Holy Roman Empire: Wurttemberg

WURTTEMBERG

Titles: King of Württemberg; Sovereign Duke in Swabia, of Teck; Duke of Hohenlohe; Landgrave of Tübingen; Prince of Mergentheim, Ellwangen, Zweifalten, Overlord of the Principalities of Buchau, Waldburg, Baldern, Ochsenhausen, Neresheim; Count of Gröningen, Limpurg, Montfort, Tettnang, Hohenberg, Biberach, Schecklingen, Egloffs; Overlord of the Lordships of Aulendorf, Scheer-Friedberg, Roth, Baindt, Isny; Lord of Altdorf, Leutkirch, Heidenheim, Justingen, Krailsheim, the Danubian cities, of Ulm, Rothweil, Heilbronn, Hall, Wiesensteig, etc.

History of Wurttemberg

"First recorded in 1081, Württemberg emerged as a political power out of the holdings of the Herren (Lords) von Wirdeberch in the area of the middle Neckar and the Remstal. After 1198 they profited from a dispute between the Staufers and the Guelphs and the collapse of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in the mid-13th century. They acquired a considerable amount of the Staufer territories. This circumstance brought them into conflict with the Habsburgs.
"In the late middle ages they strengthened their position and became the most important territorial power in Southwest Germany. Among other acquisitions was the Grafschaft Moempelgard (Montbeliard); it remained until 1801.

"The family divided with one branch residing in Stuttgart and the other in Urach this weakened them and they lost their political influence. This period ended in 1482 when Graf Eberhard the Bearded, im Barte, who reigned 1459 to 1496, reunited the two parts. In 1496 Württemberg was elevated to an imperial fief, the Herzogtum Württemberg and Teck (Duchy of Württemberg). From 1520 to 1534 Württemberg was occupied by the Habsburgs. This ended with the return of the outlawed Herzog Ulrich who had reigned in 1498-1503 and 1519. Upon his return he reigned from 1534 to 1550 though Württemberg remained a fief of Habsburg until 1599.

"After the French revolution was a time of radical changes in both the territorial and political situation in Europe. Württemberg, which had been ruled by Herzog Friedrich II since 1797 in a absolutist manner, gave its support to Napoleon. It was one of the states which formed the Confederation of the Rhine under the protection of Napoleon (Rheinbund 1806 to 1813). Württemberg was rewarded by elevation to the position of a sovereign kingdom as well as a sizable increase in its territory. Among the additions were Heilbronn, Hohenloher Ebene, Ellwangen, Ulm, Rottweil, parts of Oberschwaben, the Allgaeu and the "vorderösterreichischen Lande", parts of Austria. This increased the number of inhabitants from 650,000 to 1,340,000.

"In 1816 Württemberg became a member of the Deutschen Bund and a member of the Deutschen Zollverein since 1834. The attempt of King Wilhelm I, who reigned from 1816 to 1864, to give Württemberg a modern constitution failed initially, due to the resistance of the estates, but succeeded in 1819. After the suppression, in 1849, of the March Revolution of 1848, the royal government returned to a system of reaction. Württemberg formed a loose coalition with Habsburg against Prussian but became in a member of the Deutschen Reich in 1871." (Source)

Rulers of Wurttemberg

Konrad I
(d.1092)
Lord of Wurttemberg, 1081-1092

Ulrich
(d.1116)
Lord of Wurttemberg, 1092-1116

Johann
Lord of Wurttemberg, 111-1137

Konrad II
(d.1143)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1110-1143

Ludwig I
(c1119-1158)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1143-1158

Ludwig II
(1137-1181)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1158-1181

Emich
1139-1154

Heinrich I
Count of Wurttemberg, 1181-1201

Ludwig II
Count of Wurttemberg, 1201-1228

Hartmann I

(1160-1240)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1181-1236

Ludwig III

(1166-1241)

Eberhard
Count of Wurttemberg, 1228-1241

Ulrich I
(1226-1265)
der Stifter
With the Thumb
(Ger. mit dem Daumen)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1241-1265
Married (1) 1251
Mechthilde of Baden (d.1258-), Heiress of Stuttgart
Children
Ulrich II (1254-1279)
Agnes (1265-1305)=(1) Konrad IV of Oettingen (c1250-); =(2) Friedrich VI of Truhedingen (c1250-1290); =(3) Kraft I of Hohenlohe-Weikersheim (d.1313)
Married (2)
Agnes of Silesia-Liegnitz (c1230-1265)
Children
Mathilde
Irmagard
Eberhard II (1265-1325)

Ulrich II
(1254-1279)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1265-1279
Count of Urach, 1265-1279
Married
Unnamed of Neuchatel

Eberhard II
(1265-1325)
the Illustrious
(Ger. der Erlauchte)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1279-1325

Count of Urach, 1279-1325

Married (1)

