Duchess Amelia of Württemberg

Amelia of Württemberg
Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg
Born	(1799-06-28)28 June 1799 Wallisfurth, Prussia (modern Wolany, Poland)
Died	28 November 1848(1848-11-28) (aged 49) Altenburg
Spouse	Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
Issue	Marie, Queen of Hanover Pauline Friederike Therese Elisabeth Pauline, Grand Duchess of Oldenberg Alexandra, Grand Duchess of Russia Luise
House	House of Württemberg House of Saxe-Altenburg
Father	Duke Louis of Württemberg
Mother	Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg

Amalie Therese Louise Wilhelmina Philippine of Württemberg (28 June 1799, Wallisfurth – 28 November 1848, Altenburg) was a Duchess of Württemberg and an ancestor of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Sofía of Spain and five Kings of Greece.

She was a daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg.

Marriage and children

She married on 24 April 1817, at Kirchheim unter Teck, with Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789–1868).

Amalie and Joseph had six daughters:

• Alexandrine Marie Wilhelmine Katharine Charlotte Therese Henriette Luise Pauline Elisabeth Friederike Georgine (b. Hildburghausen, 14 April 1818 - d. Gmunden, 9 January 1907), married on 18 February 1843 to King George V of Hanover
• Pauline Friederike Henriette Auguste (b. Kirchheim unter Teck, 24 November 1819 - d. Hildburghausen, 11 January 1825)
• Henriette Friederike Therese Elisabeth (b. Hildburghausen, 9 October 1823 - d. Altenburg, 3 April 1915)
• Elisabeth Pauline Alexandrine (b. Hildburghausen, 26 March 1826 - d. Oldenburg, 2 February 1896), married on 10 February 1852 to Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
• Alexandra Friederike Henriette Pauline Marianne Elisabeth [upon her marriage, she took the name Alexandra Iosifovna in a Russian Orthodox baptism] (b. Altenburg, 8 July 1830 - d. St.Petersburg, 6 July 1911), married on 11 September 1848 to Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
• Luise (b. Altenburg, 4 June 1832 - d. Hummelshain, 29 August 1833)

Amalia died on 28 November 1848 at the age of 49 in Altenburg. Her husband decided two days later to abdicate in the favor of his brother George, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. Joseph died in 1868 at Altenburg.

Ancestry

Family of Duchess Amelia of Württemberg

16. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental 8. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg 17. Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach 4. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg 18. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis 9. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis 19. Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska of Lobkowicz 2. Louis of Württemberg 20. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt 10. Friedrich Wilhelm, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt 21. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau 5. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt 22. Frederick William I of Prussia 11. Sophia Dorothea of Prussia 23. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover 1. Amelia of Württemberg 24. Johann Ernst, Prince Nassau-Weilburg 12. Charles August of Nassau-Weilburg 25. Marie Polyxena of Leiningen-Hartenburg 6. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg 26. Georg August Samuel, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein 13. Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein 27. Henriette Dorothea of Öttingen-Öttingen 3. Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg 28. John William Friso, Prince of Orange 14. William IV, Prince of Orange 29. Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel 7. Carolina of Orange-Nassau 30. George II of Great Britain 15. Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange 31. Caroline of Ansbach