William I of Württemberg
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| William Frederick Charles | |
| King of Württemberg | |
 King William I of Württemberg portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler |
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| Reign | October 30, 1816 - June 25, 1864 |
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| Born | September 27, 1781 |
| Birthplace | .svg/22px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_(after_1400).svg.png){kind=small} Lüben |
| Died | June 25, 1864 (aged 82) |
| Place of death |  Stuttgart |
| Buried | Württemberg Mausoleum |
| Predecessor | Frederick I |
| Successor | Charles I |
| Consort | i) Charlotte of Bavaria ii) Catherine Pavlovna of Russia iii) Pauline of Württemberg |
| Issue | Marie, Sophie, Catherine, Charles, Augusta |
| Royal House | Württemberg |
| Father | Frederick I of Württemberg |
| Mother | Augusta of Brunswick |
William I of Württemberg (German: Wilhelm Friedrich Karl von Württemberg; September 27, 1781-June 25, 1864) was King of Württemberg.
He was born in Lüben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg (1754-1816) and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1764-1788).
On June 8, 1808, in Munich, he married Princess Charlotte of Bavaria (1792-1873), daughter of King Maximilian I of Bavaria (1756-1825) and Princess Augusta Wilhelmina of Hesse-Darmstadt (1765-1796). They divorced in 1814.
On January 24, 1816, in 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 Princess 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, in Stuttgart, he married another first cousin Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (1800-1873), daughter of Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756-1817) and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1780-1857).
By his third wife, he had three children:
- Catherine (1821-1898), whom by her husband Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808-1870) was mother to King William II of Württemberg
- Charles (1823-1891), succeeded as King of Württemberg
- Augusta (1826-1898), married Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar (1825-1901)
William I died at Schloss Rosenstein in Stuttgart.
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William I of Württemberg
Born: 27 September 1781 Died: 25 June 1864 |
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| Preceded by Frederick I |
King of Württemberg 30 October 1816 – 25 June 1864 |
Succeeded by Charles I |
