William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
William Louis of Württemberg on his deathbed
Spouse(s)	Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt
Noble family	House of Württemberg
Father	Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
Mother	Anna Katharina of Kyrburg
Born	7 January 1647 Stuttgart
Died	23 June 1677 (aged 30) Hirsau Castle

William Louis of Württemberg (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was the ruler of the senior Duchy of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.

William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Katharina of Kyrburg.

At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly 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

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.

Ancestors

Ancestors of William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

16. George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard               8. Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg                       17. Barbara of Hesse               4. John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg                             18. Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt               9. Sibylla of Anhalt                       19. Agnes of Barby-Mühlingen               2. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg                                   20. John George, Elector of Brandenburg               10. Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg                       21. Sophie of Legnica               5. Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg                             22. John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin               11. Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin                       23. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel               1. William Louis, Duke of Württemberg                                         24. John VIII, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg-Mörchingen               12. Otto I, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg-Mörchingen                       25. Anna of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg               6. John Casimir, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg                             26. Philip III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg               13. Otillie of Nassau-Weilburg                       27. Amalie of Isenburg-Büdingen               3. Anna Catherine, Wild- and Rhinegravine of Salm-Kyrburg                                   28. Frederick Magnus I, Count of Solms-Laubach               14. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach                       29. Agnes of Wied               7. Dorothea of Solms-Laubach                             30. George II, Count of Schönberg-Glauchau               15. Margaret of Schönberg-Glauchau                       31. Dorothea Reuss of Plauen