Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg


Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine Constance of Württemberg was a daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg.

Family

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.

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

Ancestry