Duke 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.
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.

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Counts of Württemberg to 1495

Coat of arms of the Counts of Württemberg.
Coat of arms of the Counts of Württemberg.

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

Württemberg-Urach line

Coat of arms of Counts of Württemberg-Urach
Coat of arms of Counts of Württemberg-Urach

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

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

Kings of Württemberg 1806-1918

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.

See also

— ROYAL HOUSE —
House of Württemberg
Founding year: 11th century
New dynasty
 Ruling house of Württemberg
11th century – 1918		 Vacant
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Title last held by
House of Romanov		 Ruling house of Lithuania
1918		 Vacant
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