| Pauline Therese | |||||
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.jpg) Portrait byGeorg Friedrich Erhardt, 1828 | |||||
| Queen consort of Württemberg | |||||
| Tenure | 15 April 1820 – 25 June 1864 | ||||
| Born | (1800-09-04)4 September 1800 Riga | ||||
| Died | 10 March 1873(1873-03-10) (aged 72) Stuttgart | ||||
| Burial | 14 March 1873 Schlosskirche,Ludwigsburg, Germany | ||||
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| Issue | Princess Catherine of Württemberg Charles I of Württemberg Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | ||||
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| House | Württemberg | ||||
| Father | Duke Louis of Württemberg | ||||
| Mother | Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg | ||||
Pauline of Württemberg (4 September 1800 – 10 March 1873) wasQueen of Württemberg by marriage to her first cousinKing William I of Württemberg.[1]
Pauline Therese was born inRiga, one of the five children ofDuke Louis of Württemberg and his wife,Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. Her siblings includedMaria Dorothea, Archduchess of Austria;Amelia, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen;Elisabeth Alexandrine, Princess of Baden, andDuke Alexander of Württemberg himself the founder of the Teck branch of the family.
Her paternal grandparents wereFrederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, andFriederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Her maternal grandparents wereCharles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, andPrincess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, a daughter ofWilliam IV, Prince of Orange.
She was tutored by her governess, the known memoiristAlexandrine des Écherolles, who described her pupils in her memoirs.[2]
On 15 April 1820 in Stuttgart, Pauline Therese married her first cousin KingWilliam I of Württemberg. Pauline thus became Queen consort of Württemberg. As his third wife, their marriage was unhappy, particularly because of the deep attachment William showed to his mistress, the actress Amalia Stubenrauch.
Nevertheless, they had three children including the futureKing Charles I.
Pauline also served as a stepmother to Marie andSophie, futureQueen Consort of the Netherlands; they were William's daughters from his second marriage toGrand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia. In a letter written to her friend Lady Malet, Queen Sophie would later write of the possibility of how her stepmother Queen Pauline and one of her daughters (Catherine or Augusta) would soon be taking refuge in the Netherlands, as a consequence of the events following theRevolutions of 1848 in the German states.[3]
William I died at Schloss Rosenstein in Stuttgart on 25 June 1864. Upon his death, their alienation became known to the public; Pauline was completely excluded from her inheritance in his will. She died atStuttgart, nine years later, on 10 March 1873, having lived her last years in Switzerland. Pauline had been very popular, not only for the kindness she showed to her subjects but also for the devotion she showed to the poor. Upon her death, Württemberg inhabitants gave her name to many roads and places in Stuttgart, Esslingen, and Friolzheim.
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Pauline Therese of Württemberg Born: 4 September 1800 Died: 10 March 1873 | ||
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| Preceded by | Queen consort of Württemberg 1820–1864 | Succeeded by |
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