William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (Redirected from Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg)

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
Duke of Württemberg
Reign2 July 1674 – 23 June 1677
PredecessorEberhard III
SuccessorEberhard Louis
Born(1647-01-07)7 January 1647
Stuttgart
Died23 June 1677(1677-06-23) (aged 30)
Hirsau Castle
Noble familyHouse of Württemberg
Spouse(s)Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt
IssueEleonore Dorothea
Eberhardine Luise
Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg
Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg
FatherEberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
MotherAnna Katharina of Kyrburg

William Louis of Württemberg (7 January 1647 – 23 June 1677) was the ruler of the senior Duchy of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.

William Louis was born in Stuttgart, the ninth child of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, and his first wife Anna Katharina of Kyrburg.

At the age of 30, the Duke died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the stop-over in Schloß Hirsau. His widow Magdalena Sibylla became regent of Württemberg between 1677 and 1693, until her son reached adulthood.

Issue

He married on 6 November 1673 in Darmstadt with Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, and had 4 children:

Ancestors

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg
Born: 7 January 1647 Died: 23 June 1677
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Württemberg
1674–1677
Succeeded by

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