Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Maria Dorothea of Württemberg
Archduchess of Austria
Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, taken around 1840
Born	(1797-11-01)1 November 1797 Carlsruhe (Pokój), Silesia
Died	30 March 1855(1855-03-30) (aged 57) Budapest, Hungary
Spouse	Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Issue	See issue link
Names Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline
House	House of Württemberg House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father	Louis of Württemberg
Mother	Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline of Württemberg (1 November 1797, Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia – 30 March 1855, Budapest, Hungary) was the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756–1817) and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780–1857).[1]

Family

Duchess Maria Dorothea von Württemberg in 1818, a year before her marriage.

Maria Dorothea was the eldest of five children born to Louis of Württemberg and his second wife Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She was born in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia, now Poland.

Her brother Alexander was the grandfather of Mary of Teck, the future queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom.

Marriage and children

She was the third wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, to whom she was married on 24 August 1819. They had five children.

Issue

Issue

Name Portrait Lifespan Notes Archduchess Franziska Marie Elisabeth 1820- 1820 Died in childhood Archduke Alexander 1825- 1837 Died in childhood Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska 1831- 1903 Married first Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and had issue; married second Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and had issue Archduke Joseph Karl 1833- 1905 Married Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and had issue Archduchess Marie Henriette Queen of the Belgians 1836- 1902 Married Leopold II of Belgium and had issue

Ancestry

Ancestors of Maria Dorothea 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. Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

22. Frederick William I of Prussia

11. Sophia Dorothea of Prussia

23. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover

1. Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

24. Johann Ernst, Prince Nassau-Weilburg

12. Charles August of Nassau-Weilburg

25. Marie Polyxena of Leiningen-Hartenburg

6. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

26. Georg August Samuel, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein

13. Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein

27. Henriette Dorothea of Öttingen-Öttingen

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

• Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (1977), London, UK: Burke's Peerage Ltd, page 22.