From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Duke of Urach

Title in the Kingdom of Württemberg

Arms granted to the dukes in 1867

The title of Duke of Urach (German: Herzog von Urach) was created in the Kingdom of Württemberg on 28 March 1867 for Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand, Count of Württemberg, with the style of Serene Highness. The first Duke of Urach was the first head of the House of Urach.

Family

Main article: Royal House of Württemberg

Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach, was the son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg (1761-1830) and his morganatic wife, Baroness (Freiin) Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis (1777-1822), whom he married at Coswig on 23 August 1800. His paternal grandfather was Duke Friedrich II Eugen (1732-1797), from whom all claimants to the Kingdom of Württemberg are descended. Because of his first marriage to Théodolinde de Beauharnais, the first Duke had converted to Catholicism.

His second marriage to Her Serene Highness Princess Florestine of Monaco in 1863 led in part to Wilhelm's elevation in 1867 from being a Count of Wurttemberg to Duke (Herzog) von Urach. He had served the Kingdom well in his career, and the dukedom of 1867 elevated him to his wife's rank of Serene Highness.

The 2nd Duke of Urach was briefly chosen as Mindaugas II, King of Lithuania in 1918. In the same year the Monaco Succession Crisis of 1918 ended his claim through his mother to the throne of Monaco.

The family still owns Lichtenstein Castle, rebuilt by the first duke in the 1840s.

Dukes of Urach (1867)

No.	Name	Portrait	Birth	Death	Reign started	Reign ended
1	Wilhelm	[[File:Wilhelm I. in Uniform Ölgemälde.jpg	frameless	181x181px]]	6 July 1810	17 July 1869	28 March 1867	17 July 1869
2	Wilhelm Karl/Mindaugas II	[[File:WilhelofUrach.jpg	frameless	173x173px]]	3 March 1864	24 March 1928	17 July 1869	24 March 1928
3	Karl Gero	[[File:Karl Gero, Duke of Urach.png	frameless	179x179px]]	19 August 1899	15 August 1981	24 March 1928	15 August 1981
4	Karl Anselm		5 February 1955	(Age 68)	15 August 1981	9 February 1991
5	Wilhelm Albert		9 August 1957	(Age 66)	9 February 1991
Heir apparent	Prince Karl Philipp of Urach		1992

All legal privileges of the nobility were officially abolished in 1919 by the Weimar Republic (1919-1933), and nobility is no longer conferred or recognized by the Federal Republic of Germany, former hereditary titles being allowed only as part of the surname.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

dukes-of-urach

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Duke of Urach — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report