Duchess Frederica of Württemberg

Frederica of Württemberg
Princess Peter Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp
Spouse	Prince Peter Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp
Issue
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg Duke George of Oldenburg
Full name
German: Friederike Elisabeth Amalie Auguste
House	House of Württemberg (by birth) House of Holstein-Gottorp (by marriage)
Father	Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
Mother	Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Born	27 July 1765(1765-07-27) Trzebiatów, Brandenburg
Died	24 November 1785(1785-11-24) (aged 20) Vienna, Austria[1]
Religion	Lutheranism

Duchess Frederica Elisabeth Amalie Auguste of Württemberg (27 July 1765 – 24 November 1785) was a daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt.^[1]

Family

Frederica was the seventh child and second daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Among her siblings were King Frederick of Württemberg, Sophia Dorothea, Empress of Russia, and Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria.

Frederica's paternal grandparents were Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis.

Her maternal grandparents were Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.

Marriage and issue

Grand Prince August and Prince Georg of Oldenburg , 1790s.

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 was married to Paul I of Russia, a member of the House of Holstein-Gottorp). They had two children before her death from childbirth on 24 November 1785:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
Paul Friedrich August, Grand Duke of Oldenburg	13 July 1783	27 February 1853	married firstly Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; had issue, including Amalia of Oldenburg who became Queen consort of Greece; secondly, he married Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym; had issue; thirdly, he married Cecilia of Sweden; had issue.
Duke Georg Peter Friedrich of Oldenburg	9 May 1784	27 December 1812	married Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia; had issue.

Her widowed husband Peter would succeed his cousin William as Grand Duke of Oldenburg in 1823, many years after Frederica's death. He never remarried.

Ancestry

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage: Friederike Herzogin von Württemberg". http://thepeerage.com/p11043.htm#i110430. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 

Persondata
Name	Frederica Of Wurttemberg
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	27 July 1765
Place of birth	Trzebiatów, Brandenburg
Date of death	24 November 1785
Place of death	Vienna, Austria