Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

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Archduchess Joseph of Austria
Maria Dorothea
Archduchess Joseph of Austria
Born(1797-11-01)1 November 1797
Carlsruhe (Pokój), Silesia
Died30 March 1855(1855-03-30) (aged 57)
Budapest, Hungary
SpouseArchduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
IssueArchduchess Franziska Marie
Archduke Alexander
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska
Archduke Joseph Karl
Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians
Names
Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline
HouseWürttemberg
FatherDuke Louis of Württemberg
MotherPrincess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
ReligionLutheranism

Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline; 1 November 1797 in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia – 30 March 1855 in Pest, Hungary) was the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756–1817) and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780–1857).[citation needed]

Family

Maria Dorothea in 1818.
Archduchess Maria Dorothea

Maria Dorothea was the eldest of five children born to Duke Louis of Württemberg and his second wife Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She was born in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia, now Poland.

Her brother Alexander was the grandfather of Mary of Teck, the future queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom.

She was tutored by her governess, the known memoirist Alexandrine des Écherolles, who described her pupils in her memoirs.[1]

Marriage and children

She was the third wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, to whom she was married on 24 August 1819. They had five children:

Name Portrait Lifespan Notes
Archduchess Franziska Marie of Austria
1820-
1820
Died in infancy.
Archduke Alexander of Austria
1825-
1837
Died in childhood
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
1831-
1903
Married firstly Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and had issue;

married secondly Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and had issue.

Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria
1833-
1905
Married Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and had issue.
Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria 1836-
1902
Married Leopold II of Belgium and had issue

Ancestry

Ancestors of Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
16. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
8. Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
17. Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach
4. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
18. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis
9. Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis
19. Princess Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska of Lobkowicz
2. Duke Louis of Württemberg
20. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
10. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
21. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau
5. Margravine Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt
22. Frederick William I of Prussia
11. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
23. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
1. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
24. John Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg
12. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
25. Maria Polyxena of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Hartenburg
6. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
26. George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein
13. Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein
27. Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen
3. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg
28. John William Friso, Prince of Orange
14. William IV, Prince of Orange
29. Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
7. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau
30. George II of Great Britain
15. Anne, Princess Royal
31. Caroline of Ansbach

References

Citations

  1. ^ Side Lights on the Reign of Terror; being the memoirs of Mademoiselle des Écherolles (London, 1900)

Source

  • Keith, Alexander (1867). "Origin of the Mission to the Jews at Pesth". The Sunday at home: a family magazine for Sabbath reading. Vol. 14. London: The Religious Tract Society. pp. 212-216, 232-237, 245-248, 261-263.
  • Kovács, Ábrahám (2006). The History of the Free Church of Scotland's Mission to the Jews in Budapest and its impact on the Reformed Church of Hungary 1841-1914. Frankfurt am Main; New York; Berlin; Bern; Bruxelles; New York; Oxford; Wien: Peter Lang Verlag.
  • Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (1977), London, UK: Burke's Peerage Ltd, page 22.
  • personal (1866). "A Personal Narrative of a Ten Years' Mission in Hungary". The Sunday at home: a family magazine for Sabbath reading. London: The Religious Tract Society. pp. 737-742, 763-765, 772-775, 794-796, 810-812.
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