William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
William Louis of Württemberg on his deathbed
Born	(1647-01-07)7 January 1647 Stuttgart
Died	23 June 1677(1677-06-23) (aged 30) Hirsau Castle
Noble family	House of Württemberg
Spouse(s)	Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt
Father	Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
Mother	Anna Katharina of Kyrburg

William Louis of Württemberg (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was the ruler of the senior Duchy of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.

William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Katharina of 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

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

Ancestors of William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

16. George I, Duke of Württemberg-Mömpelgard 8. Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg 17. Barbara of Hesse 4. John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg 18. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt 9. Sibylla of Anhalt-Zerbst 19. Agnes of Barby and Mühlingen 2. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg 20. John George, Elector of Brandenburg 10. Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg 21. Sophie of Legnica 5. Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg 22. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin 11. Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin 23. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1. William Louis, Duke of Württemberg 24. John VIII, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg-Mörchingen 12. Otto I, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg-Mörchingen 25. Anna of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg 6. John Casimir, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg 26. Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg 13. Otillie of Nassau-Weilburg 27. Amalie of Isenburg-Büdingen 3. Anna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg 28. Frederick Magnus, Count of Solms-Laubach 14. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach 29. Agnes of Wied 7. Dorothea of Solms-Laubach 30. Georg II, Lord of Schönburg-Glauchau 15. Margarete of Schönburg-Glauchau 31. Dorothea Reuss of Plauen