Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg
| William Frederick Philip | |
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| Duke of Württemberg | |
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| Born |
December 27, 1761 Stettin |
| Died | 10 August 1830 (aged 68) Schloss von Stetten im Remstal |
| Wife | Wilhelmine von Tunderfeld-Rhodis |
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| House | House of Württemberg |
| Father | Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg |
| Mother | Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt |
William Frederick Philip, Duke of Württemberg (27 December 1761, Stettin – 10 August 1830, Schloss von Stetten im Remstal) was a prince of the House of Württemberg and a minister for war.
William was the fourth son of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt, eldest daughter of Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, a niece of Frederick II of Prussia.
In 1779 he joined the Royal Danish Army and quickly rose to the rank of Oberst. In 1781 he commanded his own regiment, being promoted to major general in 1783, moved to the Danish Foot Guards in 1785 and promoted to lieutenant general in 1795. In 1801 he became governor of Copenhagen and later the same year faced the Battle of Copenhagen in that role.
In 1806 he paid 10,000 Reichstaler to leave the Danish army. His brother Frederick had just been made king of Württemberg and in Stuttgart made William a field marshal and Württemberg's minister for war. From 1810 to 1821 William temporarily lived in his manor house at Hirrlingen near Rottenburg but more often in the Schloss Stetten in Remstal. On 29 June 1811 he took on Freiherr Friedrich von Phull as vice-president of the War Department (and de facto Minister for War, though William remained minister de jure until 1815).
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