Prince Paul of Württemberg
Prince Paul | |||||
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St Petersburg, Russian Empire | |||||
Died | 16 April 1852 Paris, France | (aged 67)||||
Burial | Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg | ||||
Spouse | Magdalena de Creus y Ximenes
(m. 1848) | ||||
Issue | |||||
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Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Prince Paul of Württemberg (Paul Heinrich Karl Friedrich August; 19 January 1785 – 16 April 1852) was the fourth child and second son of
Early life
Paul was born in
As Paul grew up, her opinion changed. During the visit of the
First marriage and children
On 28 September 1805 in Ludwigsburg, Paul married Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, second daughter of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, who became Duke of Saxe-Altenburg in 1826. They had five children:
- Princess Friederike Charlotte Marie (9 January 1807 – 2 February 1873); married Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia
- Catherine Frederica of Württemberg and was the father of William II of Württemberg.
- Paul Friedrich (7 March 1809 – 28 May 1810)
- Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg.
- Prince August (24 January 1813 – 12 January 1885); married (morganatically) Marie Bethge, with issue.
Illegitimate descendants
Shortly before his marriage, Paul had a
Later life and second marriage
In 1815 Paul moved from his home in Stuttgart to Paris, leaving his wife and two sons, but taking his daughters with him. There he led a relatively modest life, but was frequently in the company of intellectuals such as Georges Cuvier. Paul's family did not approve of this and ordered him to return to Württemberg, but he refused.[3] While in Paris, he fathered two more illegitimate daughters by two different mistresses.
Shortly after the death of his wife in 1847, Paul went to
Paul died in Paris aged 67 on 16 April 1852.
Honours
- Württemberg:[6]
- Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown
- Knight of the Military Merit Order
- French Empire: Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour, 1805/06[7]
- Kingdom of Bavaria: Knight of St. Hubert, 1808[8]
- Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Black Eagle, 3 November 1812[9]
Ancestry
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7195-6109-2.
- ^ Lea Thies: Londons OB entdeckt berühmte Verwandtschaft. Augsburger Allgemeine, 27 August 2008, website in German language
- ISBN 0-7509-4418-8.
- ^ Family Tree Magazine, volume 21, no. 4 (February 2005) page 14, and no. 8 (July 2005) page 22.
- ^ Michel Huberty, Alain Giraud and F. & B. Magdelaine, L'Allemagne Dynastique, volume 2 (1979) pages 504-7, Note 17a.
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1847/50), "Königliche Orden" pp. 30, 58
- ISBN 978-2-35077-135-9.
- ^ Bayern (1849). Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1849. Landesamt. pp. 8.
- ^ Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III. ernannte Ritter" p. 16