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Duke (1652?1697)
Frederick Charles of Wurttemberg-Winnental
(12 September 1652 – 20 December 1697) was since 1677 Duke of the new-founded line of
Wurttemberg-Winnental
and regent of the infant Duke
Eberhard Ludwig
.
Biography
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Born on 12 September 1652 at
Stuttgart
, Frederick Charles was the second son of
Eberhard III, Duke of Wurttemberg
and Anna Catharina von Salm-Kyrburg.
On 27 November 1677 he was given the regency over his nephew after the death of his older brother and with that the regency over
Wurttemberg
.
This ended on 22 January 1693 when Eberhard Ludwig reached the age of majority.
Out of recognition he received a large sum of money and was appointed
Generalfeldmarschall
by the Kaiser.
Frederick Charles fought against the
French
on the Rhine in the
War of the Grand Alliance
under
Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden
.
On 27 September 1692, an imperial army unit of 4,000 cavalry men under his command was attacked by surprise in their camp in
Otisheim
near
Muhlacker
. They withdrew hastily and lost several hundred men, either killed or captured by the French. The Duke himself was among the prisoners, but was released soon after.
He fell ill in 1696 of
syphilis
and died the next year in Stuttgart.
Marriage and children
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Frederick Charles married on 31 October 1682
Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach
(1663?1724), daughter of
Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
.
They had seven children :
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