Théodolinde de Beauharnais

Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Princess of Leuchtenberg (13 April 1814 – 1 April 1857), Countess of Württemberg by marriage, was a Franco-German princess. She was a granddaughter of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's first wife.

Biography

The fifth of the seven children of Eugène de Beauharnais (1781–1824), Duke of Leuchtenberg, and his wife, Princess Augusta of Bavaria (1788–1851), Théodolinde was born in Mantua, Italy, and presumably named for Theudelinda, a 6th-century queen of the Lombards. She had two brothers (Auguste and Maximilian) and three surviving sisters (Joséphine, Eugénie, and Amélie). Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte and former Empress of France, was her paternal grandmother. The latter, however, died about six weeks after Théodolinde's birth.

Through her marriage to Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand, Count of Württemberg, Théodolinde became Countess (Gräfin) of Württemberg, but died before her husband was created Duke of Urach. She died after a short illness on the morning of 1 April 1857 in Stuttgart, Germany, and was buried in the family vault at Ludwigsburg, with her heart buried at the Hauskapelle of the palace in Munich.

She was the subject of an 1840 portrait by Friedrich Dürck.

Marriage and issue

On 8 February 1841, at the age of 26, she was married in Munich to Wilhelm, Count of Württemberg (afterwards Duke of Urach), whose father, Wilhelm Friedrich of Württemberg, was a younger brother of Friedrich II, the last Duke of Würtemberg, whom Napoleon later (1806) elevated to the status of King of Württemberg, as Friedrich I. He was also a cousin of Princess Catharina of Württemberg (1783–1835), who became the second wife of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's youngest brother, in 1807.

Four daughters were born from this marriage:

Princess Augusta Eugenie of Urach (1842–1916)
- Married first Count Rudolf von Enzenberg zum Freyen und Jochelsthurn (1835–1874) and second Count Franz von Thun und Hohenstein (1826–1888). Both of her marriages produced issue. Among her descendants belongs Danielle, Freiin von und zu Bodman (wife of prince Inigo von Urach, current pretender of Lithuanian throne).
Princess Marie Josephine of Urach (1844–1864).
Princess Eugenia Amalie of Urach (1848–1867).
Princess Mathilde of Urach (1854–1907)
- Married Paolo Altieri, Prince of Oriolo and Viano (1849–1901), by whom she had issue.

Her husband's second marriage to Princess Florestine of Monaco produced his heir, the future Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Théodolinde de Beauharnais

16. Claude de Beauharnais, comte des Roches-Baritaud

8. François de Beauharnais, marquis de la Ferté-Beauharnais

17. Renée Hardouineau de Laudanière

4. Alexandre, vicomte de Beauharnais

18. François-Louis de Pyvart de Chastullé

9. Marie Anne Henriette Françoise de Pyvart de Chastullé

19. Jeanne Hardouineau de Laudanière

2. Eugène de Beauharnais, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg

20. Gaspard Joseph Tascher de la Pagerie

10. Joseph-Gaspard Tascher de la Pagerie

21. Françoise Bourreau de la Chevalerie

5. Joséphine Tascher de La Pagerie

22. Joseph François des Vergers de Sannois

11. Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sannois

23. Catherine Marie Brown

1. Théodolinde de Beauharnais

24. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

12. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

25. Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

6. King Maximilian I of Bavaria

26. Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

13. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach

27. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg

3. Princess Amalia Augusta of Bavaria

28. Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

14. Landgrave George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

29. Countess Charlotte Christine Magdalene Johanna of Hanau

7. Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

30. Christian Karl Reinhard, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg

15. Countess Marie Luise of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim

31. Countess Katharina Polyxena of Solms-Rödelheim

Notes

Sources

Théodolinde de Beauharnais at thePeerage.com
Arnold McNaughton: The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, London (1973)

House of Beauharnais

Generations are numbered from Claude de Beauharnais, seigneur de Beaumont.

1st generation	François V, Marquis de La Ferté-Beauharnais Claude, 1st Count of Roches-Baritaud m. Françoise Mouchard

2nd generation	François François VI, Marquis de La Ferté-Beauharnais m. Françoise de Beauharnais Claude, 2nd Count of Roches-Baritaud Anne, Countess de Barral Alexandre, Viscount of Beauharnais m. Joséphine Tascher de La Pagerie (later Empress of the French)

3rd generation	Adélaïde Françoise Émilie, Countess of Lavalette Eugène, Duke of Leuchtenberg* m. Princess Augusta of Bavaria Amedee Hortense, Queen of Holland* Alberic Stéphanie, Grand Duchess of Baden* Josephine, Marquise de Quiqueran-Beaujeu Eugénie Hortense, Countess de Querelles Auguste

4th generation	Joséphine, Queen of Sweden and Norway Eugénie, Princess of Hohenzollern-Hechingen Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg** m. Queen Maria II of Portugal Amélie, Empress of Brazil Théodolinde, Countess of Württemberg Carolina Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg^ m. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia

5th generation	Alexandra^ Marie, Princess William of Baden^ Nicholas, Duke of Leuchtenberg^ Eugenia, Duchess Alexander of Oldenburg^ Eugen, Duke of Leuchtenberg^ Sergei^ Georgi, Duke of Leuchtenberg*^ m. 1st Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg, m. 2nd Princess Anastasia of Montenegro*

6th generation	Nicholas de Beauharnais Daria, Princess Leon Kotchoubey George Alexander, Duke of Leuchtenberg^ Sergei, Duke of Leuchtenberg^ Elena, Countess Stefan Tyszkiewicz**^

7th generation	Nicholas de Beauharnais Dimitri Nadezhda, Mrs. Mogilevsky Maximilian Natalie, Baroness Vladimir Meller-Zakomelsky Tamara, Mrs. Constantin Karanfilov Sergei Andrei Michael Constantine Marie, Countess Nikolai Mengden-Altenwoga**

8th generation	Elena Maria Magdalen, Mrs. Joseph de Pasquale George Anna, Mrs. Stout Eugénie Élisabeth, Mrs. von Bruch Xenia, Countess Dimitri Grabbe Olga, Mrs. Ronald Newburgh Olga, Mrs. Oleg Gaydeburov Nicholas Serge Elizabeth, Mrs. John Craft**

9th generation	Nicholas Maxiliam Constantine

* also a Prince or Princess des Francais ** also a Prince or Princess of Leuchtenberg and Eichstädt ^also a Prince Romanovsky or Princess Romanovskaja

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 42948373 GND: 130540560

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