List of rulers of Württemberg

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.

Coat of arms of Counts of Württemberg-Urach

Württemberg-Stuttgart line

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

Württemberg-Urach line

• 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.

Dukes of Württemberg
Württemberg Dynasty
Image	Name	Began	Ended	Notes
	Eberhard I	21 July 1495	24 February 1496
	Eberhard II	24 February 1496	11 June 1498
	Ulrich	11 June 1498	January 1519	Deposed
Württemberg annexed by Austria 1519–1534
	Ulrich	May 1534	6 November 1550	Restored
	Christoph	6 November 1550	28 December 1568
	Ludwig III	28 December 1568	18 August 1593
	Friedrich I	18 August 1593	29 January 1608
	Johann Friedrich	29 January 1608	18 July 1628
	Eberhard III	18 July 1628	2 July 1674
	Wilhelm Ludwig	2 July 1674	23 June 1677
	Eberhard Ludwig	23 June 1677	31 October 1733
	Karl Alexander	31 October 1733	12 March 1737	Also regent of Kingdom of Serbia from 1720 to 1733
	Karl Eugen	12 March 1737	24 October 1793
	Ludwig Eugen	24 October 1793	20 May 1795
	Friedrich Eugen	20 May 1795	23 December 1797
	Friedrich II	23 December 1797	25 February 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.

Elector of Württemberg 1803–1806

Elector of Württemberg
Württemberg Dynasty
Image	Name	Began	Ended	Notes
	Friedrich II	25 February 1803	1 January 1806

Kings of Württemberg 1806-1918

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.

Kings of Württemberg
Württemberg Dynasty
Image	Name	Began	Ended	Notes
	Frederick I Friedrich I	1 January 1806	30 October 1816
	William I Wilhelm I	30 October 1816	25 June 1864	Son of Frederick I.
	Charles I Karl I	25 June 1864	6 October 1891	Son of William I. Became a subordinate ruler in the German Empire in 1871.
	William II Wilhelm II	6 October 1891	29 November 1918	Nephew of Charles I. Last king of Württemberg. Lost his throne 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 back in 1800 by its forbear 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.

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. For later rulers, see List of Ministers-President of Württemberg.

• King Wilhelm II, 1918-1921.
• Duke Albrecht, 1921-1939.
• Duke Philipp, 1939-1975.
• Duke Carl, since 1975.

See also

• House of Württemberg
• Line of succession to the Württemberg throne
• History of Württemberg
• Coat of arms of Württemberg
• Uradel

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