Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Duchess Maria Dorothea
Archduchess of Austria
Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, taken around 1840
Born	(1797-11-01)1 November 1797 Carlsruhe (Pokój), Silesia
Died	Budapest, Hungary
Spouse	Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Issue	Archduchess Franziska Marie Archduke Alexander Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Archduke Joseph Karl Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians
Full name Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline
House	House of Württemberg (by birth) House of Habsburg-Lorraine (by marriage)
Father	Duke Louis of Württemberg
Mother	Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline; 1 November 1797 in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia – 30 March 1855 in Budapest, Hungary) was the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756–1817) and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780–1857).

Family

Maria Dorothea in 1818.

Maria Dorothea was the eldest of five children born to Louis of Württemberg and his second wife Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She was born in Carlsruhe (now Pokój), Silesia, now Poland.

Her brother Alexander was the grandfather of Mary of Teck, the future queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom.

Marriage and children

She was the third wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, to whom she was married on 24 August 1819. They had five children:

Name	Portrait	Lifespan	Notes
Archduchess Franziska Marie of Austria		1820- 1820	Died in childhood.
Archduke Alexander of Austria		1825- 1837	Died in childhood
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria		1831- 1903	Married firstly Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and had issue; married secondly Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and had issue.
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria		1833- 1905	Married Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and had issue.
Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria		1836- 1902	Married Leopold II of Belgium and had issue

Ancestry

Family of Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

16. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental               8. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg                       17. Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach               4. Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg                             18. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis               9. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis                       19. Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska of Lobkowicz               2. Louis of Württemberg                                   20. Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt               10. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt                       21. Princess Johanna Charlotte of Anhalt-Dessau               5. Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt                             22. Frederick William I of Prussia               11. Sophia Dorothea of Prussia                       23. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover               1. Maria Dorothea of Württemberg                                         24. Johann Ernst, Prince Nassau-Weilburg               12. Charles August of Nassau-Weilburg                       25. Marie Polyxena of Leiningen-Hartenburg               6. Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg                             26. Georg August Samuel, Prince of Nassau-Saarbrücken-Idstein               13. Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein                       27. Henriette Dorothea of Öttingen-Öttingen               3. Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg                                   28. John William Friso, Prince of Orange               14. William IV, Prince of Orange                       29. Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel               7. Carolina of Orange-Nassau                             30. George II of Great Britain               15. Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange                       31. Caroline of Ansbach

References

• Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America (1977), London, UK: Burke's Peerage Ltd, page 22.