Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

Duke (1652–1697)

Frederick Charles
Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
Born	(1652-09-12)12 September 1652 Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg
Died	20 December 1697(1697-12-20) (aged 45) Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg
Noble family	Württemberg
Spouse(s)	Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Father	Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
Mother	Anna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg

Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental (12 September 1652 – 20 December 1697) was since 1677 Duke of the new-founded line of Württemberg-Winnental and regent of the infant Duke Eberhard Ludwig.

Biography

Born on 12 September 1652 at Stuttgart, Frederick Charles was the second son of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg and Anna Catharina von Salm-Kyrburg.^[1]

On 27 November 1677 he was given the regency over his nephew after the death of his older brother and with that the regency over Württemberg. This ended on 22 January 1693 when Eberhard Ludwig reached the age of majority. Out of recognition he received a large sum of money and was appointed Generalfeldmarschall by the Kaiser.

Frederick Charles fought against the French on the Rhine in the War of the Grand Alliance under Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden. On 27 September 1692, an imperial army unit of 4,000 cavalry men under his command was attacked by surprise in their camp in Ötisheim near Mühlacker. They withdrew hastily and lost several hundred men, either killed or captured by the French. The Duke himself was among the prisoners, but was released soon after.^[2]

He fell ill in 1696 of syphilis and died the next year in Stuttgart.

Marriage and children

Frederick Charles married on 31 October 1682 Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663–1724), daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

They had seven children :

Charles Alexander (1684–1737), who would become the 11th Duke of Württemberg.
Dorothea Charlotte (1685–1687)
Frederick Charles (1686–1693)
Henry Frederick (1687–1734), served in the Dutch army until 1713.
Maximilian Emanuel (1689–1709), volunteer in the army of Charles XII of Sweden and a devoted friend to the king.
Frederick Louis (1690 - killed September 19, 1734) at the Battle of Guastalla. He married on October 22, 1722 Ursula von Alten Brockum (November 25, 1680 - May 4, 1743).
Christiane Charlotte (1694–1729) - married William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental (center), his sister-in-law Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt (left) and Eberhard Ludwig (right)
Eleonore Juliane von Brandenburg-Ansbach

Ancestry

Ancestors of Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

8. Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

4. John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg

9. Sibylla of Anhalt-Zerbst

2. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

10. Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg

5. Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg

11. Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin

1. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

12. Otto I, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg-Mörchingen

6. John Casimir, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg

13. Otillie of Nassau-Weilburg

3. Anna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg

14. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach

7. Dorothea of Solms-Laubach

15. Margarete of Schönburg-Glauchau

References

^ Kugler 1878, p. 50: "Friedrich Karl, Herzog von Würtemberg-Winnenthal, geboren am 12. September 1652 ..."
^ Kugler 1878, p. 51: "... wurde aber bei Oetisheim am 17. September [1692] in ein unglückliches Gefecht verwickelt und schließlich selber gefangen."

Kugler, Bernhard von (1878), "Friedrich Karl, Herzog von Württemberg-Winnenthal", in Liliencron, Rochus von (ed.), Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 8, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 50–52 – Friedrich I von Sachsen-Altenburg to Gering