Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg

Friedrich Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (21 January 1732 – 23 December 1797) was the fourth son of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis. He was born in Stuttgart. From 1795 until 1797, he was Duke of Württemberg.

Early life Frederick was born in Stuttgart on 21 January 1732, as the fourth son of Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and his wife, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis. a niece of Frederick the Great. Despite his Catholic faith, their marriage contract stipulated that the children would be raised by their mother in the reformed faith. They had twelve children:

Frederick I (6 November 1754 – 30 October 1816), his successor, who would later become the first King of Württemberg; Louis (30 August 1756 – 20 September 1817), commander of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's army, married Polish princess Maria Anna Czartoryska and later Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg; Eugene (21 November 1758 – 20 June 1822); Sophie Dorothea (25 October 1759 – 5 November 1828), married to Paul I, Emperor of Russia and became Empress Marie Feodorovna; William Frederick Philip (27 December 1761 – 10 August 1830); father of Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach; Ferdinand Frederick Augustus (22 October 1763 – 20 January 1834), married firstly Princess Albertine of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1771–1829) and secondly Princess Pauline von Metternich-Winneburg (1771–1855), elder sister of Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich; Friederike Elisabeth Amalie (27 July 1765 – 24 November 1785), married to Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg; Elisabeth Wilhelmine Luise (21 April 1767 – 18 February 1790), converted to Catholicism at fifteen and married to Archduke Francis of Austria in 1788, who would become Holy Roman Emperor after her death; Friederike Wilhelmine Katharina (3 June 1768 – 22 October 1768); Charles Frederick Henry (3 May 1770 – 22 August 1791); Alexander Frederick Charles (24 April 1771 – 4 July 1833), the founder of the fifth branch of Württemberg, to which today's head of the House, Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg, belongs; Charles Henry (3 July 1772 – 28 July 1838), married under the name "Count von Sontheim" in 1798 Christianne-Caroline Alexeï (1779–1853), who was created Baroness von Hochberg und Rottenburg in 1807 and was raised, along with her children, to the rank and title of Countess von Urach on 12 November 1825. Of their five daughters three died young, while Countess Marie von Urach (1802–1882) married Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg (1780-1861) in 1821 and Countess Alexandrine von Urach (1803–1884) married Charles, Count Arpeau de Gallatin (1802–1877) in 1825, from whom she was divorced in 1843.

The duke died at Hohenheim on 23 December 1797, aged 65.