Duke Christian Ulrich II of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort (27 January 1691 at
Vielguth Castle nearby
Oleśnica
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– 7 February 1734 in
Stuttgart) was
Duke
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of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort.
Life
Christian Ulrich II was the youngest son of the Duke
Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels (1652-1704) from his second marriage to Princess Sibylle Marie (1667-1693), the daughter of Duke
Christian I
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of Saxe-Merseburg. Christian Ulrich II studied in
Frankfurt (Oder) and at the Military Academy in Berlin.
Christian Ulrich II resided as a
Paréage Lord at the country estate of Wilhelminenort, the former village of Bresewitz (near
Bierutów
Bierutów (german: Bernstadt in Schlesien) is a town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Bierutów. The town lies approximately south-east ...
), that had been renamed in honor of his stepmother, Sophie Wilhelmine of East Frisia (1659-1698). He converted to Catholicism on 26 January 1723, during a trip to Rome, and he pronounced the formula of
abjuration
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Abjuration of the realm
Abju ...
from lutheranism, before Pope
Innocent XIII
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.
He died in 1734 in Stuttgart at the age of 42. His son was chosen by his childless older brother to succeed him as Duke of
Oels.
Marriage and issue
Christian Ulrich II married on 13 July 1711 Philippine Charlotte (18 February 1691 - Oels, 17 June 1758), a daughter of Count Erdmann of Redern-Krappitz, with whom he had six children:
#Elisabeth Sophie Charlotte (
Wilhelminenort, 21 June 1714 - Wilhelminenort, 20 April 1716).
#Ulrike Louise (Wilhelminenort, 21 May 1715 - Oels, 17 May 1748), canoness at
Gandersheim Abbey.
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Charles Christian Erdmann (Wilhelminenort, 26 October 1716 - Oels, 14 December 1792), Duke of Württemberg-Oels.
#Wilhelmine Philippine (Wilhelminenort, 10 November 1719 - Wilhelminenort, 2 December 1719).
#Franziska Charlotte Jakobine (Wilhelminenort, 1 June 1724 - Krappitz, 28 April 1728).
#Fredericka Johanna (Wilhelminenort, 17 October 1725 - Wilhelminenort, 25 October 1726).
Notes
References
Johann Christian Benjamin Regehly: ''Geschichte und Beschreibung von Carlsruhe in Oberschlesien'', p. 31August B. Michaelis: ''Einleitung zu einer volständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser ...'', p. 463
1691 births
1734 deaths
18th-century dukes of Württemberg
Dukes of Silesia
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