William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
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Duke of Württemberg from 1674 to 1677
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| William Louis | |
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| William Louis, c. 1670 | |
| Duke of Württemberg | |
| Reign | 2 July 1674 – 23 June 1677 |
| Predecessor | Eberhard III |
| Successor | Eberhard Louis |
| Born | (1647年01月07日)7 January 1647 Stuttgart |
| Died | 23 June 1677(1677年06月23日) (aged 30) Hirsau Castle |
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| House | Württemberg |
| Father | Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg |
| Mother | Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg |
William Louis (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.[1]
William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg.
At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the stop-over in Schloß Hirsau. His widow Magdalena Sibylla became regent of Württemberg between 1677 and 1693, until her son reached adulthood.
Issue
[edit ]He married on 6 November 1673 in Darmstadt with Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and had 4 children:
- Eleonore Dorothea (14 August 1674 – 26 May 1683).
- Eberhardine Luise (11 October 1675 – 26 March 1707).
- Eberhard Ludwig (19 September 1676 – 31 October 1733), next Duke of Württemberg.
- Magdalena Wilhelmine (7 November 1677 – 30 October 1742), married Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.
Ancestors
[edit ]| Ancestors of William Louis, Duke of Württemberg |
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1. William Louis, Duke of Württemberg 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
[edit ]- ^ Sönke, Lorenz; Dieter, Mertens; Volker, Press, eds. (1997). "Württemberg, Wilhelm Ludwig, Herzog". Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon (in German) (Online ed.). Stuttgart: LEO-BW. pp. 161–162.
William Louis, Duke of Württemberg Born: 7 January 1647 Died: 23 June 1677
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| Preceded by | Duke of Württemberg 1674–1677 |
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