Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

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

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Family

Maria Dorothea was the eldest of five children born to Duke 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, Thus, Maria Dorothea was the great-aunt of queen consort Mary of United Kingdom.

She was tutored by her governess, the known memoirist Alexandrine des Écherolles, who described her pupils in her memoirs.^[1]

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Marriage and children

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She was the third wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, to whom she was married on 24 August 1819.^[2] They had five children:

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Name	Lifespan	Notes
Archduchess Franziska Marie of Austria	1820- 1820	Died in infancy.
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.

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Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Family

Marriage and children

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