William I was the second King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.
He was born in
LübenLubin is a town in south-western Poland, on the Zimnica River. As of the 2004 census, the town had a total population of 77,625.Lubin is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...
, the son of
King Frederick I of WürttembergFrederick I was the first King of Württemberg. He was known for his size, 2.11 m and about 200 kg , which put him in contrast to Napoleon who recognized him as King of Württemberg.-Biography:Born in Treptow, Frederick was the eldest son of Duke Friedrich Eugen of Württemberg and Sophia...
(1754-1816) and his wife
Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelDuchess Augusta Caroline Friederika Louise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a German princess, and first wife of Frederick I of Württemberg. In the family, she was generally called "Zelmira"....
(1764-1788).
On June 8, 1808, in
MunichMunich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg...
, he married Princess Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Princess Augusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796).
William I was the second King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.
He was born in
LübenLubin is a town in south-western Poland, on the Zimnica River. As of the 2004 census, the town had a total population of 77,625.Lubin is situated in Lower Silesian Voivodeship...
, the son of
King Frederick I of WürttembergFrederick I was the first King of Württemberg. He was known for his size, 2.11 m and about 200 kg , which put him in contrast to Napoleon who recognized him as King of Württemberg.-Biography:Born in Treptow, Frederick was the eldest son of Duke Friedrich Eugen of Württemberg and Sophia...
(1754-1816) and his wife
Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-WolfenbüttelDuchess Augusta Caroline Friederika Louise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was a German princess, and first wife of Frederick I of Württemberg. In the family, she was generally called "Zelmira"....
(1764-1788).
On June 8, 1808, in
MunichMunich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg...
, he married Princess Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Princess Augusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796). They divorced in 1814.
On January 24, 1816, in
Saint PetersburgSaint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd and Leningrad...
, he married his first cousin
Catherine Pavlovna of RussiaGrand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia was the fourth daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg...
(1788-1819), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759-1828). Later that year, he succeeded his father as King of Württemberg. With Catherine, he had two daughters;
- Marie (1816-1887), married Count Alfred von Neipperg (1807-1865)
- Sophie
Princess Sophia Frederika Mathilde of Württemberg, Queen of the Netherlands was the first wife of King William III of the Netherlands.-Biography:...
(1818-1877), married King William III of the NetherlandsWilliam III was from 1849 King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg until his death and the Duke of Limburg until the abolition of the Duchy in 1866.-Early life:William was born in Brussels as son of William II of...
(1817-1890)
On April 15, 1820, in
StuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, he married another first cousin Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (1800-1873), daughter of
Duke Louis of WürttembergDuke Louis of Württemberg was the second son of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg and Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt...
(1756-1817) and
Princess Henrietta of Nassau-WeilburgPrincess Henriëtte van Nassau-Weilburg, then van Nassau was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Carolina of Orange-Nassau, daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange.She married in Hermitage, near Bayreuth, on 28 January 1797 with Duke Louis of Württemberg, a son of...
(1780-1857).
By his third wife, he had three children:
- Catherine (1821-1898), whom by her husband Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808-1870) was mother to King William II of Württemberg
William II was the fourth King of Württemberg, from 6 October 1891 until the abolition of the kingdom on 30 November 1918...
- Charles
Charles I was the third King of Württemberg, from 25 June 1864 until his death in 1891.He was born 6 March 1823 at Stuttgart, as HRH Charles Frederick Alexander, Crown Prince of Württemberg the son of William I, King of Württemberg and his third wife Pauline of Württemberg .He studied in Berlin...
(1823-1891), succeeded as King of Württemberg
- Augusta (1826-1898), married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825-1901)
William I died at
Schloss RosensteinRotenberg is an area within the Untertürkheim district of Stuttgart, Germany . The area overlooks Untertürkheim and the Neckar valley and lies on the north and east slopes of the hill know as Württemberg...
in
StuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
.