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List of monarchs of Württemberg

List of monarchs of Württemberg

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This is a list of monarchs of Württemberg, containing the Counts, Dukes, Electors, and Kings who reigned over different territories named Württemberg from the beginning of the County of Württemberg in the 11th century to the end of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1918.

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Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Württemberg, 1806-1817

Counts and Dukes of Württemberg

See also: County of Württemberg and Duchy of Württemberg

House of Württemberg

Partitions of Württemberg under Württemberg rule

County of Württemberg
(1089-1442)
       County of
Württemberg-Stuttgart
(1442–82)
County of
Württemberg-Montbéliard
(Stuttgart line, 1st creation)
(1473–82)		 County of
Württemberg-Urach
(1442–82)
      
County of
Württemberg-Montbéliard
Revived:
1526-34 (2nd creation)
1542-50 (3rd creation)
1553-93 (4th creation)		 County and Duchy of Württemberg
Elevated to Duchy in 1495; Annexed to Austria 1519-34
(1482-1617)
(Urach line until 1495; Stuttgart line until 1498)
(Montbéliard line from 1498 onwards)
       Duchy of
Württemberg-Weitlingen
(1588-1705)
      
Duchy of
Württemberg-Montbéliard
(1617-1723)
(Twice annexed to France:
1676-79, 1680–97) 		Duchy of
Württemberg-Neuenstadt
(1st creation)
(1617–31)		 Duchy of
Württemberg
(1617-1803)
(Winnental line from 1733)		        Duchy of
Württemberg-Oels
(1635-1792)
(Wilhelminort line from 1761)
      
Duchy of
Württemberg-Neuenstadt
(2nd creation)
(1649-1742)		       
       Duchy of
Württemberg-Winnental
(1677-1733)		              
              Duchy of
Württemberg-Wilhelminort
(1704-1761)
             
             
      
             
       Annexed to the
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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Elector of Württemberg, 1803–1806

Main article: Electorate of Württemberg

In 1803, the Duke of Württemberg was raised to the rank of Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1806, the Empire was dissolved, and the Elector of Württemberg became an independent monarch with the title of King.

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Kings of Württemberg, 1806–1918

Main article: Kingdom of Württemberg

The Holy Roman Empire came to an end in 1806. The Elector of Württemberg, allied to Napoleon I, anticipated its dissolution by becoming the ruler of an independent Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806.

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Because of a lack of male heirs under Salic law, on the death of Wilhelm II in 1921 the royal house had to reach back to the descendants of Friedrich II Eugen (ruled 1795–97). The line of the Duke of Urach was excluded because of a morganatic marriage back in 1800 by its forebear Duke William, and so the succession devolved to the younger branch of Altshausen.

Another morganatic descendant of Friedrich II Eugen was Mary of Teck (1867–1953), who married the British king George V when he was Duke of York.

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References

  1. [1]
    This fact is from coins produced under his premiership - details are available here
  2. [2]
    Probably styled I in reference to the numbering in the county of Montbéliard; there was only one Louis, who ruled in the 11th century and to whom no numbering is usually attributed. Louis should be numbered IV in Württemberg.
  3. [3]
    When raised as dukes, the counting of the rulers restarted.
  4. [4]
    Some authors inexplicably give him the number III, which would only be applicable if numberings of counts were valid for the dukes, which doesn't seem to be the case, as seen with the dukes named Eberhard.
  5. [5]
    Numbered II as Duke of Oels; Charles Frederick I (of Podebrady) was the father-in-law of Silvius I Nimrod.
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