Alexander Paul Ludwig Constantin Württemberg (1804 - 1885)

Born 9 Sep 1804 in Saint Petersburg

Ancestors

Husband of Klaudina Zsuzsanna (Rhedey) von Württemberg — married 2 May 1835 in Vienna, Austria

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1885 at age 80 in Tüffer

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Biography

Duke Alexander of Württemberg (9 September 1804, Saint Petersburg – 4 July 1885 Tüffer) was the father of Prince Francis of Teck and the grandfather of Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge and Queen Mary of Great Britain, wife of King George V. His great-great-granddaughter is the current Queen of the United Kingdom and the other commonwealth realms, Elizabeth II.

His father was Duke Louis of Württemberg, brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg and Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia. His mother was Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, a great-granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain through his eldest daughter Anne, Princess Royal.

In 1835, he married, morganatically, Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812-1841), born in Erdő-Szent-György ["forest-Saint-George"], Maros-Torda county, Hungary (Transylvania; now Sângeorgiu de Pădure, Romania), by whom he fathered three children:

1. Claudine Henriette Marie Agnes, born 11 February 1836;
2. Franz (Francis) Paul Carl Ludwig Alexander, born 27 August 1837;
3. Amalie Josephine Henriette Agnes Susanne, born 12 November 1838.

His wife was created Countess of Hohenstein and, following the rules of morganatic marriages, the children inherited their mother's title as Count(ess) of Hohenstein from birth, and had no rights through their father to any Royal status or inheritance.

In 1841, his wife was killed—run over by horses—and he became mentally unstable, a condition which remained for the rest of his life. In 1863, his three children were elevated to the rank of Prince and Princesses of Teck by King William I of Württemberg.

In 1871, his son Francis was created Duke of Teck by King Charles I of Württemberg, five years after his marriage with Alexander's third cousin (in descent from King George II of Great Britain), Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. Alexander's daughters were not given any new status, and remained Princesses of Teck. The Duchy of Teck was a peerage title in the former Kingdom of Württemberg.

Sources

• Matricula Online - Österreich - Wien, ev. Diözese A.B. - Wien-Innere Stadt (Lutherische Stadtkirche) - Trauungsbuch | TRB02 - 08-Trauung_0003

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tim Tropeck and Janice Hardin who started this profile on 6 September 2011 and 26 February 2012 respectively.