Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

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

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

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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

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

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Notes

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.

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