Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg

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Name
Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg Gender: M
born on 11 February 1728 at 21:00 (= 9:00 PM )
Place Brussels, Belgium, 50n50, 4e20
Timezone LMT m4e20 (is local mean time)
Data source
Rectified from approx. time
Rodden Rating C
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_aqucol.18.svg 22°27' s_mo.18.svg s_piscol.18.svg 12°17 Asc.s_libcol.18.svg 04°21'



Duke of Württemberg Karl Eugen

Biography

Duke of Württemberg, as the eldest son of and successor of Karl Alexander. His mother was Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis.

He succeeded his father as ruler of Württemberg at the age of 9, but the real power was in the hands of Administrators Carl Rudolf, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (1737–1738) and Carl Friedrich von Württemberg-Oels (1738–1746).

He was an early patron of Friedrich Schiller. He also studied keyboard with Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in the 1740s (Bach's "Württemberg" sonatas, published in 1744, were dedicated to Karl Eugen).

Karl Eugene married twice, first in Bayreuth on 26 September 1748 to Margravine Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth with whom he had one daughter, Friederike Wilhelmine Augusta Luise Charlotte, who was born in Stuttgart on 19 February 1750 and died after 13 months in Stuttgart on 12 March 1751. Elisabetha left Karl Eugene in 1756 to return to her parents' court in Bayreuth although they never divorced. In the meantime, Karl Eugene kept a string of mistresses and fathered eleven children by them. The last of these mistresses was Franziska von Hohenheim, whom he raised to the status of Countess and married in Stuttgart on 10 or 11 January 1785.

He died on 24 October 1793, aged 65, in Hohenheim.


Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

Events

  • Relationship : Marriage 24 September 1748 (Margravine Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth)
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  • Relationship : Marriage 10 January 1785 (Franziska von Hohenheim)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes news report from "Leydse courant," 16 February 1728, p. 1: "Gister-avond, is de Princeffe van Wurtenberg, Dochter van den Prins van La Tour en Taxis, van een Zoon in 't Kraambedde bevallen." (Yesterday evening, the Princess of Wurttemberg, daughter of the Prince of Thurn and Taxis, was brought to bed of a Son). A time of 9pm is speculative.

Categories

  • Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
  • Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Twelve)
  • Notable : Famous : Royal family (House of Württemberg)