Adélaide of Werdenberg

1 son, died young

Married (1) 1291

Mechtilde of Hohenberg-Hohneberg (d.1315)

No children
Married (3)
Irmgarde of Baden
Agnès ((1293-1349), =1317 Henri von Werdenberg

Adélaïde (1296-1342), =1306 Kraft II von Hohenlohe

Ulrich III (1298-1344)
Irmgarde (d.1329) =1318 Rodolphe von Hohenberg-Hohenberg
Agnès (d. 1317), 1313=Louis VI of Oettingen

Ulrich III
(1298-1344)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1325-1344
Count of Urach, 1325-1344
Married
Sophie of Pfirt
Child
Eberhard II (1315-1392)

Eberhard II
(1315-1392)
the Whiner
(Ger. der Greiner)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1344-1392

Count of Urach, 1344-1392

Married 1342

Elisabeth of Henneberg-Schleusingen (1319-1389)

Children

Ulrich (1340-1388)=Elisabeth of Bavaria (1329-1402)

Sophie (1343-1369) =Jean I of Lorraine (1346-1390)

Ulrich IV
(c1315-1366)
Count of Wurttemberg, 1344-1366
Married 1350
Katharina onfHelfenstein

No children.

Eberhard III
(1365-1417)
the Mild

Count of Wurttemberg, 1392-1417

Married (1) 1380

Antonia Visconti (1360-1405)

Children (3 sons, 2 died young)

Eberhard IV

Married (2) 1405

Elisabeth of Nuremberg (1391-1429)

Child

Elisabeth (d. 1481)=Johann IV of Werdenberg (d.1465)

Eberhard IV
(1388-1419)
the Younger
Count of Wurttemberg, 1417-1419
Count of Urach, 1417-1419

Married=1
Henriette of Mompelgard
(1384-1444)
Countess of Mompelgard, 1397-1444

Children

Anna (1408–1471)=1408 Philipp I of Katzenelnbogen (1402-1479)

Ludwig I (1412–1450)

Ulrich V (1413–1480).

Ulrich V
(1413-1480)
the Well-beloved
(Ger. der Vielgeliebte)
Count of Wurttemberg-Stuttgart, 1441-1480 Count of Wurttemberg, 1433-1441

Married (1) 1441

Margarethe of Cleve (1416–1444)

Child

Katharina (Margarethe) (1441-1497)

Married (2) 1444

Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (1419–1451)
Children
Eberhard II (1447–1504)
Margarethe (1445/1450-1479), Nun

Heinrich (1448–1519), 1473-1482 Count of Mompelgard
Elisabeth (1450-1501)=Friedrich II of Heneberg-Romhild

Married (3) 1453

Marguerite of Savoy (1420–1479)

Children

Helena (1455-1506)=1476 Kraft VI of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Neuenstein (1440-1503)

Margarethe (1453-1470)=Philipp I of Eppenstein-Konigstein (1460-)

Philippa (1453-1475)=Jacob II of Hornes (d.1530)

Ludwig I
(1412-1450)

Count of Wurttemberg (Ludwig IV), 1419-1433
Count of Urach (Ludwig I), 1441-1450
Count of Mompelgard, 1444-1450

Married 1436

Mechthild of the Palatinate (1419-1482)

Children

Mechthild (1436-1495) =1454 Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (1438-1471)
Ludwig II (1439-1457)

Eberhard V (1445-1496)

Elisabeth (1447-1505) =1470 Johann III, Count of Nassau-Weilburg in Saarbrücken (1423-1472) and =1474 with Heinrich dem Älteren, Count zu Stolberg (1436-1511)

Ludwig II
(1439-1457)

Count of Wurttemberg (Ludwig V), 1450-1457
Count of Urach (Ludwig II), 1450-1457
Count of Mompelgard, 1450-1457
Unmarried

Eberhard I
(1445-1496)
the Bearded

Count of Wurttemberg-Urach (Eberhard V), 1459
Count of Wurttemberg-Sttutgart, 1482
Duke of Wurttemberg & Teck (Eberhard I), 1495

Married 1474

Barbara Gonzaga

(1455-1505)
Children
1 daughter, died young

Eberhard VI
(1447-1504)
Duke of Wurttemberg (Eberhard II), 1496-1504
Count of Wurttemberg-Stuttgart (Eberhard VI), 1480-1496
Married 1465/67
Elisabeth of Brandenburg

(1451-1524)

Ulrich I
(1487-1550)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1498-1519, 1534-1550
Married

Sabina of Bavaria (1492-1564)

Children (1 son, 1 daughter)

Christoph

Christoph
(1515-1568)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1550-1568

Marrie 1544

Anna Maria of Brandenburg (1526-1589)

