- Duchess Auguste of Württemberg
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Duchess Auguste of Württemberg Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis Tenure 17 March 1773–1776 Predecessor Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen Successor Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Spouse Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Issue Princess Maria Theresia
Princess Sophie Friederike
Prince Franz Johann Nepomuck
Princess Henrica Karoline
Prince Alexander Karl
Princess Friederike Dorothea
Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Prince Friedrich Johann NepomuckFull name German: Auguste Elisabeth House House of Württemberg
House of Thurn and TaxisFather Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg Mother Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis Born 30 October 1734
Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman EmpireDied 4 June 1787 (aged 52)
Hornberg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman EmpireReligion Roman Catholic Duchess Auguste Elisabeth of Württemberg[1] (in German: Auguste Elisabeth, Herzogin von Württemberg;[1] 30 October 1734, Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire[1]– 4 June 1787, Hornberg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire[1]) was a member of the Ducal House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg by birth. Through her marriage to Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Auguste was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis.[1]
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Family and early life
Auguste was the sixth and youngest child of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis.[1] In her youth, she had lived with her mother, until she entered the exclusive Ursuline convent in Metz in 1750.[2] In 1752, her eldest brother Karl Eugen had wanted her to marry a French prince of the blood to assist in his reorientation of Württemberg policy towards France.[2] The match fell through however, and to save the cost of maintaining Auguste, she was instead married off to her maternal cousin Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.
Marriage and issue
Auguste married Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, son of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Margravine Sophie Christine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, on 3 September 1753 in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg.[1] They had eight children:[1]
- Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (born 10 July 1757 † 9 March 1776)[1]
- ∞ 25 August 1774 Kraft Ernst, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen
- Princess Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis (born 20 July 1758; † 31 May 1800)[1]
- ∞ 31 December 1775 Prince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł (11 May 1759-18 September 1786)
- ∞ around 1795 NN Kazanowski
- ∞ 1797 to a Count Ostrorog
- Prince Franz Johann Nepomuck of Thurn and Taxis (baptized 2 October 1759; † 22 January 1760)[1]
- Princess Henrica Karoline of Thurn and Taxis (baptized 25 April 1762; † 25 April 1784)[1]
- ∞ 21 April 1783 with Johannes Aloysius II, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg
- Prince Alexander Karl of Thurn and Taxis (born 19 April 1763; † 21 April 1763)[1]
- Princess Friederike Dorothea of Thurn and Taxis (born 11 September 1764 † 10 November 1764)[1]
- Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (born 22 February 1770; † 15 July 1827)[1]
- ∞ 25 May 1789 with Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Prince Friedrich Johann Nepomuck of Thurn and Taxis (born 11 April 1772 † 7 December 1805), unmarried[1]
Styles of
Auguste, Princess of Thurn and TaxisReference style Her Ducal Serene Highness Spoken style Your Ducal Serene Highness Alternative style Ma'am Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 30 October 1734 – 3 September 1753: Her Ducal Serene Highness Duchess Auguste of Württemberg
- 3 September 1753 – 17 March 1773: Her Ducal Serene Highness The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis
- 17 March 1773–1776: Her Ducal Serene Highness The Princess of Thurn and Taxis
- 1776 – 4 June 1787: Her Ducal Serene Highness Princess Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, Duchess of Württemberg
Ancestry
Ancestors of Duchess Auguste of Württemberg 16. Johann Frederick, Duke of Württemberg 8. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg 17. Princess Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg 4. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental 18. Johannes Casimir, Wild-and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg 9. Wild-and Rhinegravine Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg 19. Countess Dorothea of Solms-Laubach 2. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg 20. Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 10. Albrecht II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 21. Countess Sophie of Solms-Laubach 5. Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach 22. Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen 11. Countess Sophie Margarethe of Oettingen-Oettingen 23. Countess Anna Sibila of Solms-Sonnenwalde-Pouch 1. Duchess Auguste of Württemberg 24. Claudius Lamoral II, Count of Thurn and Taxis 12. Eugen Alexander Franz, 1st Prince of Thurn and Taxis 25. Countess Anne Francoise Eugénie of Hornes 6. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis 26. Herman Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg 13. Princess Anna Adelheid of Fürstenberg 27. Countess Franziska of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen 3. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis 28. Václav Eusebius Frantiek, Prince of Lobkowicz 14. Ferdinand August Leopold, Prince of Lobkowicz, Duke of Sagan 29. Countess Palatine Augusta Sophie of Sulzbach 7. Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska, Princess of Lobkowicz 30. Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden 15. Margravine Maria Anna Wilhelmine of Baden-Baden 31. Countess Maria Magdalene of Oettingen References
Sources
- Wilson, Peter H. (2004). "Women and Imperial Politics: The Württemberg Consorts 1674-1757" in Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort. Clarissa Campbell Orr (ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521814227.
