Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine
Princess William of Baden
Duchess Elisabeth in 1860
Born(1802-02-27)27 February 1802
Würzau
Died5 December 1864(1864-12-05) (aged 62)
Karlsruhe, Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1830; died 1859)​
Issue
Names
German: Elisabeth Alexandrine Konstanze
HouseWürttemberg
FatherDuke Louis of Württemberg
MotherPrincess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine Constance of Württemberg (27 February 1802 in Würzau, Courland Governorate – 5 December 1864, in Karlsruhe) was a daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg.

Family

Elisabeth, aged 18.

Elisabeth was one of five children born to Duke Louis of Württemberg and his second wife Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. Her siblings included Queen Pauline of Württemberg and Duke Alexander of Württemberg, the founder of the Teck branch of the family.

She was tutored by her governess, the known memoirist Alexandrine des Écherolles, who described her pupils in her memoirs.[1]

Marriage and children

Elisabeth married Prince William of Baden on 16 October 1830. Ten years older than she was, he was the second son of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden and his second wife Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg. Due to the low birth rank of his mother, William had no succession rights for a time to the Grand Duchy of Baden (until his brother succeeded as Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden earlier that year).

Elisabeth and William had issue:

Death

William died on 11 October 1859. Elisabeth would die five years later, on 5 December 1864.

Ancestry

References

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  1. ↑ Side Lights on the Reign of Terror; being the memoirs of Mademoiselle des Écherolles (London, 1900)
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