Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental (12 September 1652 – 20 December 1697) was since 1677 Duke of the new-founded line of Württemberg-Winnental and regent of the infant Duke Eberhard Ludwig.

Biography

Born at Stuttgart

Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....

, Frederick Charles was the second son of Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg ruled as Duke of Württemberg from 1628 until his death in 1674....

 and Anna Catharina von Salm-Kyrburg.

On 27 November 1677 he was given the regency over his nephew after the death of his older brother and with that the regency over Württemberg

Württemberg

Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....

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This ended on 22 January 1693 when Eberhard Ludwig reached the age of majority.
Out of recognition he received a large sum of money and was appointed Generalfeldmarschall

Generalfeldmarschall

Field Marshal or Generalfeldmarschall in German, was a rank in the armies of several German states and the Holy Roman Empire; in the Austrian Empire, the rank Feldmarschall was used...

 by the Kaiser.

Frederick Charles fought against the French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 on the Rhine in the War of the Grand Alliance

War of the Grand Alliance

The Nine Years' War – often called the War of the Grand Alliance, the War of the Palatine Succession, or the War of the League of Augsburg – was a major war of the late 17th century fought between King Louis XIV of France, and a European-wide coalition, the Grand Alliance, led by the Anglo-Dutch...

 under Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

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On 27 September 1692, an imperial army unit of 4,000 cavalry men under his command was attacked by surprise in their camp in Oetisheim near Mühlacker

Mühlacker

Mühlacker is a town in the eastern part of the Enz district in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Mühlacker station has direct rail connections with Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Pforzheim and the Northern Black Forest....

. They withdrew hastily and lost several hundred men, either killed or captured by the French. The Duke himself was among the prisoners, but was released soon after.

He fell ill in 1696 of Syphilis

Syphilis

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 and died the next year in Stuttgart.

Marriage and children

Frederick Charles married on 31 October 1682 Eleonore Juliane von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663–1724), daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a German nobleman, who was margrave of Ansbach from 1634 until his death.-Life:...

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They had seven children :

• Charles Alexander, (1684–1737), who would become the 11th Duke of Württemberg.
• Dorothea Charlotte (1685–1687)
• Frederick Charles (1686–1693)
• Henry Frederick
  Henry Frederick of Württemberg-Winnental
  Henry Frederick of Württemberg-Winnental was a German general. He was the son of Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental and Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach....
  
   (1687–1734), served in the Dutch army until 1713.
• Maximilian Emanuel
  Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg-Winnental
  Maximilian Emanuel of Württemberg-Winnental , son of Frederick Charles of Württemberg-Winnental and Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach, was a volunteer in the army of Charles XII of Sweden and a devoted friend to the king.In 1703, At age 14 he joined Charles XII's Polish campaign before the...
  
   (1689–1709)), volunteer in the army of Charles XII of Sweden
  Charles XII of Sweden
  Charles XII also Carl of Sweden, , Latinized to Carolus Rex, Turkish: Demirbaş Şarl, also known as Charles the Habitué was the King of the Swedish Empire from 1697 to 1718...
  
   and a devoted friend to the king.
• Frederick Louis
  Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental
  Frederick Louis of Württemberg-Winnental was a German army commander of the eighteenth century....
  
   (1690 - killed September 19, 1734) at the Battle of Guastalla
  Battle of Guastalla
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  . He married on October 22, 1722 Ursula von Alten Brockum (November 25, 1680 - May 4, 1743).
• Christiane Charlotte
  Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental
  Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental was a German princess of the Württemberg-Winnental line...
  
   (1694–1729) - married William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
  William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
  William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach , was Margrave of the Principality of Brandenburg-Ansbach from 1703 until his death, 1723...