Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg


Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg was the daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg.

Family

Maria Dorothea was the eldest of five children born to Duke Louis of Württemberg and his second wife Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She was born in Carlsruhe, Silesia, now Poland.
Her brother Alexander was the grandfather of Mary of Teck, the future queen consort of George V of the United Kingdom.

Marriage and children

She was the third wife of Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, to whom she was married on 24 August 1819. They had five children:
NamePortraitLifespanNotes
Archduchess Franziska Marie of Austria
1820-
1820		Died in childhood.-
Archduke Alexander of Austria
1825-
1837		Died in childhood-
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
1831-
1903		Married firstly Archduke Ferdinand Karl Viktor of Austria-Este and had issue;
married secondly Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria and had issue.		-
Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria
1833-
1905		Married Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and had issue.-
Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria1836-
1902		Married Leopold II of Belgium and had issue-

Ancestry