Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine Constance of Württemberg (27 February 1802 in Würzau,

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– 5 December 1864, in

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) was a daughter of

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and

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Family

Elisabeth was one of five children born to

and his second wife

. Her siblings included Queen Pauline of Württemberg and Duke Alexander of Württemberg, the founder of the

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branch of the family. She was tutored by her governess, the known memoirist

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, who described her pupils in her memoirs.Side Lights on the Reign of Terror; being the memoirs of Mademoiselle des Écherolles (London, 1900)

Marriage and children

Elisabeth married Prince William of Baden on 16 October 1830. Ten years older than she was, he was the second son of

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and his second wife Luise Karoline Geyer von Geyersberg. Due to the low birth rank of his mother, William had no succession rights for a time to the

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(until his brother succeeded as

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earlier that year). Elisabeth and William had issue: * Princess Wilhelmine Pauline ''Henriette'' Amalie Louise (May 7, 1833 – August 7, 1834). * Princess ''Sophie'' Pauline Henriette Amalie Louise (August 7, 1834 – April 6, 1904), married

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on November 9, 1858. * Princess Pauline Sophie ''Elisabeth'' Marie (December 18, 1835 – May 15, 1891). * Princess ''Leopoldine'' Wilhelmine Pauline Amalie Maximiliane (February 22, 1837 – December 23, 1903), married Hermann VI, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg on September 24, 1862.

Death

William died on 11 October 1859. Elisabeth would die five years later, on 5 December 1864.

Ancestry

References

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