List of rulers of Württemberg

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Coat of arms of the Württemberg royal family on a gate at the their current residence, the Schloss Altshausen in Altshausen, Germany.

This is a list of the rulers of the German state of Württemberg, originally a county and eventually a kingdom until the ruling dynasty was overthrown in 1918.

Counts of Württemberg to 1495

Coat of arms of the Counts of Württemberg.

• Konrad I 1089–1122 (assumed)
• Konrad II 1110–1143 (assumed)
• Ludwig I 1143–1158
• Ludwig II 1166–1181
• Hartmann 1194–1240
• Ludwig III 1194–1226
• Ulrich I 1241–1265
• Ulrich II 1265–1279
• Eberhard I 1279–1325
• Ulrich III 1325–1344
• Co–rulers:
  • Eberhard II the Jarrer 1344–1392 (alone from 1362)
  • Ulrich IV 1344–1362
• Eberhard III 1392–1417
• Eberhard IV 1417–1419
• Ludwig I 1419–1450
• Ulrich V 1419–1442, called the much loved

The Treaty of Nürtingen divided the County of Württemberg into two separate lines. Württemberg-Stuttgart with the capital Stuttgart and Württemberg-Urach with the capital Urach.

Württemberg-Stuttgart line

• Ulrich V, the much loved 1442–1480
• Eberhard VI 1480–1482, later Duke Eberhard II

Württemberg-Urach line

Coat of arms of Counts of Württemberg-Urach

• Ludwig I 1442–1450
• Ludwig II 1450–1457
• Eberhard V 1457–1495

The Treaty of Münsingen reunited the two separate Lines under Eberhard V in 1482. Eberhard obtained the title of Duke in 1495.

Dukes of Württemberg 1495–1803

Coat of arms adopted by Eberhard I in 1495 on the occasion of the raising of Württemberg to a duchy.

• Eberhard I 1495–1496
• Eberhard II 1496–1498
• Ulrich I 1498–1519
• Württemberg annexed by Austria 1519–1534
• Ulrich I (restored) 1534–1550
• Christoph 1550–1568
• [Ludwig I] 1568–1593
• Frederick I 1593–1608
• John Frederick 1608–1628
• Eberhard III 1628–1674
• Wilhelm Ludwig 1674–1677
• Eberhard Ludwig 1677–1733
• Karl I Alexander 1733–1737
• Karl II Eugen 1737–1793
• Ludwig Eugen 1793–1795
• Friedrich II Eugen 1795–1797
• Friedrich III 1797–1803

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.

Electors of Württemberg 1803–1806

• Frederick I 1803–1806

Kings of Württemberg 1806–1918

• Frederick I 1806–1816
• William I 1816–1864
• Charles 1864–1891. Became a subordinate ruler in the German Empire 1871.
• William II 1891–1918

The King of Württemberg was overthrown in the German revolutions of 1918.

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 in the past, and the succession devolved to the younger branch of Altshausen.

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

Heads of the House of Württemberg since 1918

The legal line of succession of the house of Württemberg has continued to the present, although the house no longer plays any political role.

• King William II, 1918–1921.
• Duke Albrecht, 1921–1939.
• Duke Philipp Albrecht, 1939–1975.
• Duke Carl, since 1975.

See also

• Line of succession to the Württemberg throne
• History of Württemberg

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