Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp of Württemberg

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Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp von Württemberg (* 27. December 1761 in Szczecin ; † 10. August 1830 in the castle of Stetten im Remstal ) was a württembergischer Prince and Minister of War.

Wilhelm Friedrich von Wuerttemberg

Life

Prince Wilhelm was the fourth son of Duke Friedrich II. Eugen von Württemberg and his wife Friederike Dorothea Sophia von Brandenburg-Schwedt , eldest daughter of Margrave Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Schwedt and Sophie Dorothea Marie von Prussia , a niece of the Prussian King Friedrich II .

Prince Wilhelm joined the Danish army in 1779 and was quickly promoted to the rank of colonel. As early as 1781 he commanded his own regiment, was promoted to major general in 1783 and took over the Danish bodyguard on foot in 1785. In 1795 he was raised to the rank of lieutenant general. In 1801 he took up the position of governor of the royal seat and sea fortress of Copenhagen and in this position was confronted with the attack of the British navy in the same year . In 1806 he retired from the Danish army with a grant of 10,000 Reichstalers.

His brother, the new King of Württemberg , made him Field Marshal and Württemberg Minister of War in Stuttgart . From 1810 to 1821 Duke Wilhelm lived temporarily in his manor in Hirrlingen near Rottenburg, but more often in Stetten Castle in the Remstal . On June 29, 1811, Baron Friedrich von Phull de facto assumed the functions of Minister of War as Vice President of the War Department, although Duke Wilhelm de jure remained in office until 1815. After the end of his service, Duke Wilhelm immersed himself in scientific research and successfully practiced as a doctor. In 1817 the University of Tübingen awarded him an honorary doctorate in medicine. As a member of the royal house , Duke Wilhelm held a mandate in the Württemberg Chamber of Notaries from 1819 until his death in 1830 .

Marriage and offspring

Wilhelm's wife Wilhelmine von Tunderfeld-Rhodis

On August 23, 1800, Prince Wilhelm married his mother's lady-in-waiting in Coswig : Wilhelmine Freiin von Tunderfeld-Rhodis (* 1777, † 1822), the daughter of Baron Karl August Wilhelm von Tunderfeld-Rhodis . This was the scion of a soldier family from Sweden and originally from the Baltic States. Since this was an unequal marriage according to the laws of the House of Württemberg, Prince Wilhelm declared on August 1, 1801 that his descendants would renounce the succession to the throne.

From Wilhelmine's marriage to Wilhelmine, six children emerged, but only three of them reached adulthood:

1. ∞ Théodelinde de Beauharnais (* 1814; † 1857)
2. ∞ Florestine of Monaco (* 1833; † 1897)
  • Friedrich August (* 1811; † 1812)
  • Franz (* 1814; † 1824)
  • Countess Marie von Württemberg (* 1815; † 1866) ∞ Count Wilhelm von Taubenheim (* 1805; † 1894)

Honors

literature

  • Wolfgang Schmierer: Wilhelm, Duke of Württemberg , In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (Hrsg.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , p. 380 f.
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 1050 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Royal Württemberg Court and State Handbook 1824 , p. 8
personal data
SURNAME Württemberg, Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Württemberg, Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Duke of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Prince of Württemberg, General
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1830
Place of death Stetten in the Remstal