William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
Appearance
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William Louis | |
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Duke of Württemberg | |
Reign | 2 July 1674 – 23 June 1677 |
Predecessor | Eberhard III |
Successor | Eberhard Louis |
Born | Stuttgart | 7 January 1647
Died | 23 June 1677 Hirsau Castle | (aged 30)
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House | Württemberg |
Father | Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg |
Mother | Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg |
William Louis (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.[1]
William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg.
At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the stop-over in Schloß Hirsau. His widow Magdalena Sibylla became regent of Württemberg between 1677 and 1693, until her son reached adulthood.
Issue
[edit]He married on 6 November 1673 in Darmstadt with Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and had 4 children:
- Eleonore Dorothea (14 August 1674 – 26 May 1683).
- Eberhardine Luise (11 October 1675 – 26 March 1707).
- Eberhard Ludwig (19 September 1676 – 31 October 1733), next Duke of Württemberg.
- Magdalena Wilhelmine (7 November 1677 – 30 October 1742), married Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.
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References
[edit]- ^ Sönke, Lorenz; Dieter, Mertens; Volker, Press, eds. (1997). "Württemberg, Wilhelm Ludwig, Herzog". Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon (in German) (Online ed.). Stuttgart: LEO-BW. pp. 161–162.