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Revision as of 05:09, 14 November 2007

William Frederick Charles
King of Württemberg
File:WilhelmIwuertt.jpg
King William I of Württemberg
portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler
ReignOctober 30, 1816 - June 25, 1864
PredecessorFrederick I
SuccessorCharles I
Burial
IssueMarie, Sophie, Catherine, Charles, Augusta
HouseWürttemberg
FatherFrederick I of Württemberg
MotherAugusta of Brunswick

William I of Württemberg (September 27, 1781-June 25, 1864) was King of Württemberg.

He was born in Lübben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg (1754-1816) and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764-1788).

On June 8, 1808, at Munich, he married Princess Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796). They divorced in 1814.

On January 24, 1816, at Saint Petersburg, he married his first cousin Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788-1819), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759-1828). Later that year, he succeeded his father as King of Württemberg. With Catherine, he had two daughters;

On April 15, 1820, at Stuttgart, he married another first cousin Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (1800-1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756-1817) and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857).

By his third wife, he had three children:

  • Catherine (1821-1898), whom by her husband Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808-1870) was mother to King William II of Württemberg
  • Charles (1823-1891)
  • Augusta (1826-1898), married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar (1825-1901)

William I died at Schloss Rosenstein, in Stuttgart, Germany.

Ancestry

William I of Württemberg
Born: 27 September 1781 Died: 25 June 1864
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Württemberg
1816-1864
Succeeded by