Marie-Auguste von Thurn and Taxis

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Marie-Auguste von Thurn and Taxis

Duchess Maria Augusta von Württemberg , born Princess Maria Augusta von Thurn und Taxis (born August 11, 1706 in Frankfurt am Main , † February 1, 1756 in Göppingen ) was the wife of Duke Karl Alexander von Württemberg .

Life

Maria Augusta is the daughter of Anselm Franz von Thurn und Taxis , she spent the first eighteen years of her life in the Netherlands, initially in Spain and Austria since 1714 . She and her family moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1724 , where the administrative headquarters of the Imperial Post Office was located.

On May 1, 1727, she married the imperial field marshal and governor of the Kingdom of Serbia, Duke Karl Alexander von Württemberg.

Over the years she had three sons and a daughter, but became a widow at the age of thirty and subsequently had to contend with the politics of the regional elites who had already opposed her husband. The guardianship of her eldest son Carl Eugen , the successor to the throne of the Württemberg duchy, was controversial. In the disputes she initially took a strictly imperial course, but in 1737 made a radical change of course with an orientation towards Prussia . In this way, in November 1737, she reached an agreement with the administrator, Duke Carl Rudolf von Württemberg-Neuenstadt, and thus secured her financial livelihood and her influence on the upbringing of her children. In 1739 she made the Marquis d'Argens her chamberlain and probably also lover. In 1741 she handed over a Württemberg dragoon regiment named after her to the Prussian army, which she had led since 1734. In 1741 she was awarded the Prussian Black Eagle Order, in 1745 she was accepted into the Brandenburg-Kulmbach Order of the Red Eagle , and in the same year also into the Russian Order of Catherine .

In order not to let the influence of the Prussian Frederick the Great on her sons get out of hand, she pursued the premature declaration of consent of her son Carl Eugen. In 1750, however, she got into a violent dispute with her son, who was now in power, so that he had her taken into custody. She spent the last years of her life in a sheltered place in Göppingen Castle .

progeny

The children of Duke Karl Alexander von Württemberg and Duchess Maria Augusta von Württemberg were:

literature

  • Gabriele Haug-Moritz: Maria Augusta. In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , pp. 256-258.
  • Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 4: The House of Württemberg from Duke Eberhard Ludwig to Duke Carl Alexander. With the Stuttgart and Winnental lines. Landhege, Schwaigern 2015, ISBN 978-3-943066-39-5 , pp. 481-532.
  • Karin de la Roi-Frey: Duchess Maria Augusta of Württemberg (1706–1756), born Princess of Thurn and Taxis . In this: mothers of famous Swabian heads. Stieglitz, Mühlacker 1999, ISBN 3-7987-0349-3 , pp. 11-37.
  • Theodor Schön: Duchess Maria Augusta von Württemberg, born Princess von Thurn und Taxis. In: Diocesan Archives of Swabia , 25th year 1907 and continuations up to 30th year 1912.
  • Jürgen Walter: Carl Eugen von Württemberg - a duke and his subjects. Biography. Stieglitz, Mühlacker 1987, ISBN 3-7987-0243-8 . Shortened new edition under the title: Carl Eugen von Württemberg - Biographie. Stieglitz, Mühlacker 2009, ISBN 978-3-7987-0398-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Thurn and Taxis, Marie-Auguste von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maria Augusta of Württemberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Duke Karl Alexander von Württemberg
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1706
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1756
Place of death Goeppingen