William I, King of Württemberg

## **Reign**

* October 30, 1816 - June 25, 1864 (47 years)
* Preceded by Frederick I, King of Württemberg
* Succeeded by Charles I, King of Württemberg

## **Life Data**

* Friedrich Wilhelm Karl
* House of Württemberg
* Born September 27, 1781 (Lubin, Poland)
* Died June 25, 1864 (82 years)

## **Immediate Family**

* Father: Frederick I, King of Württemberg (1754-1816)
* Mother: Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764-88)

* Sibling 1: Catharina, Queen of Westphalia (1783-1835)
* Sibling 2: Sophia Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg (1783-84)
* Sibling 3: Paul, Prince of Württemberg (1785-1852)

* Paternal Grandfather: Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732-97)
* Paternal Grandmother: Friederike, Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-98)

* Maternal Grandfather: Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-1806)
* Maternal Grandmother: Augusta, Princess of Great Britain (1737-1813)

## **First Wife: Caroline Augusta, Princess of Bavaria**

* Born February 8, 1792
* Father: Maximilian I Joseph, King of Bavaria (1756-1825)
* Mother: Augusta Wilhelmine, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-96)
* Died February 9, 1873 (81 years)

* Marriage: June 8, 1808 - August 31, 1814 (6 years, divorced)

## **Second Wife: Catherine Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia**

* Born May 21, 1788
* Father: Paul I, Emperor of Russia (1754-1801)
* Mother: Sophie Dorothea, Duchess of Württemberg (1759-1828)
* Died January 9, 1819 (30 years)

* Marriage: January 24, 1816 - January 9, 1819 (2 years, widowed)

## **Child 1: Marie, Princess of Württemberg**

* Marie Friederike Charlotte
* Born October 30, 1816
* Died January 4, 1887 (70 years)

* Husband: Albert, Count von Neipperg (1807-65)
* Marriage: March 19, 1840 - November 16, 1865 (25 years, widowed)

## **Child 2: Sophie, Princess of Württemberg**

* Sophie Emma Matilda
* Born June 17, 1818
* Died June 3, 1877 (58 years)

* Husband: William III, King of the Netherlands (1817-90)
* Marriage: June 18, 1839 - June 3, 1877 (37 years, died)

* Child 1: William, Prince of Orange (1840-79)
* Child 2: Maurice, Prince of the Netherlands (1843-50)
* Child 3: Alexander, Prince of Orange (1851-84)

## **Third Wife: Pauline Therese, Duchess of Württemberg**

* Born September 4, 1800
* Father: Louis, Duke of Württemberg (1756-1817)
* Mother: Henriette, Princess of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857)
* Died March 10, 1873 (72 years)

* Marriage: April 15, 1820 - June 25, 1864 (44 years, died)

## **Child 3: Catherine, Princess of Württemberg**

* Catherine Frederica Charlotte
* Born August 24, 1821
* Died December 6, 1898 (77 years)

* Husband: Frederick, Prince of Württemberg (1808-70)
* Marriage: November 20, 1845 - May 9, 1870 (24 years, widowed)

* Child 1: William II, King of Württemberg (1848-1921)
* m.1877 Marie, Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1857-82)
* Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
* m.1886 Charlotte, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (1864-1946)

## **Child 4: Charles I, King of Württemberg**

* Karl Friedrich Alexander
* Born March 6, 1823
* Died October 6, 1891 (68 years)

* Wife: Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1822-92)
* Marriage: July 13, 1846 - October 6, 1891 (45 years, died)

## **Child 5: Augusta, Princess of Württemberg**

* Born October 4, 1826
* Died December 3, 1898 (72 years)

* Husband: Hermann, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825-1901)
* Marriage: June 17, 1851 - December 3, 1898 (47 years, died)

* Child 1: Pauline, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852-1904)
* m.1873 Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1844-94)
* Children: 2 sons

* Child 2: Wilhelm, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1853-1924)
* m.1885 Gerta, Princess of Ysenburg-Büdingen-Wächtersbach (1863-1945)
* Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter

* Child 3: Bernhard, Count of Crayenburg (1855-1907)
* m.1900 Marie Louise Brockmüller (1866-1903)
* m.1905 Elisabeth, Countess von der Schulenberg (1869-1940)

* Child 4: Alexander, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1857-91)
* Child 5: Ernest, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1859-1909)

* Child 6: Olga, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1869-1924)
* m.1902 Leopold, Prince of Isenburg-Büdingen (1866-1933)