Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771-1833)
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portrait by George Dawe, 1823
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| Born | 5 May 1771 |
| Died | 4 July 1833 (aged 62) |
| Allegiance | Armies of Württemberg, Austria and Russia |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | 1791-1832 |
Duke Alexander of Württemberg (Mömpelgard/Montbéliard, then Württemberg (now France), 5 May 1771 – Gotha, Thuringia, Germany, 4 July 1833) was a Duke of Württemberg. The son of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and of Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. His sister Sophie Dorothea married Tsar Paul I of Russia.
In 1798 he married Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779 - 1824). They had five children:
Alexander of Württemberg was the founder of the fifth branch (called the ducal branch) of the House of Württemberg, descended from the seventh son of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. On the extinction of the eldest branch in 1921, the ducal branch became the new dynastic-branch of the House. (The House of Württemberg's two morganatic branches - the dukes of Teck (extinct in the male line in 1981), and the morganatic branch of the dukes of Urach - were technically 'older' than the Ducal branch, but ineligible to succeed).
Alexander of Württemberg is the direct ancestor of the present claimant to the dukedom of Württemberg, Carl.
Alexander began service in the Württemberg army as a colonel on 21 April 1791, and transferred to the Austrian army, serving during the campaign against France in 1796-1799, and participating in the battles of Rastadt, Wurtzburg, Offenbach, and Zurich. In 1796 Prince Alexander became a Major General and a Fieldmarshal Lieutenant in the Austrian army in 1798.
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