Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

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| name = Louis Eugen

| title =

| image = Herzog Ludwig Eugen von Württemberg in rotem Uniformrock.jpg

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| succession = Duke of Württemberg

| reign = 24 October 1793 – 20 May 1795

| predecessor = Karl Eugen

| successor = Frederick II Eugen

| spouse = Countess Sophie Albertine of Beichlingen

| issue = Sophie Antoinette
Wilhelmine
Henriette

| house = House of Württemberg

| father = Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

| mother = Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1731|1|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Frankfurt am Main

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1795|5|20|1731|1|6|df=y}}

| death_place = Ludwigsburg

| burial_place= Ludwigsburg Palace

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Ludwig Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (6 January 1731 – 20 May 1795), was the reigning Duke of Württemberg from 1793 until his death in 1795.

== Early life ==

He was born as the third son of Duke Karl Alexander and his wife, Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (1706–1756).

His maternal grandparents were Anselm Franz, 2nd Prince of Thurn and Taxis and Princess Maria Ludovika Anna von Lobkowicz (the daughter of Prince Ferdinand August Leopold von Lobkowicz-Sagan and Princess Maria Anna Wilhelmine of Baden-Baden, herself the daughter of William, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Countess Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern). Her paternal grandparents were Baroness Maria of Eicken and Edward Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (himself a son of Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and Princess Cecilia of Sweden, the daughter of King Gustav I).

Reign

He succeeded his brother Karl Eugen as Duke of Württemberg in 1793, and reigned until his own death in 1795, when he was succeeded by his younger brother Frederick Eugen.

Personal life

He married, initially morganatically, to Countess Sophie Albertine von Beichlingen (1728–1807), a daughter of August Gottfried Dietrich, Count of Beichlingen and his wife, Sophie Helene, Baroness of Stöcken. Together, they were the parents of three daughters:

Duchess Sophie Antoinette (1763–1775), who died young.
Duchess Wilhelmine Friederike Elisabeth (1764–1817), who married Prince Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein.
Duchess Henriette Charlotte Friederike (1767–1817), who married Prince Karl Joseph von Hohenlohe-Bartenstein-Jagstberg.

Duke Louis Eugune died at Ludwigsburg on 20 May 1795. His widow died on 10 May 1807.

Ancestors

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| 1 = 1. Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

| 2 = 2. Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

| 3 = 3. Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis

| 4 = 4. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

| 5 = 5. Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach

| 6 = 6. Anselm Franz, Prince of Thurn and Taxis

| 7 = 7. Princess Maria Ludovika of Lobkowicz

| 8 = 8. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg