Duke Louis of Württemberg

Ludwig ( Louis) Friedrich Alexander of Württemberg ( born August 30, 1756 in Treptow an der Rega, † September 20, 1817 in Kirchheim unter Teck ) was a Prince of Württemberg and General of Cavalry.

Life

Ludwig was the second son of Duke Friedrich Eugen of Württemberg and his wife Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg- Schwedt Sophia, eldest daughter of Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg- Schwedt and Sophie Dorothea Marie of Prussia, a sister of the Prussian King Frederick II on 18 June. , 1775, he joined as a lieutenant colonel in the Prussian service. On April 13, 1778, he was owner of the regiment Möllensdorf. On September 25, 1782, he was appointed Major General and took over the Kürrasierregiment No.5 " Mauschwitz ". In 1790 he got permission in Polish services to contact. He was lieutenant general and governor of Warsaw. On August 11, 1790, he was also a Prussian lieutenant general.

Louis, called Louis, was life enormously in debt, because he lived far beyond its means and also had to wear extremely high divorce costs. Thanks to good relations with the Russian royal family - his sister was the Russian Czarina Maria Feodorovna - he served in the Russian Army and as Governor of Riga. In 1807 he moved with his family to Württemberg. King Frederick I of Württemberg transferred his unloved younger brother in command of the " Guard and house troops ," his " Maison du Roi ". The royal royal household moved between Stuttgart and the summer residence of Ludwigsburg. In both cities stood for Louis and his family a suitable Palais available. From 1811 the family but was assigned Kirchheim Castle as a residence.

Family

On October 28, 1784 Louis married the Polish princess Maria Anna of Czartoryski Somgasko ( 1768-1854 ), second daughter of Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Czartoryska, née Countess von Flemming. From the unhappy marriage, in 1793 divorced, was only a son, Adam ( 1792-1847 ), out.

His second wife he married on January 28, 1797 in the Hermitage Museum in Bayreuth, the Princess Henrietta of Nassau- Weilburg ( 1780-1857 ), youngest daughter of Prince Karl Christian of Nassau- Weilburg and Karolina Wilhelmina of Orange- Nassau, Princess of Orange. The marriage produced five children:

  • Maria Dorothea (1797-1855) ∞ 1819 Archduke Joseph Anton Johann of Austria
  • Amalie (1799-1848) ∞ 1817 Joseph Duke of Saxe- Altenburg
  • Pauline (1800-1873) ∞ 1820 King Wilhelm I of Württemberg
  • Elisabeth Alexandrine (1802-1864) ∞ 1830 Prince Wilhelm of Baden
  • Alexander (1804-1885) ∞ 1835 ( morg. ) Claudine Countess Rhédey of Kis- RHEDE

Awards

  • Knight of the Royal Württemberg Order of the Golden Eagle
  • Grand Cross of the Württemberg Military Merit
  • Grand Cross of the Russian Order of St. Andrew
  • Grand Cross of the Russian Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
  • Grand Cross of the Russian Order of St. Anne
  • Knight of the Prussian Black Eagle Order
  • Prussian Red Eagle Order
  • Polish White Eagle Order
  • Knights of St. John of Jerusalem Order of
General of the Cavalry (Germany) Margravine Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt Schloss Kirchheim (Teck) Maria Wirtemberska Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of St. Anna Integrated Authority File
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