Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (Maria Dorothea Luise Wilhelmine Caroline; 1 November 1797 in Carlsruhe (now Pokój),

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– 30 March 1855 in Pest,

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) was the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756–1817) and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780–1857).

Family

Maria Dorothea was the eldest of five children born to Duke Louis of Württemberg and his second wife Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She was born in Carlsruhe (now Pokój),

, now Poland. Her brother Alexander was the grandfather of

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, the future queen consort of

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. She was tutored by her governess, the known memoirist Alexandrine des Écherolles, who described her pupils in her memoirs.Side Lights on the Reign of Terror; being the memoirs of Mademoiselle des Écherolles (London, 1900)

Marriage and children

She was the third wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, to whom she was married on 24 August 1819. They had five children:

Ancestry

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* * * Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. ''Burke's Royal Families of the World, Volume 1: Europe & Latin America'' (1977), London, UK: Burke's Peerage Ltd, page 22. * House of Habsburg-Lorraine 1797 births 1855 deaths Duchesses of Württemberg Austrian princesses People from Namysłów County Burials at Palatinal Crypt People from the Province of Silesia {{Germany-duchess-stub