Frederick I Duke Württemberg 1557-1608

Paternal Family Tree: Württemberg

Maternal Family Tree: Anna Schaunberg 1370-1396

In 1555 [his father] George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard [aged 56] and [his mother] Barbara of Hesse [aged 18] were married. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Landgrave Philip I of Hesse [aged 50] and [his grandmother] Christine of Saxony. They were fourth cousin twice removed.

On 19th August 1557 Frederick I Duke Württemberg was born to George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard [aged 59] and Barbara of Hesse [aged 21].

On 17th July 1558 [his father] George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard [aged 60] died.

In or before 1582 Frederick I Duke Württemberg [aged 24] and Sibylla of Anhalt [aged 17] were married.

On 5th May 1582 [his son] John Frederick Duke of Württemberg was born to Frederick I Duke Württemberg [aged 24] and [his wife] Sibylla of Anhalt [aged 17].

On 10th April 1584 [his daughter] Sibylla Elisabeth of Württemberg was born to Frederick I Duke Württemberg [aged 26] and [his wife] Sibylla of Anhalt [aged 19]. She married 1604 her half third cousin once removed John George Elector Saxony.

In 1593 Frederick I Duke Württemberg [aged 35] succeeded I Duke Württemberg.

In 1597 Frederick I Duke Württemberg [aged 39] was appointed 383rd Knight of the Garter by Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 63].

On 8th June 1597 [his mother] Barbara of Hesse [aged 61] died.

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In 1604 [his son-in-law] John George Elector Saxony [aged 18] and Sibylla Elisabeth of Württemberg [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of Frederick I Duke Württemberg [aged 46] and Sibylla of Anhalt [aged 39]. He the son of Christian Wettin I Elector Saxony and Sophie of Brandenburg [aged 35]. They were half third cousin once removed.

In May 1604 Robert Spencer 1st Baron Spencer [aged 34] and William Dethick [aged 62] travelled to Frederick I Duke Württemberg [aged 46] to present jewels including two garters with diamonds and rubies, and two St Georges with diamonds and rubies, and a gold chain or collar, made by the London goldsmiths, John Spilman and William Herrick.

On 20th January 1606 [his daughter] Sibylla Elisabeth of Württemberg [aged 21] died from childbirth after the birth of a stillborn son.

On 29th January 1608 Frederick I Duke Württemberg [aged 50] died.

On 26th October 1614 [his former wife] Sibylla of Anhalt [aged 50] died.

Royal Ancestors of Frederick I Duke Württemberg 1557-1608

Kings Wessex: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Godwinson: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 11 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Royal Descendants of Frederick I Duke Württemberg 1557-1608
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [1]

Constantine I King Greece [1]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [1]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [1]

Ancestors of Frederick I Duke Württemberg 1557-1608

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ulrich of Württemberg

Great x 3 Grandfather: Eberhard III Count of Württemberg 3 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elisabeth Wittelsbach 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Eberhard IV Count of Württemberg 4 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernabò Visconti

Great x 3 Grandmother: Antonia Visconti Countess of Württemberg

Great x 4 Grandmother: Beatrice Regina della Scala

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ulrich V Count of Württemberg 5 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Henriette Countess of Montbéliard

Grandfather: Henry of Württemberg 6 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth of Bavaria-Landshut

father: George I of Württemberg-Mömpelgard 7 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Frederick I Duke Württemberg 8 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hermann II Landgrave of Hesse

Great x 3 Grandfather: Louis I Landgrave of Hesse

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Hohenzollern

Great x 2 Grandfather: Louis II Landgrave of Hesse 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anna of Saxong Landgravine of Hesse 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William II Landgrave of Hesse 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Grandfather: Landgrave Philip I of Hesse 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

mother: Barbara of Hesse 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick I Duke Saxony

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick II Duke Saxony 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Albert III Duke Saxony 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ernest "The Iron" Habsburg I Duke Austria 15 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of Austria 16 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cymburgis Masovia Duchess Austria

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Duke of Saxony 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Grandmother: Christine of Saxony 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Algirdas Grand Duke of Lithuania

Great x 3 Grandfather: Władysław II Jagiełło

Great x 4 Grandmother: Uliana of Tver

Great x 2 Grandfather: Casimir IV King Poland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Andrew Olshansky

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophia of Halshany

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alexandra Drucka

Great x 1 Grandmother: Barbara Jagiellon 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria 15 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Albert Habsburg V Duke Austria 4 x Great Grandson of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elisabeth Habsburg Queen Consort Poland 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund 8 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Luxembourg Duchess Austria 9 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Barbara of Cilli Holy Roman Empress