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William Frederick Charles
William Frederick Charles
King of Württemberg
	File:WilhelmIwuertt.jpg King William I of Württemberg; portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler
Reign	October 30, 1816 - June 25, 1864
Predecessor	Frederick I
Successor	Charles I
Burial	Rotenberg
Issue	Marie, Sophie, Catherine, Charles, Augusta
House	Württemberg
Father	Frederick I of Württemberg
Mother	Augusta of Brunswick

William I of Württemberg (September 27, 1781-June 25, 1864) was King of Württemberg.

On January 24, 1816, at Saint Petersburg, he married his first cousin Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788-1819), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) and Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759-1828). Later that year, he succeeded his father as King of Württemberg. With Catherine, he had two daughters;

On April 15, 1820, at Stuttgart, he married another first cousin Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (1800-1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756-1817) and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857).

By his third wife, he had three children:

Catherine (1821-1898), whom by her husband Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808-1870) was mother to King William II of Württemberg
Charles (1823-1891)
Augusta (1826-1898), married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar (1825-1901)

William I died at Schloss Rosenstein, in Stuttgart, Germany.

Ancestry

Princess Marie Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt

William I of Württemberg

Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Regnal titles
William I of Württemberg House of Württemberg Born: 27 September 1781 Died: 25 June 1864
Preceded by Frederick I	King of Württemberg 1816-1864	Succeeded by Charles I

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 On [[June 8]], [[1808]], at [[Munich]], he married [[Princess Charlotte of Bavaria]] (1792-1873), daughter of [[King Maximilian I of Bavaria]] (1756-1825) and [[Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt]] (1765-1796). They divorced in 1814.
-On [[January 24]], [[1816]], at [[Saint Petersburg]], he married his first cousin [[Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia]] (1788-1819), daughter of [[Tsar Paul I of Russia]] (1754-1801) and [[Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg]] (1759-1828).  Later that year, he succeeded his father as King of Württemberg. With Catherine, he had two daughters;
+On [[January 24]], [[1816]], at [[Saint Petersburg]], he married his first cousin [[Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia]] (1788-1819), daughter of [[Tsar Paul I of Russia]] (1754-1801) and [[Princess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg]] (1759-1828).  Later that year, he succeeded his father as King of Württemberg. With Catherine, he had two daughters;
 *Marie (1816-1887), married Count Alfred von Neipperg (1807-1865)
 *[[Sophie of Württemberg|Sophie]] (1818-1877), married [[William III of the Netherlands|King William III of the Netherlands]] (1817-1890)