Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg

Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine Constance of Württemberg (27 February 1802 in Würzau, Courland Governorate – 5 December 1864, in Karlsruhe) was a daughter of Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg.^[1] By her marriage to Prince William of Baden, she became a Princess of Baden.

Family

Elisabeth, aged 18.

Elisabeth was one of five children born to Duke Louis of Württemberg and his second wife Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. Her siblings included Maria Dorothea, Archduchess of Austria; Amelia, Duchess of Saxe-Altenberg; Pauline, Queen consort of Württemberg; and Duke Alexander of Württemberg (the founder of the Teck branch of the family).

Elisabeth's paternal grandparents were Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt.

Her maternal grandparents were Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, a daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange.

Marriage and children

Elisabeth married Prince William of Baden on 16 October 1830.^[1] Ten years older than she was, he was the second son of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg. Due to the lowly status of his mother, William had no succession rights for a time to the Grand Duchy of Baden (until his brother succeeded as Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden earlier that year).

Elisabeth and William had four children:

Wilhelmine Pauline Henriette Amalie Louise (May 7, 1833—August 7, 1834).
Sophie Pauline Henriette Amalie Louise (August 7, 1834—April 6, 1904), married Woldemar, Prince of Lippe on November 9, 1858.
Pauline Sophie Elisabeth Marie (December 18, 1835—May 15, 1891).
Leopoldine Wilhelmine Pauline Amalie Maximiliane (February 22, 1837—December 23, 1913), married Hermann VI, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg on September 24, 1862. She was the mother of Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg.

Death

William died on 11 October 1859. Elisabeth would die five years later, on 5 December 1864.^[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg

16. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

8. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

17. Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach

4. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

18. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis

9. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

19. Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska of Lobkowicz

2. Louis of Württemberg

20. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

10. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

21. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau

5. Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

22. Frederick William I of Prussia

11. Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

23. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

1. Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg

24. Johann Ernst, Prince Nassau-Weilburg

12. Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

25. Marie Polyxena of Leiningen-Hartenburg

6. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

26. George August, Count of Nassau-Idstein

13. Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein

27. Henriette Dorothea of Oettingen-Oettingen

3. Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

28. John William Friso, Prince of Orange

14. William IV, Prince of Orange

29. Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel

7. Carolina of Orange-Nassau

30. George II of Great Britain

15. Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange

31. Caroline of Ansbach

References

1 2 3 Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Elisabeth Alexandrine Herzogin von Württemberg". Retrieved 16 December 2009.

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Princesses of Baden by marriage

The generations indicate marriage to the princely descendants of Charles Frederick, the first Grand Duke of a united Baden.

1st Generation	Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt Duchess Luise of Nassau-Usingen Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg

2nd Generation	Stéphanie de Beauharnais Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg

3rd Generation	Princess Hilda of Nassau Princess Marie Louise of Hanover

4th Generation	Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark*

5th Generation	Archduchess Valerie of Austria*

6th Generation	Stephanie Anne Kaul*

*Titular princess (margravine) of Baden due to the 1918-1919 German Revolution

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 6034535 GND: 130248746

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