Kingdom of Württemberg
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The Kingdom of Württemberg was a German state that existed from 1806 to 1918, occupying territory in what is now the southern German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom emerged during the
The Crown of Württemberg
Frederick I of Württemberg
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Frederick I was the ruler of Württemberg from 1797 to his death. He was the last duke of Württemberg from 1797 to 1803 and then the only elector of Württemberg from 1803 to 1806. With the approval of
Kingdom of Württemberg
…the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire and the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine under French protection, Frederick assumed the title King Frederick I of Württemberg. The elevation formed part of Napoleon’s broader policy of strengthening allied German rulers in return for political and military support. Württemberg…
Portrait by Johann Baptist Seele
Copy by Georg Friedrich Erhardt of an English portrait of Frederick as a young man
Augusta of Brunswick
'The Bridal Night' by James Gilray, satirising Frederick's marriage to the Princess Royal