Duke Louis of Württemberg (Ludwig Friedrich Alexander Duke of Württemberg) (Treptow an der Rega, 30 August 1756 – Kirchheim unter Teck, 20 September 1817) was the second son of Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1732-1797) and Margravine Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1736-1798). His elder brother was Frederick I, the first king of Württemberg, his sister was the Russian Empress consort Maria Feodorovna. Louis retained the pre-royal title of Duke.
Louis Frederick was a general in the cavalry. He was a high ranking commander in the Lithuanian army , but refused to fight against Russian troops throughout the Polish–Russian War of 1792, for which he was dismissed from his post.
He married on 28 October 1784 Maria Czartoryska (1768-1854), daughter of Prince Adam Czartoryski and Isabella, Countess Flemming.
They had one child before they divorced in 1793 (Maria initiated the divorce upon the news of his betrayal of Poland):
On 28 January 1797 in Hermitage, near Bayreuth, Louis Frederick was married to Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, then of Nassau, daughter of Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.
They had 5 children:
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