Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg

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Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg (27 December 1761, in

In 1779 he joined the Royal Danish Army and quickly rose to the rank of Oberst. In 1781 he commanded his own regiment, being promoted to major general in 1783, moved to the Danish Foot Guards in 1785 and promoted to lieutenant general in 1795. In 1801 he became governor of Copenhagen and later the same year faced the Battle of Copenhagen in that role.

In 1806 he paid 10,000 Reichstaler to leave the Danish army. His brother Frederick had just been made king of Württemberg and in Stuttgart made William a field marshal and Württemberg's minister for war. From 1810 to 1821 William temporarily lived in his manor house at Hirrlingen near Rottenburg but more often in the Schloss Stetten in Remstal. On 29 June 1811 he took on Freiherr Friedrich von Phull as vice-president of the War Department (and de facto Minister for War, though William remained minister de jure until 1815).

In 1815, on leaving office, William shifted to studying science and successfully practised as a physician. In 1817 the

Marriage and issue

On 23 August 1800, in

• Count Alexander of Württemberg (1801–1844), poet; married Countess Helene Festetics von Tolna (1812–1886), daughter of Ladislas Graf Festetics of Tolna.
• Count August of Württemberg (1805–1808)
• Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Count of Württemberg (1810–1869); married firstly Princess Théodolinde of Leuchtenberg (1814–1857). He married secondly Princess Florestine of Monaco (1833–1897).
• Count Friedrich August of Württemberg (1811–1812)
• Count Franz of Württemberg (1814–1824)
• Countess Marie of Württemberg (1815–1866); married Count Wilhelm of Taubenheim (1805–1894).

Since this was a

• Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown^[2]
• Grand Cross of the Württemberg Military Merit Order^[2]
• 1803 Knights' Cross of the Danish Order of the Elephant^[2]
• Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honour^[2]

See also

• History of Württemberg
• History of Denmark#The 19th century

Bibliography

• Wolfgang Schmierer: Wilhelm, Herzog von Württemberg, in Sönke Lorenz, Dieter Mertens,
  ISBN 3-17-013605-4
  , S. 380 f.
• Frank Raberg: Biographisches Handbuch der württembergischen Landtagsabgeordneten 1815–1933. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, S. 1050 f.

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