Christian Ulrich I. (Württemberg-Oels)
Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels (born April 9, 1652 at Oels Castle in Oels ; † April 5, 1704 ibid) was Duke of Württemberg-Oels .
family
Christian Ulrich I was the third son of Duke Silvius Nimrod von Württemberg-Oels from his marriage to the Hereditary Duchess Elisabeth Marie von Oels , daughter of Duke Karl Friedrich I. Podiebrad von Oels and Anne Sophie von Sachsen-Weimar .
Regency
After the death of his brother Karl Ferdinand in 1669, Christian Ulrich I received the partial duchy of Württemberg- Bernstadt . However, after the death of his other brother Silvius Friedrich in 1697, he handed it over to his nephew Karl and took over the duchies of Oels and Juliusburg with Medzibor and parts of Trebnitz himself.
Duke Christian Ulrich I had a princely crypt chapel built in 1698 as an extension of the St. John's Palace and Court Church . He also placed an important art and book collection at Schloss Oels . In 1685 he bought the Neudorf district from Balthasar Wilhelm von Prittwitz , Herr auf Rastelwitz, and had a Baroque palace built here between 1685 and 1692, the Sibyllenort Castle named after his second wife, Sibylle Marie von Sachsen-Merseburg .
He died on April 5, 1704 at the age of 51 at Oels Castle and was buried in the family crypt he had laid out.
Marriage and offspring
His first marriage was on March 13, 1672 in Bernburg with Anna Elisabeth von Anhalt-Bernburg , daughter of Prince Christian II of Anhalt-Bernburg and Eleonora Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg . With her he had seven children:
- Luise Elisabeth (born March 4, 1673 in Bernstadt, † April 28, 1736 in Forst), Princess of Württemberg-Oels ∞ Philipp, Duke of Saxony-Merseburg-Lauchstädt
- Christian Ulrich (born February 21, 1674 in Bernstadt; † July 2, 1674 ibid), Hereditary Prince of Württemberg-Oels
- Leopold Viktor (born May 22, 1675 in Bernstadt; † April 30, 1676 ibid), Hereditary Prince of Württemberg-Oels
- Friederike Christine (born May 13, 1676 in Bernstadt; † June 3, 1676 ibid), Princess of Württemberg-Oels
- Sophie Angelika (born May 30, 1677 in Bernstadt; † November 11, 1700 in Pegau), Princess of Württemberg-Oels ∞ Friedrich Heinrich, Duke of Saxony-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt
- Eleonore Amone (born October 21, 1678 in Breslau, † April 2, 1679 in Bernstadt), Princess of Württemberg-Oels
- Theodosia (* July 20, 1680 in Bernstadt; † September 21, 1680 ibid), Princess of Württemberg-Oels
He concluded his second marriage on October 27, 1683 in Doberlug with Sibylle Marie von Sachsen-Merseburg , daughter of Duke Christian I of Sachsen-Merseburg and Christiana von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg . He had seven more children with her:
- Christine Marie (born August 17, 1685 in Bernstadt; † March 24, 1696 ibid), Princess of Württemberg-Oels
- Christian Erdmann (born July 24, 1686 in Merseburg; † July 8, 1689 there), Hereditary Prince of Württemberg-Oels
- Eleonore Hedwig (born July 11, 1687 in Bernstadt; † October 25, 1688 there), Princess of Württemberg-Oels
- Ulrike Erdmute (born February 5, 1689 in Breslau, † September 5, 1690 in Bernstadt), Princess of Württemberg-Oels
- Karl Friedrich II. (* February 7, 1690 in Merseburg, † December 14, 1761 in Oels), Duke of Württemberg-Oels-Juliusburg ∞ Sibylle Charlotte Juliane of Württemberg-Weiltingen
- Christian Ulrich II. (Born January 27, 1691 at Vielguth Palace near Oels, † February 11, 1734 in Stuttgart), Duke of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort ∞ Philippine Charlotte von Redern zu Krappitz
- Elisabeth Sibylle (born March 19, 1693 in Delitzsch; † February 21, 1694 ibid), Princess of Württemberg-Oels
His third marriage was on February 4, 1695 in Hamburg with Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland (* October 17, 1659 - † February 4, 1698), daughter of Prince Enno Ludwig Cirksena of Ostfriesland and Juliana Sophia Justina von Barby-Mühlingen . With her he had another daughter:
- Auguste Luise (born January 21, 1698 in Bernstadt; † January 4, 1739 at Skarsine Castle near Trebnitz), Princess of Württemberg-Oels ∞ Georg Albrecht, Duke of Saxony-Weissenfels-Barby
He concluded his fourth marriage on December 6, 1700 in Güstrow with Sophie von Mecklenburg-Güstrow , daughter of Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Magdalena Sibylla of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf . This marriage remained childless.
literature
- Harald Schukraft: Christian Ulrich (I.). In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 208 f.
- Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 3: The House of Württemberg from Duke Wilhelm Ludwig to Duke Friedrich Carl. Hohenheim, Stuttgart / Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-89850-084-5 / ISBN 978-3-943066-11-1 , pp. 675-695.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Karl Ferdinand |
Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt 1669–1697 |
Karl |
| Silvius II. Friedrich |
Duke of Württemberg-Oels 1697–1704 |
Karl Friedrich II. |
| Karl | Duke of Württemberg-Juliusburg 1697–1704 |
Karl Friedrich II. |
| ? | Duke of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort 1697–1704 |
Christian Ulrich II. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Christian Ulrich I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Württemberg-Oels, Christian Ulrich I. von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Württemberg-Oels |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1652 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castle Oels , Oels |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 1704 |
| Place of death | Castle Oels, Oels |