Timeline

 

On 21 January 1816

 

The Czar's daughter Katharina marries Crown Prince Wilhelm von Württemberg

1816

 

Wilhelm and Katharina become King and Queen of Württemberg after the death of King Friedrich

On 9 January 1819

 

 Queen Katharina von Württemberg dies unexpectedly at the age of 30

From May 1819

 

 King Wilhelm I has the ancestral castle of the Württemberg dynasty on Württemberg Mountain demolished

May 1820

 

The king lays the cornerstone

1821

 

Decoration of the interior begins

1824

 

Katharina's sarcophagus is transported to the crypt 

1864

 

King Wilhelm is buried in the Sepulchral Chapel (Grabkapelle) 

1887

 

One of the two daughters, Marie, is interred on Württemberg Mountain since

1907

 

 The Sepulchral Chapel is open to the public

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