Background
Frederick was the third son of Johann Frederick, the 7th Duke of Württemberg and Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg. When his father died in 1628, his elder brother became Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg.
Frederick was the third son of Johann Frederick, the 7th Duke of Württemberg and Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg. When his father died in 1628, his elder brother became Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg.
Frederick went at the age of 13 to study in Tübingen. In 1630 he went on a Grand Tour via Strasbourg, Basel and Montpellier but broke it off in Lyon due to severe fever. After the Peace of Westphalia, which led to the full restoration of Württemberg, Eberhard entered into a Fürstbrüderlicher Vergleich - a mutual agreement made between ducal brothers.
Frederick restored Neuenstadt castle after it suffered damage in the Thirty Years" War and took up residence there in 1652.
The couple had 12 children. Frederick Augustus (1654–1716)
Ulrich (1655-1655)
Eberhard (1656-1656)
Albrecht (1657–1670)
Sophie Dorothea (1658–1681)
Ferdinand Wilhelm (1659–1701)
Anton Ulrich (1661–1680)
Barbara Auguste (1663–1664)
Eleonore Charlotte (1664–1666)
Christoph (1666-1666)
Carl Rudolf (1667–1742)
Anna Eleonore (1669–1670)
Duke Frederick died after a long illness on 24 March 1682 and was buried in Neuenstadt church.