Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg

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Elisabeth Wilhelmine of Württemberg (21 April 1767 Treptow, Brandenburg - 18 February 1790 Vienna, Austria) She was the daughter of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. Her elder sister Sophie Dorothea was Empress of Russia through her marriage to Emperor Paul I of Russia. Her elder brother, Duke Louis of Württemberg, is a direct-line ancestor of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

She was the first wife of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, later Francis I of Austria after the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. They were married 6 January 1788 in Vienna.

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Elisabeth died in childbirth. She is buried in the Imperial Crypt, in Vienna.



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