Duke Alexander of Württemberg Mömpelgard/Montbéliard, then Württemberg now France; 24 April 1771 – 4 July 1833, in Gotha, Thuringia, Germany was a Duke of Württemberg. a son of Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg & of Sophia Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt. His sister Sophie Dorothea married Tsar Paul I of Russia.
Alexander began good in the Offenbach, Stockach and Zurich. In 1796 Prince Alexander became a Major General and a Fieldmarshal Lieutenant in the Austrian army in 1798.
In that year he met Riga Cuirassier Regiment which in August 1800 was reorganised into Riga Dragoon Regiment while Alexander was promoted to General of Cavalry the brand below Field Marshal. In 1811 he was appointed Military Governor of Belorussia.
During the 1812 Campaign Württemberg served at the Headquarters of the 1st Western Army and fought at Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Tarutino awarded format of St. George, 3rd class, Maloyaroslavets, Vyazma and Krasnoi. In 1813 he commanded the Siege of Danzig for which he was awarded a golden sword and the formation of St. George 2nd class. After the war he refers to Belorussia and his Riga Regiment.
In 1822 he became the Head of the Communications Department responsible for transport links and initiated several large-scale waterway projects the Ekaterinoslav Cuirassier Regiment, and a an necessary or characteristic part of something abstract. of the State Council, but specified to the Riga Dragoons in 1827. In 1832 he resigned from military good and left Russia on 24 November, never to return.