Eleonore Charlotte of Württemberg-Montbéliard (20 November 1656 – April 1743) was by marriage Duchess of
Oels-Württemberg.
Life
Charlotte Eleanor was a daughter of the Duke
George II of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1626-1699) from his marriage to Anne (1624-1680), the daughter of
Gaspard III de Coligny
Gaspard III de Coligny, duc de Châtillon, (26 July 1584 – 4 January 1646) was a French Huguenot, who served under Louis XIII of France, Louis XIII, and was appointed Marshal of France in 1622. He was described as "a mediocre general, but absol ...
.
On 7 May 1672, she married Duke
Silvius II Frederick of Württemberg-Oels in
Oleśnica
Oleśnica (; ) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, within the Wrocław metropolitan area. It is the administrative seat of Oleśnica County and also of the rural district of Gmina Oleśnica, although it is not part ...
. The marriage remained childless.
In 1676, Charlotte Eleanor acquired the Lordship and town of
Twardogóra
Twardogóra (pronounced , ) is a historic town in Oleśnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Twardogóra. It lies approximately north of Oleśnica, and ...
and moved her residence there. She expanded the town extensively at her own expense, and supported new inhabitants. In 1688, she replaced the church by a larger one. She obtained a tax exemption for the town's residents for 100 years from Emperor
Leopold I.
In 1712, she had a legal dispute with Anna Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1647-1726), the widowed Duchess of Württemberg-Juliusburg. She lost the case and had to transfer Twardogóra to Anna Sophia.
References
Friedrich-Albert Zimmermann: ''Beyträge zur Beschreibung von Schlesien'', p. 122h1>
External links
* http://www.powiat-olesnicki.pl/index.php?kat=218
House of Württemberg
1656 births
1743 deaths
17th-century German people
18th-century German people
Daughters of dukes
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