and was with his regiment in the Oleśnica Silesian Hussars stationed at that time the residence of Eugen's relatives, in that time part of the Duchy of Oels. Whose last Duke Charles Christian Erdmann, left Eugen on his will Carlsruhe Palace as a fee tail.
Since 1795 Eugen was governor of the fortress of Glogau. At the War of the Fourth Coalition, in the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt he commanded a general cavalry of the Prussian Army Reserve. On 18 October 1806 he fought at the Battle of Halle where he was defeated by Marshal Jean Bernadotte (later became King Charles XIV John of Sweden).
Carlsruhe became a permanent residence of Duke Eugen, which he endowed with a theater and and chapel. The Duke was a great patron of the composer Carl Maria von Weber, in September 1806 he was designated as Kapellmeister at Carlsruhe. Eugen's son, distinguished himself in the War of the Sixth Coalition from based on which, the theater closed, and Carl Maria von Weber also had to be dismissed. In 1820 Eugen built the Cavalier Homes on the Schlossplatz in Carlsruhe.
From 1820 until his death Eugen was a member of the First Chamber of the Estates of Württemberg. He never appeared in person to the meetings, but represented by Count Charles of Reischach.
Marriage and issue
On 21 January 1787, in Meiningen, he married Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1764–1834), daughter of Prince Christian Karl of Stolberg-Gedern and Countess Eleanore Reuss of Lobenstein. Louise was the widow of Charles William, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. They had four children:
- Duke Eugen of Württemberg (18 January 1788 – 16 September 1857), married in 1817 to Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont, had issue; Married secondly in 1827 to Princess Helene of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, had issue.
- Duchess Louise of Württemberg (4 June 1789 – 26 June 1851), married in 1811 to Friedrich August Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Oehringen, had issue.
- Duke Georg Ferdinand of Württemberg (15 June 1790 – 25 December 1795)
- Duke Heinrich of Württemberg (13 December 1792 –28 November 1797)
- Duke Paul Wilhelm of Württemberg (25 June 1797 – 25 November 1860), married in 1827 to Princess Maria Sophia of Thurn and Taxis, had issue.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822) 16. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg 8. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental 17. Countess Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg 4. Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg 18. Albert V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 9. Margravine 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 of Lobkowicz 23. Margravine Maria Anna of Baden-Baden 1. Duke Eugen of Württemberg 24. Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg 12. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt 25. Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 6. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt 26. John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau 13. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau 27. Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau 3. Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt 28. Frederick I of Prussia 14. Frederick William I of Prussia 29. Princess Sophia Charlotte of Hanover 7. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia 30. George I of Great Britain 15. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 31. Duchess Sophia Dorothea of Celle Notes and sources
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
- Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Herzog Eugen von Württemberg
- thePeerage.com - Eugen Friedrich Heinrich Herzog von Württemberg
- The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976 , Addington, A. C., Reference: page 222
- L'Allemagne dynastique , Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: vol II page 476.
The generations are numbered from the ascension of Eberhard I as Duke of Württemberg in 1495. All generations descend from Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg.1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation 4th generation Eberhard · Louis III, Duke of Württemberg · Maximilian · Ulrich · John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg · Georg Frederick · Ludwig Frederick · Joachim Frederick · Julius Frederick · Philipp Frederick · Frederick Achilles, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt · Magnus · August5th generation Frederick · Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg · Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt · Ulrich · Eberthal6th generation John Frederick · Louis Frederick · Christian Eberhard · Eberhard · William Louis, Duke of Württemberg · Karl Christof · Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental · Karl Maximilian · George Frederick · Albrecht Christian · Louis · Joachim Ernst · Philipp Siegmund · Karl Ferdinand · John Frederick · Eberhard · Emanuel Eberhard · Frederick Augustus, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt · Ulrich · Eberhard · Albrecht · Ferdinand Willem, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt · Anton Ulrich · Christoph · Carl Rudolf, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt7th generation Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg · Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg · Frederick Charles · Henry Frederick · Maximilian Emanuel · Frederick Louis · Friedrich Kasimir · Ludwig Frederick · Frederick Samuel · Augustus Frederick · Karl · Adam · Frederick8th generation Frederick Louis, Hereditary Prince of Württemberg · Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg · Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg · Eugen Johann · Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg · Alexander Eugen9th generation Eberhard Friedrich · Frederick I, King of Württemberg · Louis · Eugen · William Frederick Philip · Ferdinand · Charles Frederick · Alexander · Charles Henry10th generation Adam · Alexander · Eugen · Georg Ferdinand · Heinrich · Paul Wilhelm · Paul · Alexander · Ernest · Friedrich Wilhelm11th generation 12th generation 13th generation 14th generation 15th generation 16th generation Wilhelm · Carl TheodorCategories:- 1758 births
- 1822 deaths
- House of Württemberg
- Dukes of Württemberg
- People from Schwedt/Oder
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