Editing Catharina of Württemberg (section)

==Life==
Katharina was born in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russian Empire]], to the later [[Frederick I of Württemberg|King Frederick I of Württemberg]] and his first wife, [[Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]. Her mother, who died when Katharina was five years old, was a sister of [[Caroline of Brunswick]] and a niece of King [[George III of the United Kingdom]]. After the death of Katharina's mother, her father married [[Charlotte, Princess Royal]], <ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/bookofkingsroyal01mcna|title=The Book of Kings : A Royal Genealogy|last=McNaughton|first=Arnold|date=1973|publisher=[New York] : Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co.|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-8129-0280-8|pages=222}}</ref> eldest daughter of George III and thus a first cousin of his first wife. 

In 1803, [[Duchy of Württemberg|Württemberg]] entered into an alliance with France under [[Emperor Napoleon I]], and one of the terms of the treaty was the marriage of Katharina with [[Jérôme Bonaparte]], Napoleon's younger brother. The wedding was held four years later, on 22 August 1807, at the [[Palace of Fontainebleau|Royal Palace of Fontainebleau]] in [[First French Empire|France]]. 

Upon marriage, Katharina became [[Queen consort]] of the [[Kingdom of Westphalia]]. Reportedly, Katharina and Jérôme bonded strongly and had a happy marriage, remaining firmly attached to each other. King Jérôme, however, was unfaithful with multiple partners, including a three-year relationship with [[Diana Rabe von Pappenheim]], but Catharina chose to turn a blind eye. 

When the kingdom of Westphalia was dissolved in 1813, she followed Jerome to France. During the war, she and [[Désirée Clary]] took refuge with [[Julie Clary]] at Mortefontaine, and when the allied troops took Paris, they took refuge in the home of Desirée Clary in the capital.<ref>Lindwall, Lilly: (Swedish) Desideria. Bernadotternas anmoder.[Desideria. The Ancestral Mother of the Bernadottes] Stockholm. Åhlén och Åkerlunds Förlag A.-B. (1919)</ref> 

After the downfall of the Napoleonic Empire in 1814, her father expected her to separate from Jerome, as [[Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma|Empress Marie Louise]] had done from Napoleon, but instead she followed him into exile to [[Trieste]] in [[Austrian Italy]]. 

During the [[Hundred Days]] in 1815, she helped Jerome to escape and join Napoleon, and was as a consequence deported to [[Württemberg]], where she was placed under house arrest. After the defeat of Napoleon, she was joined by her spouse in house arrest. 

Katharina and Jerome were eventually released from house arrest and spent their remaining life together in Trieste and Switzerland, under the name of the Princess and Prince of [[Counts of Montfort (Swabia)|Montfort]]. In November 1835, Katharina died in [[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]].