Duchess Auguste of Württemberg

Duchess Auguste of Württemberg
Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis
Tenure 17 March 1773–1776
Predecessor Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
Successor Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Born (1734-10-30)30 October 1734
Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire
Died 4 June 1787(1787-06-04) (aged 52)
Hornberg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Issue Princess Maria Theresia
Princess Sophie Friederike
Prince Franz Johann Nepomuck
Princess Henrica Karoline
Prince Alexander Karl
Princess Friederike Dorothea
Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Prince Friedrich Johann Nepomuck
Full name
German: Auguste Elisabeth
House Württemberg
Father Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
Mother Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis
Religion Roman Catholic

Duchess Auguste Elisabeth of Württemberg[1] (in German: Auguste Elisabeth, Herzogin von Württemberg;[1] 30 October 1734, Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire[1]– 4 June 1787, Hornberg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire[1]) was a member of the Ducal House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg by birth. Through her marriage to Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Auguste was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis.[1]

Family and early life

Auguste was the sixth and youngest child of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis.[1] In her youth, she had lived with her mother, until she entered the exclusive Ursuline convent in Metz in 1750.[2] In 1752, her eldest brother Karl Eugen had wanted her to marry a French prince of the blood to assist in his reorientation of Württemberg policy towards France.[2] The match fell through however, and to save the cost of maintaining Auguste, she was instead married off to her maternal cousin Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

Marriage and issue

Auguste married Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, son of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Margravine Sophie Christine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, on 3 September 1753 in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg.[1] They had eight children:[1]

∞ 25 August 1774 Kraft Ernst, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen
∞ 31 December 1775 Prince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł (11 May 1759-18 September 1786)
∞ around 1795 NN Kazanowski
∞ 1797 to a Count Ostrorog
∞ 21 April 1783 with Johannes Aloysius II, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg
∞ 25 May 1789 with Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Styles of
Auguste, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Reference style Her Ducal Serene Highness
Spoken style Your Ducal Serene Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Ancestry

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Darryl Lundy (13 Dec 2008). "Auguste Elisabeth Herzogin von Württemberg". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-12-04. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 1 2 Wilson, p. 245.

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Duchess Auguste of Württemberg
Born: 30 October 1734 Died: 4 June 1787
German nobility
Preceded by
Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis
17 March 1773–1776
Succeeded by
Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
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