Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1820–1875)

Duke Eugen of Württemberg
Eugen with his mother Mahthilde, and his sister Marie. Portrait by Carl Rothe, c. 1820's.
Spouse	Princess Mathilde of Schaumburg-Lippe
Issue
Duchess Wilhelmine Duke Eugen Pauline, Baroness of Kirbach
Full name
German: Eugen Wilhelm Alexander Erdmann
House	House of Württemberg
Father	Duke Eugen of Württemberg
Mother	Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Born	25 December 1820(1820-12-25) Carlsruhe, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	8 January 1875(1875-01-08) (aged 54) Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden

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

Early life and family

Duke Eugen was born at Carlsruhe, 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), (George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen).

Military career

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

Marriage and issue

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

• Order of the Crown (Württemberg)

Death

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).

Ancestry

Notes and sources

• Genealogics - Leo van de Pas - Herzog Eugen von Württemberg
• 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.