Duchess Auguste of Württemberg

Duchess Auguste of Württemberg
Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis
Tenure	17 March 1773–1776
Predecessor	Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen
Successor	Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Born	30 October 1734 Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire
Died	4 June 1787 (aged 52) Hornberg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Issue	Princess Maria Theresia Princess Sophie Friederike Prince Franz Johann Nepomuck Princess Henrica Karoline Prince Alexander Karl Princess Friederike Dorothea Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Prince Friedrich Johann Nepomuck
Full name German: Auguste Elisabeth
House	Württemberg
Father	Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
Mother	Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis
Religion	Roman Catholic

Duchess Auguste Elisabeth of Württemberg^[1] (in German: Auguste Elisabeth, Herzogin von Württemberg;^[1] 30 October 1734, Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire^[1]– 4 June 1787, Hornberg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire^[1]) was a member of the Ducal House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg by birth. Through her marriage to Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Auguste was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis.^[1]

Family and early life

Auguste was the sixth and youngest child of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis.^[1] In her youth, she had lived with her mother, until she entered the exclusive Ursuline convent in Metz in 1750.^[2] In 1752, her eldest brother Karl Eugen had wanted her to marry a French prince of the blood to assist in his reorientation of Württemberg policy towards France.^[2] The match fell through however, and to save the cost of maintaining Auguste, she was instead married off to her maternal cousin Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.

Marriage and issue

Auguste married Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, son of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Margravine Sophie Christine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, on 3 September 1753 in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg.^[1] They had eight children:^[1]

• Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (born 10 July 1757 † 9 March 1776)^[1]

∞ 25 August 1774 Kraft Ernst, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen

• Princess Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis (born 20 July 1758; † 31 May 1800)^[1]

∞ 31 December 1775 Prince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł (11 May 1759-18 September 1786)

∞ around 1795 NN Kazanowski

∞ 1797 to a Count Ostrorog

• Prince Franz Johann Nepomuck of Thurn and Taxis (baptized 2 October 1759; † 22 January 1760)^[1]
• Princess Henrica Karoline of Thurn and Taxis (baptized 25 April 1762; † 25 April 1784)^[1]

∞ 21 April 1783 with Johannes Aloysius II, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg

• Prince Alexander Karl of Thurn and Taxis (born 19 April 1763; † 21 April 1763)^[1]
• Princess Friederike Dorothea of Thurn and Taxis (born 11 September 1764 † 10 November 1764)^[1]
• Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (born 22 February 1770; † 15 July 1827)^[1]

∞ 25 May 1789 with Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

• Prince Friedrich Johann Nepomuck of Thurn and Taxis (born 11 April 1772 † 7 December 1805), unmarried^[1]

Styles of Auguste, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Reference style	Her Ducal Serene Highness
Spoken style	Your Ducal Serene Highness
Alternative style	Ma'am

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 30 October 1734 – 3 September 1753: Her Ducal Serene Highness Duchess Auguste of Württemberg
• 3 September 1753 – 17 March 1773: Her Ducal Serene Highness The Hereditary Princess of Thurn and Taxis
• 17 March 1773 – 1776: Her Ducal Serene Highness The Princess of Thurn and Taxis
• 1776 – 4 June 1787: Her Ducal Serene Highness Princess Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, Duchess of Württemberg

Ancestry

Ancestors of Duchess Auguste of Württemberg

16. Johann Frederick, Duke of Württemberg               8. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg                       17. Princess Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg               4. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental                             18. Johannes Casimir, Wild-and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg               9. Wild-and Rhinegravine Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg                       19. Countess Dorothea of Solms-Laubach               2. Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg                                   20. Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach               10. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach                       21. Sophie of Solms-Laubach               5. Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach                             22. Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen               11. Countess Sophie Margarethe of Oettingen-Oettingen                       23. Countess Anna Sibila of Solms-Sonnenwalde-Pouch               1. Duchess Auguste of Württemberg                                         24. Claudius Lamoral II, Count of Thurn and Taxis               12. Eugen Alexander Franz, 1st Prince of Thurn and Taxis                       25. Countess Anne Francoise Eugénie of Hornes               6. Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis                             26. Herman Egon, Landgrave of Fürstenberg               13. Princess Anna Adelheid of Fürstenberg                       27. Countess Franziska of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen               3. Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis                                   28. Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz               14. Ferdinand August Leopold, Prince of Lobkowicz, Duke of Sagan                       29. Countess Palatine Augusta Sophie of Sulzbach               7. Maria Ludovika Anna Franziska, Princess of Lobkowicz                             30. Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden               15. Margravine Maria Anna Wilhelmine of Baden-Baden                       31. Countess Maria Magdalene of Oettingen

References

1. Darryl Lundy (13 Dec 2008). "Auguste Elisabeth Herzogin von Württemberg". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2009-12-04. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. Wilson, p. 245.

Sources

• Wilson, Peter H. (2004). "Women and Imperial Politics: The Württemberg Consorts 1674-1757" in Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort. Clarissa Campbell Orr (ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81422-7.