Duchess Auguste of WürttembergHouse of WürttembergBorn: 30 October 1734 Died: 4 June 1787German nobility Preceded by
Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-StühlingenPrincess consort of Thurn and Taxis
17 March 1773–1776Succeeded by
Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-StrelitzThe generations are numbered from the elevation of Eugen Alexander Franz to Prince of Thurn and Taxis in 1695.1st Generation Princess Maria Ludovika of Lobkowicz2nd Generation Margravine Sophie Christine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth · Princess Charlotte Louise of Lorraine · Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen3rd Generation Duchess Auguste of Württemberg · Princess Eleonore of Lobkowicz4th Generation Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz · Countess Marie Isabelle of Eltz · Countess Juliane of Einsiedel · Countess Aurora Batthyány of Német-Ujvár5th Generation Baroness Wilhelmine of Dörnberg · Princess Mathilde Sophie of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg · Countess Almeria of Belcredi · Countess Lucie Capello of Wickenburg · Eugénie de Tascher de la Pagerie · Countess Antonie of Schaffgotsche · Countess Maria of Thun and Hohenstein6th Generation Duchess Helene in Bavaria · Viktoria Edelspacher de Gyoryok · Baroness Melanie of Seckendorff · Princess Karoline of Thurn und Taxis* · Countess Franziska Grimaud of Orsay · Princess Marie of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst · Countess Theresia Grimaud of Orsay · Princess Maria Theresia of Braganza · Princess Eleonore of Ligne · Countess Henriette Ungnad of Weissenwolff7th Generation Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria · Countess Gabriele Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau · Lida Eleanor Nicolls** · Princess Pauline of Metternich-Winneburg · Princess Marie of Ligne · Ingeborg Sponer** · Countess Beatrice of Bethusy-Huc · Dorothea van der Elst**8th Generation Princess Isabel Maria of Braganza · Princess Maria Anna of Braganza · Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg · Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis* · Countess Marie Valerie of Mazzuchelli · Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark · Princess Eulalia of Thurn and Taxis* · Princess Maria Julia of Lobkowicz · Frances Goodyear** · Anna Maria Zhuber von Okróg** · Beatrix Estella de Gamas** · Princess Mafalda of Thurn and Taxis* · Anna Brückner** · Nancy Brown Hess** · Angela Tacoli**9th Generation Countess Mariae Gloria of Schönburg in Glauchau and Waldenburg · Baroness Alexandra von der Ropp · Countess Anna Maria of Pocci · Christa Heinle** · Dorothea Hornberg** · Countess Maria Christiane of Waldstein, Baroness of Wartenberg · Martha Singer** · Beata Béry** · Veronique Lantz** · Viola Pauen** · Anja Krapinger** · Ursulla Franco Silva** · Countess Pauline of Aspremont-Lynden · Countess Anna of Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg10th Generation Carine Lackner** · Kimberly E. Herald** · Nina Zeiringer***also a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth
**did not have a royal or noble title by birthCategories:- 1734 births
- 1787 deaths
- House of Thurn and Taxis
- House of Württemberg
- Princesses of Thurn and Taxis
- People from Stuttgart
- Hereditary Princesses of Thurn and Taxis
- Duchesses of Württemberg
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