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| King of Württemberg | |
| File:WilhelmIwuertt.jpgKing William I of Württemberg portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler | |
| Reign | October 30, 1816 - June 25, 1864 |
| Predecessor | Frederick I |
| Successor | CharlesI |
| Burial | Rotenberg |
| Issue | Marie, Sophie, Catherine, Charles, Augusta |
| House | Württemberg |
| Father | Frederick I of Württemberg |
| Mother | Augusta of Brunswick |
William I of Württemberg (September 27, 1781-June 25, 1864) was King of Württemberg.
He was born in Lübben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg (1754-1816) and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764-1788).
On June 8, 1808, at Munich, he married Princess Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796). They divorced in 1814.
On January 24, 1816, at Saint Petersburg, he married his first cousin Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (1788-1819), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia (1754-1801) and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg (1759-1828). Later that year, he succeeded his father as King of Württemberg. With Catherine, he had two daughters;
- Marie (1816-1887), married Count Alfred von Neipperg (1807-1865).
- Sophie (1818-1877), married King William III of the Netherlands (1817-1890).
On April 15, 1820, at Stuttgart, he married another first cousin Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (1800-1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756-1817) and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857).
By his third wife, he had three children:
- Catherine (1821-1898), whom by her husband Prince Frederick of Württemberg was mother to King William II of Württemberg
- Charles (1823-1891).
- Augusta (1826-1898), married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar (1825-1901).
William I died at Schloss Rosenstein, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Ancestry
| Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg | |||||||||||||||
| Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg | |||||||||||||||
| Marie Augusta of Thurn and Taxis | |||||||||||||||
| Frederick I of Württemberg | |||||||||||||||
| Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt | |||||||||||||||
| Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt | |||||||||||||||
| Sophia Dorothea of Prussia | |||||||||||||||
| William I of Württemberg | |||||||||||||||
| Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | |||||||||||||||
| Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick | |||||||||||||||
| Philippine Charlotte of Prussia | |||||||||||||||
| Augusta of Brunswick | |||||||||||||||
| Frederick, Prince of Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Augusta of Wales | |||||||||||||||
| Augusta of Saxe-Gotha | |||||||||||||||
| William I of Württemberg House of WürttembergBorn: 27 September 1781 Died: 25 June 1864 | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
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| Preceded byFrederick I | King of Württemberg 1816-1864 |
Succeeded byCharles I |
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