Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771–1833)

Duke Alexander of Württemberg (Mömpelgard/Montbéliard, then Württemberg (now France); 24 April 1771 – 4 July 1833, in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany) was a Duke of Württemberg. The son of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and of Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. His sister Sophie Dorothea married Tsar Paul I of Russia.

Duke Alexander
Portrait by George Dawe, 1823
Born24 April 1771
Mömpelgard, County of Montbéliard, Holy Roman Empire (now Arrondissement of Montbéliard, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Republic of France)
Died4 July 1833(1833-07-04) (aged 62)
Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (now Thuringia), Imperial Confederate of Germany (now Federal Republic of Germany)
SpousePrincess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
(m. 1798, died 1824)
Issue
Names
Alexander Friedrich Karl
HouseWürttemberg
FatherDuke Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
MotherPrincess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Military career
Allegiance Württemberg
Austria
Russia
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1791–1832
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