Duchess Auguste Elisabeth of Württemberg

Duchess Auguste Elisabeth Marie of Württemberg (in German: Auguste Elisabeth Marie, Herzogin von Württemberg; 30 October 1734 – 4 June 1787) was a member of the Ducal House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg by birth. Through her marriage to Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Auguste was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis.

Life Auguste was the sixth and youngest child of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis. In her youth, she had lived with her mother, until she entered the exclusive Ursuline convent in Metz in 1750. In 1752, her eldest brother Karl Eugen had wanted her to marry a French prince of the blood to assist in his reorientation of Württemberg policy towards France.

On 17 March 1773, Auguste’s spouse succeeded as the 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. The marriage was at that point severely deteriorated. Auguste left Karl Anselm and settled in Paris.

Marriage and issue

Auguste and Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis had eight children:

Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (born 10 July 1757 † 9 March 1776) ∞ 25 August 1774 Kraft Ernst, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein (born about 1748 † 1802) Princess Sophie Friederike of Thurn and Taxis (born 20 July 1758; † 31 May 1800) ∞ 31 December 1775 Prince Hieronim Wincenty Radziwiłł (11 May 1759-18 September 1786) ∞ around 1795 Prince Andrzej Kazanowski ∞ 1797 to a Count Mikolai Ostrorog Prince Franz Johann Nepomuck of Thurn and Taxis (baptized 2 October 1759; † 22 January 1760) Princess Henrica Karoline of Thurn and Taxis (baptized 25 April 1762; † 25 April 1784) ∞ 21 April 1783 with Johannes Aloysius II, Prince of Oettingen-Oettingen and Oettingen-Spielberg Prince Alexander Karl of Thurn and Taxis (born 19 April 1763; † 21 April 1763) Princess Friederike Dorothea of Thurn and Taxis (born 11 September 1764 † 10 November 1764) Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis (born 22 February 1770; † 15 July 1827) ∞ 25 May 1789 with Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Prince Friedrich Johann Nepomuck of Thurn and Taxis (born 11 April 1772 † 7 December 1805), unmarried

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