Frederick of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (19 December 1615, in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

– 24 March 1682, in

Neuenstadt am Kocher Neuenstadt, usually known as Neuenstadt am Kocher (; and until as late as 1800 also known as Neuenstadt an der großen Linde) is a town in Baden-Württemberg in south-western Germany with 9,600 inhabitants. It consists of Neuenstadt, the village ...

) was

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Württemberg Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart. Together with Baden and Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, two other histo ...

and founder of the second branch line Duchy of

Württemberg-Neuenstadt Württemberg-Neuenstadt was the name of two branch lines of the ducal House of Württemberg in the 17th and 18th century. It was named after the town of residence, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Neuenstadt. First branch line The first branch line of th ...

Life

Frederick was the third son of Johann Frederick, the 7th Duke of Württemberg and

Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg Barbara Sophia of Brandenburg (16 November 1584 – 13 February 1636) was duchess of Württemberg by marriage to Duke John Frederick of Württemberg and acted as regent of the Duchy of Württemberg for their minor son, Duke Eberhard III of Wür ...

. When his father died in 1628, his elder brother became

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. Frederick went at the age of 13 to study in

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. In 1630 he went on a Grand Tour via

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and

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but broke it off in

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due to severe fever. In 1638, his brother Eberhard III was given back certain parts of the lost duchy of

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while Frederick was drawn into war service. After the

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, which led to the full restoration of

, Eberhard entered into a ''Fürstbrüderlicher Vergleich'' – a mutual agreement made between ducal brothers. Duke

Eberhard III Eberhard III may refer to: * Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg (died 1417) * Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (1614–1674) See also * Eberhard I (disambiguation) * Eberhard II (disambiguation) * Eberhard IV (disambiguation) {{hndis ...

left his brother Frederick possession of Neuenstadt,

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and

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, although this was without sovereignty which remained with Eberhard. Frederick restored Neuenstadt castle after it suffered damage in the

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and took up residence there in 1652. On 7 June 1653 he married Clara Augusta, daughter of Augustus the Younger of Brunswick. The couple had 12 children in just 15 years: # Frederick Augustus (1654–1716) # Ulrich (1655–1655), died in infancy # Eberhard (1656–1656), died in infancy # Albrecht (1657–1670) # Sophie Dorothea (1658–1681) # Ferdinand Wilhelm (1659–1701) # Anton Ulrich (1661–1680) # Barbara Auguste (1663–1664), died in infancy # Eleonore Charlotte (1664–1666), died in childhood # Christoph (1666), died in infancy # Carl Rudolf (1667–1742) # Anna Eleonore (1669–1670), died in infancy Duke Frederick died after a long illness on 24 March 1682 and was buried in Neuenstadt church. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Frederick August.

Ancestry

Bibliography

* Harald Schukraft: ''Kleine Geschichte des Hauses Württemberg''. Silberburg Publishing, Tübingen, 2006,

References

* German archives: page from AD

* Family crypt in Neuenstad

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