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William Louis
William Louis, c. 1670
Duke of Württemberg
Reign2 July 1674 – 23 June 1677
PredecessorEberhard III
SuccessorEberhard Louis
Born(1647-01-07)7 January 1647
Stuttgart
Died23 June 1677(1677-06-23) (aged 30)
Hirsau Castle
Spouse Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt ​ ​(m. 1673)​
Issue
HouseWürttemberg
FatherEberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
MotherAnna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg

William Louis (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.

William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Catharina of Salm-Kyrburg.

At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the stop-over in Schloß Hirsau. His widow Magdalena Sibylla became regent of Württemberg between 1677 and 1693, until her son reached adulthood.

Issue

He married on 6 November 1673 in Darmstadt with Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and had 4 children:

Ancestors

Ancestors of William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
8. Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg
4. John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg
9. Sibylla of Anhalt-Zerbst
2. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
10. Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
5. Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg
11. Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin
1. William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
12. Otto I, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg-Mörchingen
6. John Casimir, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg
13. Otillie of Nassau-Weilburg
3. Anna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg
14. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach
7. Dorothea of Solms-Laubach
15. Margarete of Schönburg-Glauchau

References

  1. Sönke, Lorenz; Dieter, Mertens; Volker, Press, eds. (1997). "Württemberg, Wilhelm Ludwig, Herzog". Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon (in German) (Online ed.). Stuttgart: LEO-BW. pp. 161–162.
William Louis, Duke of Württemberg House of WürttembergBorn: 7 January 1647 Died: 23 June 1677
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Preceded byEberhard III Duke of Württemberg
1674–1677 		Succeeded byEberhard Louis
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