Alexander Friedrich Karl of Württemberg

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Alexander Friedrich Karl von Württemberg (painting by George Dawe , 1823/25)

Alexander Friedrich Karl von Württemberg (born April 24, 1771 in Mömpelgard , County of Württemberg-Mömpelgard , † July 4, 1833 in Gotha ) was the brother of King Friedrich von Württemberg and Tsarina Maria Feodorovna as well as a Russian politician and general.

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Alexander Friedrich Karl, known as "Duke Alexander", was in the Austrian service as a colonel from 1794 and was accepted into the Russian army in 1799 on the recommendation of Alexander Wassiljewitsch Suworow . In 1811 he became governor of Belarus . In 1812 he fought as a general in the Russian army against Napoleon near Smolensk and Borodino . In 1813 he led the Russian siege army near Danzig and forced the French to surrender. For this he was awarded the Georgskreuz 2nd class. After the war he was governor of Belarus again. From 1822 he headed the Russian Ministry of Transport. Under his direction, the road between Petersburg and Moscow was expanded and waterways and bridges built. The waterway system that was previously known as the "Herzog Alexander von Württemberg Canal System" and connects the Volga with the Northern Dvina is known. Two of his sons, Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm (1804–1881) and Ernst Konstantin (1807–1868), were generals in the Russian army.

Alexander was admitted to the Phoenix Masonic Lodge in Paris in 1808 and had been a member of the Les amis réunis Lodge in Saint Petersburg since 1810 .

family

Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Alexander Friedrich Karl von Württemberg was a son of the future Duke Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg and his first wife Friederike Dorothea von Brandenburg-Schwedt . In 1798 he married Antoinette von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779-1824), the second daughter of Duke Franz von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld . The following children were born from the marriage:

⚭ 1832 Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784–1844)
⚭ 1837 Princess Marie Christine of Orléans (1813–1839)
⚭ 1860 Natalie Eschborn , from 1860 "von Grünhof" (1836–1905)
  • Friedrich (1810-1815)

Duke Alexander died on July 4, 1833 in the Gotha residence of his son-in-law Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and was buried in the royal crypt of Schloss Friedenstein . Since the son of Wilhelm II , the last King of Württemberg , died in 1880 at the age of five months and other male descendants of older lines of the House of Württemberg were not entitled to inheritance due to improper marriages, Alexander's great-grandson, Duke Albrecht of Württemberg , was William's heir to the throne intended. Since then, the bosses of the House of Württemberg have come from the so-called “ducal line”, which was founded by Duke Alexander and has been Catholic since his grandson Philip of Württemberg .

Württemberg nobleman

As prince of the royal house , Duke Alexander held a mandate in the Württemberg Chamber of Notaries from 1820 until his death , but never took part in any of its meetings.

honors and awards

Duke Alexander received the following awards:

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Freemasons of the Württemberg royal house (compilation of the Lodge Zu den 3 Cedern Stuttgart).
  2. ↑ Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1828, page 10.

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personal data
SURNAME Württemberg, Alexander Friedrich Karl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian nobleman, politician and general
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1771
PLACE OF BIRTH Mömpelgard , County of Württemberg-Mömpelgard , Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1833
Place of death Gotha , Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha