Duchess Frederica of Württemberg

Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (German: Friederike Elisabeth Amalie Auguste von Württemberg; 27 July 1765 – 24 November 1785) was a daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt.

Duchess Frederica
Princess of Holstein-Gottorp
Born(1765-07-27)27 July 1765
Treptow an der Rega, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia
Died24 November 1785(1785-11-24) (aged 20)
Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
SpousePrince Peter Frederick Louis of Holstein-Gottorp
IssueAugustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Duke George of Oldenburg
Names
German: Friederike Elisabeth Amalie Auguste
HouseWürttemberg
FatherFrederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
MotherFriederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt
ReligionLutheranism

Life

Frederica was born on 27 July 1765 in Treptow an der Rega, Farther Pomerania (now Trzebiatów, Poland) as the seventh child and second daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt.[1] She was the sibling of King Frederick of Württemberg, Sophia Dorothea, Empress of Russia, and Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria.

On 6 June 1781, Frederica married Prince Peter Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp.[1] The marriage was meant to strengthen relations between Russia and Württemberg (Frederica's sister Sophia Dorothea was married to Paul I of Russia, a member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp). Her sister Sophia Dorothea encouraged the marriage, and her brother-in-law Paul I became the godfather of her sons.

Death

At the age of twenty, Frederica died from childbirth in Vienna on 24 November 1785.[1] She also suffered from breast cancer at the time of her death. Her widowed husband Peter never remarried. He would succeed his cousin William as Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1823, many years after Frederica's death.

Issue
Frederica's two surviving sons: Augustus and George in the 1790s.
NameBirthDeathNotes
Paul Friedrich August, Grand Duke of Oldenburg13 July 178327 February 1853married firstly Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; had issue, including Amalia of Oldenburg who became Queen consort of Greece;
secondly, he married Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; had issue;
thirdly, he married Princess Cecilia of Sweden; had issue.
Duke Georg Peter Friedrich of Oldenburg9 May 178427 December 1812married Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia; had issue.

Ancestry

References
  1. Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Friederike Herzogin von Württemberg". Retrieved 16 December 2009.
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