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Charles Eugene
duke of Württemberg
Also known as: Karl Eugen
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association with Schiller
- In Friedrich Schiller: Early years and plays
…Ludwigsburg, the residence of Duke Karl Eugen of Württemberg. Johann Kaspar gave his son Friedrich a sound grammar school education until the age of 13 when, in deference to what amounted to a command from his despotic sovereign, he reluctantly agreed to send his boy to the Military Academy (the…
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use of benevolent despotism
- In Germany: Enlightened reform and benevolent despotism
Charles Eugene of Württemberg, on the other hand, led a life of profligacy and licentiousness in defiance of protests by the estates of the duchy. Frederick II of Hesse-Kassel was another princely prodigal whose love of pleasure impoverished his subjects and forced his soldiers into…
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