VERY RARE "Prince" Frederick of Württemberg Clipped Signature For Sale

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VERY RARE "Prince" Frederick of Württemberg Clipped Signature:
$349.99

Up for sale a VERY RARE! "Prince" Frederick of Württemberg Clipped Signature. 

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a General in the Army of Württemberg and

the father of William II of Württemberg.

Frederick was a member of the Royal Family of Württemberg and

a Prince of Württemberg. Frederick began his military career in the Army of Armee) where by the age of

15, he had reached the rank of Rittmeister 2nd class. In 1832, he was a Colonel of the Infantry and by 1841, Frederick had attained the rank

of Lieutenant General of

the Cavalry. In 1865, Frederick was promoted by Charles I of Württemberg to

General Commander of the Cavalry and the Württemberg Federal Army In the Austro-Prussian War against Prussia, Frederick held no field command, but instead served

as a liaison officer at the headquarters of his serious eye problems,

Frederick was offended when he was not offered the command of the Eighth Army

Corps during the war.

Because

of his position as a Prince of Württemberg, Frederick held a served as a member

of the Württembergian Chamber of Lords (German: Württembergischen Kammer der Standesherren)

at which he regularly attended legislative sessions. In 1865, Charles

appointed Frederick as a privy councillor in the Geheimer Rat. During this time, Frederick resided mainly

at Ludwigsburg Palace near Stuttgart and at the hunting lodge Schloss Katharinenhof

in Oppenweiler. Frederick married his first cousin Princess Catherine of

Württemberg, daughter of William I of Württemberg and

his wife Pauline Therese of

Württemberg, on 20 November 1845 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg.

Frederick and Catherine had one son:

·        

William II of Württemberg (25

February 1848 – 2 October 1921)

Frederick

died on 9 May 1870 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg of

an ulceration, which was most

likely a later consequence of a facial injury he sustained in a hunting

accident. Sophie, Queen of the Netherlands wrote

of her cousin Frederick to Lady Malet upon learning of his death. According

to Sophie, Frederick died after having suffered "cancer in the face"

for eight years. Frederick was interred in the family crypt in

the Schlosskirche at Ludwigsburg Palace. 

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