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Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg

Duchess Maria Dorothea
Archduchess of Austria
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Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (Painting by Anton Einsle, 1847)
Born (1797-11-01)1 November 1797
Carlsruhe (Pokój), Silesia
Died 30 March 1855(1855-03-30) (aged 57)
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
Full name
Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline

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).

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.

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

married secondly Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and had issue.



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