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Duke Eugen of Württemberg (german: Herzog Eugen Wilhelm Alexander Erdmann von Württemberg; 25 December 1820 – 8 January 1875) was a German prince.

Biography

Early life and family

Duke Eugen was born at Carlsruhe,

, second child and first son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857), (son of Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern) and his wife, Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1801–1825), (daughter of

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and Princess Augusta of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen).

Military career

Eugen was Commander of the 1st Westphalian Hussars No. 8.

Death

Eugen died aged 54. At the time of his death he was second in the line to the throne of Württemberg after

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(later King William II).

Marriage and issue

On 15 July 1843, in

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and

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. They had three children: *Duchess Wilhelmine of Württemberg (11 July 1844 – 24 April 1892), married in 1868, Duke Nicholas of Württemberg, no issue. * Duke Eugen of Württemberg (20 August 1846 – 27 January 1877) married in 1874 to

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, had issue. *Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (11 April 1854 – 23 April 1914) married in 1880 to Dr. Melchor Hans Ottokar Willim, had issue.

Honours

Order of the Crown (Württemberg) The Order of the Württemberg Crown (''Orden der Württembergischen Krone'') was an order of chivalry in Württemberg. History First established in 1702 as the St.-Hubertus-Jagdorden (Order of St Hubert), in 1807 it was renamed the "Ritterorden ...

Ancestry

Notes and sources

thePeerage.com - Eugen Herzog von Württemberg
*The Royal House of Stuart, London, 1969, 1971, 1976, Addington, A. C., Reference: page 222 *L'Allemagne dynastique, Huberty, Giraud, Magdelaine, Reference: vol II page 525. {{DEFAULTSORT:Wurttemberg, Eugen Duke 1820 births 1875 deaths People from the Kingdom of Prussia

Eugen Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and pat ...