Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

Friedrich Carl ( born September 12, 1652 Stuttgart, † December 20, 1698 ibid ) was since 1677 Duke of Württemberg newly established line of Württemberg- Winnental and as guardian of Duke Eberhard Ludwig Regent of the Duchy.

Life

Friedrich Carl was the son of Duke Eberhard III. of Württemberg and Anna Catharina, wild and Rhine Countess of Salm- Kyrburg.

On November 27, 1677 Carl Friedrich of Emperor Leopold I. received the guardianship over his nephew Eberhard Ludwig and thus the regency Württemberg. This ended on 22 January 1693 the majority of Eberhard Ludwig. Domestically, he took care of the consolidation of the country, with special emphasis of the churches and schools. During his tenure, the foundation of the first school in Stuttgart falls, 1686th

In foreign policy, the period was marked by the Nine Years' War. In the fall of 1688 Friedrich Carl was forced to flee with the twelve -year-old Eberhard Ludwig to Nuremberg. In September 1692 was Frederick Charles, who was with an army of 4,000 men at Oetisheim, captured by the French and taken to Versailles. Negotiations but he refused because he could not hold any consultation with the emperor. When he was released in January 1693, had obtained together with the Württemberg Privy Council with the Emperor premature emancipation Eberhard Ludwig Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse- Darmstadt, Eberhard Ludwig's mother.

As compensation for the delivery of the administration he received from the landscape a large sum of money paid out. In addition, the emperor appointed him to Field Marshal.

He fought from 1694 on the Upper Rhine under Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden -Baden and received during the winter quarters the command of the imperial army. From 1696 he began to ail. On December 20, 1698, he died of syphilis.

Progeny

On October 31, 1682 married Friedrich Karl Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg- Ansbach ( 1663-1724 ), a daughter of Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg- Ansbach.

  • Charles Alexander (1684-1737), later 11th Duke of Württemberg
  • Dorothea Charlotte (1685-1687)
  • Frederick Charles (1686-1693)
  • Heinrich Friedrich (1687-1734)
  • Maximilian Emanuel (1689-1709), a personal friend of the Swedish King Charles XII.
  • Friedrich Ludwig (1690-1734) like,
  • Christiane Charlotte (1694-1729) - married to Margrave William Frederick of Brandenburg -Ansbach
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