Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental (12 September 1652 – 20 December 1697) was since 1677 Duke of the new-founded line of
Württemberg-Winnental and regent of the infant Duke
Eberhard Ludwig.
Biography
Born on 12 September 1652 at
Stuttgart
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, Frederick Charles was the second son of
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg and
Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg.
On 27 November 1677 he was given the regency over his nephew after the death of his older brother and with that the regency over
Württemberg
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Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...
.
This ended on 22 January 1693 when Eberhard Ludwig reached the age of majority.
Out of recognition he received a large sum of money and was appointed
Generalfeldmarschall
''Generalfeldmarschall'' (; from Old High German ''marahscalc'', "marshal, stable master, groom"; ; often abbreviated to ''Feldmarschall'') was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire, (''Reichsgeneralfeldmarsch ...
by the Kaiser.
Frederick Charles fought against the
French on the Rhine in the
War of the Grand Alliance
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under
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (; 8 April 1655 – 4 January 1707) was the ruling Margrave of Baden-Baden in Germany, chief commander of the Imperial army and Reichsgeneralfeldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire. He was also known as ''T ...
.
On 27 September 1692, an imperial army unit of 4,000 cavalry men under his command was attacked by surprise in their camp in
Ötisheim near
Mühlacker
Mühlacker is a town in the eastern part of the Enz (district), Enz district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mühlacker station has direct rail connections with Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Pforzheim and the Northern Black Forest.
Mühlhau ...
. They withdrew hastily and lost several hundred men, either killed or captured by the French. The Duke himself was among the prisoners, but was released soon after.
He fell ill in 1696 of
syphilis
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and died the next year in Stuttgart.
Marriage and children
Frederick Charles married on 31 October 1682
Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663–1724), daughter of
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
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.
They had seven children :
*
Charles Alexander (1684–1737), who would become the 11th Duke of Württemberg.
* Dorothea Charlotte (1685–1687)
* Frederick Charles (1686–1693)
*
Henry Frederick (1687–1734), served in the Dutch army until 1713.
*
Maximilian Emanuel (1689–1709), volunteer in the army of
Charles XII of Sweden
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and a devoted friend to the king.
*
Frederick Louis (1690 - killed September 19, 1734) at the
Battle of Guastalla. He married on October 22, 1722
Ursula von Alten Brockum (November 25, 1680 - May 4, 1743).
*
Christiane Charlotte (1694–1729) - married
William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Image:DH-Magdalene Sibylle.jpg, Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental (center), his sister-in-law Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt
Landgravine Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt (28 April 1652 – 11 August 1712) was regent of the Duchy of Württemberg from 1677 to 1693, and was a prominent German composer of baroque hymns.
Life
Magdalena Sibylla, Duchess of Württe ...
(left) and Eberhard Ludwig (right)
Image:DH-Eleonore Juliane.jpg, Eleonore Juliane von Brandenburg-Ansbach
Ancestry
References
* – Friedrich I von Sachsen-Altenburg to Gering
External links
1652 births
1697 deaths
Dukes of the Holy Roman Empire
17th-century dukes of Württemberg
17th-century German military personnel
Nobility from Stuttgart
Deaths from syphilis
Field marshals of the Holy Roman Empire
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