Tenure 17 March 1773–1776 | Name Duchess of | |
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Predecessor Princess Maria Henriette Josepha of Furstenberg-Stuhlingen Issue Princess Maria TheresiaPrincess Sophie FriederikePrince Franz Johann NepomuckPrincess Henrica KarolinePrince Alexander KarlPrincess Friederike DorotheaKarl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and TaxisPrince Friedrich Johann Nepomuck | ||
Duchess Auguste Elisabeth of Württemberg (in German: Auguste Elisabeth, Herzogin von Württemberg; 30 October 1734, Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire– 4 June 1787, Hornberg, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire) was a member of the Ducal House of Württemberg and a Duchess of Württemberg by birth. Through her marriage to Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Auguste was also a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess consort of Thurn and Taxis.
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Family and early life
Auguste was the sixth and youngest child of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg and his wife Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis. In her youth, she had lived with her mother, until she entered the exclusive Ursuline convent in Metz in 1750. In 1752, her eldest brother Karl Eugen had wanted her to marry a French prince of the blood to assist in his reorientation of Württemberg policy towards France. The match fell through however, and to save the cost of maintaining Auguste, she was instead married off to her maternal cousin Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.
Marriage and issue
Auguste married Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, son of Alexander Ferdinand, 3rd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Margravine Sophie Christine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, on 3 September 1753 in Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg. They had eight children: