Princess Catherine of Württemberg

For her aunt Catherine, Queen of Westphalia, see Catharina of Württemberg.

Princess Frederick of Württemberg

Princess Catherine

Princess Frederick of Württemberg
Born| (1821-08-24)24 August 1821
Stuttgart, Württemberg
Died| 6 December 1898(1898-12-06) (aged 77)
Stuttgart, Württemberg
Spouse|

Prince Frederick of Württemberg

(m. 1845; died 1870)​

Issue| William II of Württemberg
| Names

Catherine Frederica Charlotte
German: Katherina Friederike Charlotte[1]
House| Württemberg
Father| William I of Württemberg
Mother| Pauline Therese of Württemberg

Princess Catherine Frederica Charlotte of Württemberg (Stuttgart, 24 August 1821 – Stuttgart, 6 December 1898) was a daughter of William I of Württemberg and Pauline Therese of Württemberg.[1] She was the mother of William II of Württemberg.[2]

## Family[edit]

Catherine was the eldest of three children born to William I of Württemberg by his third wife and cousin Pauline Therese of Württemberg. Her two siblings were Charles I of Württemberg and Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She also had two half-siblings from her father's previous marriage to Catherine Pavlovna of Russia: Marie and Sophie, the future Queen consort of the Netherlands.[citation needed]

## Marriage[edit]

On 20 November 1845, Catherine married her first cousin, Prince Frederick of Württemberg.[1] He was a son of Prince Paul of Württemberg and Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The marriage was meant to strengthen ties between the main branch of the Württemberg family and the next possible heir to the throne. As the marriage seemingly predicted, they had one son, who would eventually succeed her childless brother Charles as King of Württemberg:[citation needed]

* William II of Württemberg (25 February 1848 – 2 October 1921)

## Later life[edit]

Frederick died in 1870. In the 1880s, Catherine was described as a "portly, austere old widowed Princess...who had a red, mannish face, and habitually dressed in purple and mauve".[2] She frequently resided in the Villa Seefeld, which was located in Switzerland. In this location, she was a neighbor of her relatives, the Tecks, who included the future Queen Mary of the United Kingdom.[2] Catherine died 28 years after her husband, on 6 December 1898 in Stuttgart, the place of her birth.[1]

## Ancestry[edit]

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Ancestors of Princess Catherine of Württemberg

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| 4\. Frederick I of Württemberg|

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| 9\. Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt

| 2\. William I of Württemberg|

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| 10\. Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

| 5\. Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|

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| 11\. Princess Augusta of Great Britain

| 1\. Princess Catherine of Württemberg|
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| 12\. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (= 8)

| 6\. Duke Louis of Württemberg|

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| 13\. Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt (= 9)

| 3\. Duchess Pauline Therese of Württemberg|

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| 14\. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

| 7\. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg|

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| 15\. Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

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## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Lundy 2012, p. 10173 § 101723 cites McNaughton 1973, pp. 224–225.
2. ^ a b c Pope-Hennessy 1959, p. 266.

## References[edit]

* Lundy, Darryl (20 March 2012), Katherina Friederike Charlotte Prinzessin von Württemberg, The Peerage, p. 10173 § 101723, retrieved 6 September 2014 Endnotes:
* McNaughton, C. Arnold (1973), The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, vol. 1 (3 volumes ed.), London: Garnstone Press, pp. 224–225
* Pope-Hennessy, James (1959), Queen Mary 1867-1953, London: George Allen and Unwin Unlimited, ISBN 0-04-923025-5

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Princesses of Württemberg by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King of Württemberg in 1805.

1st Generation|

* Catharina, Queen of Westphalia

2nd Generation|

* Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands
* Catherine, Princess Frederick of Württemberg1
* Augusta, Princess Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia
* Pauline, Duchess of Nassau

3rd Generation|

* none

4th Generation|

* Pauline, Princess of Wied

1also a Princess of Württemberg by marriage

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Princesses of Württemberg by marriage

Generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as King of Württemberg in 1805.

1st generation|

* Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria
* Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
* Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen

2nd generation|

* Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
* Princess Catherine of Württemberg1

3rd generation|

* Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
* Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe

1also a princess of Württemberg by birth

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