La Bataille d' Eggmuhl 1809

Württemburg Longest Napoleonic German Ally

At one point, Napoleon had said that God had created Friedrich to demonstrate the utmost extent to which the human skin could be spread without bursting. Friedrich was not a man to be overlooked. He was reportedly 6’11” and weighed more than 440 lbs. Friedrich had responded to Napoleon’s barb by stating that he was surprised how much poison Napoleon could keep in his small head. Of course, for Napoleon, it was just family fun. After all, Napoleon’s youngest brother, Jerome Bonaparte, the new King of Westphalia, would marry Frederick’s daughter, Catharina. The two would have a successful marriage and their issue would be prominent in both the Second French Empire, and the new Kingdom of Italy of Victor Emmanuel, later in the Nineteenth Century.

A Large Man, By Any Standard, Württemberg King Friedrich I by Johann Baptist Seele

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