William I of Württemberg

Infobox_Monarch | name =William I
title =King of Württemberg


caption ="King William I of Württemberg"
reign =October 30, 1816 - June 25, 1864
coronation =
predecessor =Frederick I
successor =Charles I
heir =
consort =i) Charlotte of Bavaria
ii) Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
iii) Pauline of Württemberg
issue =Marie, Sophie, Catherine, Charles, Augusta
royal house =Württemberg
royal anthem =
father =Frederick I of Württemberg
mother =Augusta of Brunswick
date of birth =birth date|1781|9|27|mf=y
place of birth = Lüben
date of death =death date and age|1864|6|25|1781|9|27|mf=y
place of death = Stuttgart
place of burial =Württemberg Mausoleum|

William I of Württemberg ( _de. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl von Württemberg; September 27, 1781-June 25, 1864) was King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.

He was born in Lüben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg (1754-1816) and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764-1788).

On June 8, 1808, in Munich, he married Princess Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Princess Augusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796). They divorced in 1814.

On January 24, 1816, in Saint Petersburg, he married his first cousin Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788-1819), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759-1828). Later that year, he succeeded his father as King of Württemberg. With Catherine, he had two daughters;
*Marie (1816-1887), married Count Alfred von Neipperg (1807-1865)
*Sophie (1818-1877), married King William III of the Netherlands (1817-1890)

On April 15, 1820, in Stuttgart, he married another first cousin Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (1800-1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756-1817) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857).

By his third wife, he had three children:
*Catherine (1821-1898), whom by her husband Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808-1870) was mother to King William II of Württemberg
*Charles (1823-1891), succeeded as King of Württemberg
*Augusta (1826-1898), married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825-1901)

William I died at Schloss Rosenstein in Stuttgart.

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1= William I of Württemberg
2= Frederick I of Württemberg
3= Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
4= Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
5= Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt
6= Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick
7= Princess Augusta Frederika of Wales
8= Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
9= Princess Marie Augusta of Thurn and Taxis
10=Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
11=Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
12=Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
13=Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
14=Frederick, Prince of Wales
15=Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha