Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820–1875)

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Duke Eugen of Württemberg

Born| (1820-12-25)25 December 1820
Carlsruhe, currently Pokój, Opole Voivodeship, Kingdom of Prussia
Died| 8 January 1875(1875-01-08) (aged 54)
Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden
Spouse| Princess Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe
Issue| Duchess Wilhelmine
Duke Eugen
Pauline, Baroness of Kirbach
| Names

German: Eugen Wilhelm Alexander Erdmann
House| Württemberg
Father| Duke Eugen of Württemberg
Mother| Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Duke Eugen of Württemberg (German: Herzog Eugen Wilhelm Alexander Erdmann von Württemberg; 25 December 1820 - 8 January 1875) was a German prince.

## Biography[edit]

### Early life and family[edit]

Duke Eugen was born at Carlsruhe, currently Pokój, Opole Voivodeship, Kingdom of Prussia, second child and first son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), (son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern) and his wife, Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1801–1825), (daughter of George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen).

### Military career[edit]

Eugen was Commander of the 1st Westphalian Hussars No. 8.

### Death[edit]

Eugen died aged 54. At the time of his death he was second in the line to the throne of Württemberg after Prince William (later King William II).

## Marriage and issue[edit]

On 15 July 1843, in Bückeburg, he married Princess Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe (1818–1891), daughter of George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont. They had three children:

* Duchess Wilhelmine of Württemberg (11 July 1844 – 24 April 1892), married in 1868, Duke Nicholas of Württemberg, no issue.
* Duke Eugen of Württemberg (20 August 1846 – 27 January 1877) married in 1874 to Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, had issue.
* Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (11 April 1854 – 23 April 1914) married in 1880 to Dr. Melchor Hans Ottokar Willim, had issue.

## Honours[edit]

* Order of the Crown (Württemberg)

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820–1875)

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| 9\. Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

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| 10\. Christian Karl, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern

| 5\. Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern|

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| 11\. Countess Eleanore Reuss of Lobenstein

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| 12\. Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

| 6\. George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont|

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| 13\. Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

| 3\. Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont|

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| 14\. August II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

| 7\. Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen|

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| 15\. Princess Christina of Anhalt-Bernburg

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## Notes and sources[edit]

* thePeerage.com - Eugen Herzog von Württemberg
* The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: page 222
* L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: vol II page 525.

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Dukes of Württemberg

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Eberhard I as Duke of Württemberg in 1495. All generations descend from Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg.

1st generation|

* Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg
* Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg

2nd generation|

* Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg

3rd generation|

* Christoph, Duke of Württemberg
* Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

4th generation|

* Louis III, Duke of Württemberg
* John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg
* Frederick Achilles, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt

5th generation|

* Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
* Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt

6th generation|

* William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
* Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
* Frederick Augustus, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt
* Ferdinand Willem, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt
* Carl Rudolf, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt

7th generation|

* Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg
* Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
* Henry Frederick
* Maximilian Emanuel
* Frederick Louis

8th generation|

* Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
* Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
* Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

9th generation|

* Frederick I, King of Württemberg
* Louis
* Eugen
* William Frederick Philip
* Ferdinand Frederick Augustus
* Alexander

10th generation|

* Adam
* Alexander
* Eugen
* Paul Wilhelm
* Alexander

11th generation|

* Eugen
* William
* Nicholas
* Philipp

12th generation|

* Eugen
* Albrecht
* Robert

13th generation|

* Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
* Carl Alexander

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie

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