Duke of Urach

Duke of Urach

The title Duke of Urach was created for Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand, Count of Württemberg on March 28 1857, with the style of HSH. Wilhelm was the son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg (1761-1830) and his morganatic wife, Baroness Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis (1777-1822). The family owns Lichtenstein Castle.

The 2nd Duke of Urach briefly ruled as Mindaugas II, King of Lithuania in 1918.

Dukes of Urach (1857)

* Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach (1810-1869)
* Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach (1864-1928)
* Karl Gero, 3rd Duke of Urach (1899-1981)
* Karl Anselm, 4th Duke of Urach (born 1955) "renounced title 1991"
* Wilhelm Albert, 5th Duke of Urach (born 1957)

Heir apparent Prince Karl Philipp of Urach (born 1992)

External links

* [http://www.urach.de/index.html Website of the Urach family] de icon
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/wurttemberg.html Online gotha]
* [https://www2.landesarchiv-bw.de/ofs21/olb/struktur.php?archiv=1&klassi=1.08&anzeigeKlassi=1.07 Urach-family archive in Stuttgart]


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