Frederick Achilles of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (5 May 1591 – 30 December 1631) was the first Duke of
Württemberg-Neuenstadt from 1617 until 1631.
The
Duchy of Württemberg-Neuenstadt was a branch line of the ducal
House of Württemberg
The House of Württemberg is a German dynasty and former royal family from Württemberg.
History County
The House probably originated in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty. Around 1080 the ancestors of modern Württemberg, which was then calle ...
in the 17th and 18th century named after the town of residence,
Neuenstadt.
Duke Frederick Achilles (German: Friedrich Achilles) was the second youngest son of Duke
Frederick I Frederick I may refer to:
* Frederick of Utrecht or Frederick I (815/16–834/38), Bishop of Utrecht.
* Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine (942–978)
* Frederick I, Duke of Swabia (1050–1105)
* Frederick I, Count of Zoll ...
. Following a Fürstbrüderlicher Vergleich – a mutual agreement made between ducal brothers on 7 June 1617 (Julian calendar: 28 May), the sons of Frederick I split the inheritance such that the eldest son,
Johann Frederick, assumed rule of the Duchy of
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...
while his remaining brothers assumed possession of other ducal properties.
Under the arrangement Frederick Achilles, then 26, was bequeathed
Neuenstadt Castle and an annual endowment of 10,000
guilder
Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German ''gulden'', originally shortened from Middle High German ''guldin pfenninc'' " gold penny". This was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Roman Emp ...
. Frederick Achilles never married so after his death in 1631 the castle returned to the main line of the duchy before the Duchy of Württemberg-Neuenstadt was reinstated in 1649 under
Duke Frederick.
1591 births
1631 deaths
17th-century dukes of Württemberg
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