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Pauline of Württemberg, Queen of Württemberg – source: Wikipedia
Queen Pauline of Württemberg was the third wife of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg. She was born Duchess Pauline Therese Luise of Württemberg on September 4, 1800, in Riga, Russian Empire, now in Latvia, the daughter of Duke Ludwig of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. She had four siblings:
- Duchess Maria of Württemberg (1797-1855) – married Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, had issue
- Duchess Amalie of Württemberg (1799-1848) – married Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, had issue
- Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1802-1864) – married Prince Wilhelm of Baden, had issue
- Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804-1885) – married Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, had issue including Francis, Duke of Teck who married Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge; their daughter Mary married King George V of the United Kingdom
Pauline one half-sibling from her father’s first marriage to Princess Maria Czartoryska:
- Duke Adam of Württemberg (1792-1847) – unmarried
King Wilhelm I, c1822. source: Wikipedia
In Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, now in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, on April 15, 1820, she married her first cousin, King Wilhelm I of Württemberg, as his third wife. He was the son of King Friedrich I of Württemberg and Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. They had three children:
- Princess Katherina of Württemberg (1821-1898) – married Prince Friedrich of Württemberg, had issue including King Wilhelm II of Württemberg
- King Karl I of Württemberg (1823-1891) – married Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, no issue
- Princess Augusta of Württemberg (1826-1898) – married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, had issue
Queen Pauline with her son, the future King Karl I, c1825. source: Wikipedia
The couple seemed happy at first, but within a few years, the King had returned to his mistresses and the marriage became very strained. While not getting the respect she deserved from her husband, Pauline did receive much respect from the people of Württemberg – both for her devotion to helping the poor and because she had provided an heir to the throne.
After King Wilhelm died in 1864, Pauline lived much of her remaining years in Switzerland. She died in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, now in the German state of Baden-Württemberg on March 10, 1873, and is buried in the Royal Crypt in the Schlosskirche at Ludwigsburg Palace. in Ludwigsburg, Kingdom of Württemberg, now in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
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