Duchess Maria Dorothea | |||||
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Archduchess of Austria | |||||
Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (Painting by Anton Einsle, 1847)
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Born |
Carlsruhe (Pokój), Silesia |
1 November 1797||||
Died | 30 March 1855 Budapest, Hungary |
(aged 57)||||
Spouse | Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary | ||||
Issue | Archduchess Franziska Marie Archduke Alexander Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Archduke Joseph Karl Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians |
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House |
House of Württemberg (by birth) House of Habsburg-Lorraine (by marriage) |
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Father | Duke Louis of Württemberg | ||||
Mother | Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg |
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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.