William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

William Louis (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.^[1]

William Louis
William Louis, c. 1670
Duke of Württemberg
Reign	2 July 1674 – 23 June 1677
Predecessor	Eberhard III
Successor	Eberhard Louis
Born	(1647-01-07)7 January 1647 Stuttgart
Died	23 June 1677(1677-06-23) (aged 30) Hirsau Castle
Spouse	Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt ​ ​ (m. 1673)​
Issue	Eleonore Dorothea Eberhardine Luise Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg Magdalena Wilhelmine, Margravine of Baden-Durlach
House	Württemberg
Father	Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
Mother	Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg

William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg.

At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the stop-over in Schloß Hirsau. His widow Magdalena Sibylla became regent of Württemberg between 1677 and 1693, until her son reached adulthood.

Issue

He married on 6 November 1673 in Darmstadt with Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and had 4 children:

• Eleonore Dorothea (14 August 1674 – 26 May 1683).
• Eberhardine Luise (11 October 1675 – 26 March 1707).
• Eberhard Ludwig (19 September 1676 – 31 October 1733), next Duke of Württemberg.
• Magdalena Wilhelmine (7 November 1677 – 30 October 1742), married Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

Ancestors

Ancestors of William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

8. Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg 4. John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg 9. Sibylla of Anhalt-Zerbst 2. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg 10. Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg 5. Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg 11. Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin 1. William Louis, Duke of Württemberg 12. Otto I, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg-Mörchingen 6. John Casimir, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg 13. Otillie of Nassau-Weilburg 3. Anna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg 14. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach 7. Dorothea of Solms-Laubach 15. Margarete of Schönburg-Glauchau