Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental (12 September 1652 – 20 December 1697) was since 1677 Duke of the new-founded line of Württemberg-Winnental and regent of the infant Duke Eberhard Ludwig.

Frederick Charles
Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
Born(1652-09-12)12 September 1652
Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg
Died20 December 1697(1697-12-20) (aged 45)
Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg
Noble familyWürttemberg
Spouse(s)Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach
FatherEberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
MotherAnna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg

Biography

Born on 12 September 1652 at Stuttgart, Frederick Charles was the second son of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg and Anna Catharina von Salm-Kyrburg.[1]

On 27 November 1677 he was given the regency over his nephew after the death of his older brother and with that the regency over Württemberg. This ended on 22 January 1693 when Eberhard Ludwig reached the age of majority. Out of recognition he received a large sum of money and was appointed Generalfeldmarschall by the Kaiser.

Frederick Charles fought against the French on the Rhine in the War of the Grand Alliance under Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden. On 27 September 1692, an imperial army unit of 4,000 cavalry men under his command was attacked by surprise in their camp in Ötisheim near Mühlacker. They withdrew hastily and lost several hundred men, either killed or captured by the French. The Duke himself was among the prisoners, but was released soon after.[2]

He fell ill in 1696 of syphilis and died the next year in Stuttgart.

Marriage and children

Frederick Charles married on 31 October 1682 Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663–1724), daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

They had seven children :

  • Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental (center), his sister-in-law Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt (left) and Eberhard Ludwig (right)
  • Eleonore Juliane von Brandenburg-Ansbach

Ancestry
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References
  1. Kugler 1878, p. 50: "Friedrich Karl, Herzog von Würtemberg-Winnenthal, geboren am 12. September 1652 ..."
  2. Kugler 1878, p. 51: "... wurde aber bei Oetisheim am 17. September [1692] in ein unglückliches Gefecht verwickelt und schließlich selber gefangen."
  • Kugler, Bernhard von (1878), "Friedrich Karl, Herzog von Württemberg-Winnenthal", in Liliencron, Rochus von (ed.), Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 8, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 50–52 – Friedrich I von Sachsen-Altenburg to Gering


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