Children
Eberhard (1545-1568)
Hedwig (1547-1590) = Ludwig IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg
Elisabeth (1548-1592) =(1) Georg Ernst (1511-1583), Count von Henneberg-Schleusingen; (2) Georg Gustav (1564-1634), Count Palatine of Veldenz-Lauterecken
Sabina (1549-1582) =Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel)
Emilie (1550-1589) = Reichard (1521-1598), Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
Eleonore (1552-1618) =(1) Joachim Ernst, Prince of Anhalt; (2) Georg I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
Ludwig I (1554-1593)

Dorothea Maria (1559-1639) =Otto Heinrich, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Anna (156-1616) =(1) Duke John George of Oława; (2) Duke Frederick IV of Legnica

Sophia of Wurttemberg
(1563-1590)

Ludwig III
(1554-1593)
the Pious

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1568-1593
Married (1)

Dorothea Ursula of Baden-Durlach
(1559-1583)
No children

Married (2)

Ursula of Palatinate-Veldenz
(1572-1635)
No children

Friedrich I
(1557-1608)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1593-1608

Married 1581

Sibila of Anhalt
(1564-1614)

Children

Johann Friedrich (1582-1628)

Georg Friedrich (1583–1591)

Sibila Elisabeth (1584–1606) ∞ Johann Georg I., Kurfürst von Sachsen

Ludwig Friedrich (1586–1631), Duke of Wurttemberg-Mompelgard

Julius Friedrich (1588–1635), Duke of Wurttemberg-Weiltingen
Eva Christina (1590–1657) ∞ Johann Georg, Herzog von Brandenburg-Jägerndorf

Friedrich Achilles (1591–1631), Herzog von Württemberg-Neuenstadt
Agnes (1592–1629) ∞ Franz Julius, Prinz von Sachsen-Lauenburg
Barbara (1593–1627) ∞ Friedrich V., Markgraf von Baden-Durlach

Magnus (1594–1622), Herzog von Württemberg-Neuenbürg
Anna (1597–1650)

Johann Friedrich
(1582-1628)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1608-1628

Married 1609

Barbara Sophia of Brandenburg (1584–1636)

Children

Antonia (1613-1679)
Eberhard III (1614-1674), Duke of Wurttemberg
Friedrich (1615-1682), Duke of Wurttemberg-Neuenstadt
Ulrich (1617-1671), Duke of Wurttemberg-Neuenburg
Anna Johanna (1619-1679)
Sibylle (1620-1707)

Eberhard III
(1614-1674)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1628-1674

Married (1) 1637

Anna Katharina, Wild- and Rheingraefin of Salm-Kyrburg (1614-1655)

Children

Johann Friedrich (1637-1659)
Sophie Luise (1642-1702) Christian Ernst von Bayreuth
Dorothea (1643-1650)
Christiane (1644-1674) Albrecht Ernst I. von Oettingen-Oettingen (1642-1683)

Christine Charlotte (1645-1699) Georg Christian von Ostfriesland

Wilhelm Ludwig (1647-1677)
Anna (1648-1691)

Eberhardine (1651-1683) Albrecht Ernst I. von Oettingen-Oettingen (1642-1683)

Friedrich Karl (1652-1698)
Karl Maximilian (1654-1689)

Married (2) 1656

Maria Dorothea Sophia of Oettingen (1639-1698)
Children

Georg Friedrich (1657-1685)

Ludwig (1661-1698)

Sophie Charlotte (1671-1717) Johann Georg II. von Sachsen-Eisenach

Wilhelm Ludwig
(1647-1677)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1674-1677

Married 1673

Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt
(1652-1712)

Children
Eberhard IV Ludwig (1676-1733)
Magdalene Wilhelmine (1677-1742), married Karl Wilhelm von Baden-Durlach

Eberhard IV Ludwig
(1676-1733)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1677-1733

Married 1697

Johanna Elisabeth of Baden-Durlach
(1680-1757)

Child

Friedrich Ludwig (1698-1731)

Karl I Alexander
(1684-1737)

Duke of Wurttemeberg-Stuttgart, 1733-1737
Duke of Wurttemberg-Winnental, 1698-1737

Married 1727

Maria Augusta of Thurn und Taxis
(1706-1756)
Children
Karl II Eugen (1728–1793)
Ludwig Eugen (1731–1795)
Friedrich II Eugen (1732–1797)

Auguste Elisabeth (1734–1787)

Karl II Eugen
(1728-1793)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1737-1793

Married 1748

Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

(1732-1780)

No children.

Ludwig Eugen
(1731-1795)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1793-1795
Married 1762 (morganatic)
Sophie Albertine von Beichlingen
Children
Sophie Antoinette (1763-1775)

Wilhelmine Friederike (1764-1817) =1789 Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein (1748-1802)
Henriette Charlotte (1767-1817) =1796 Karl von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Jagstberg (1766-1838)

Friedrich II Eugen
(1732-1797)

Duke of Wurttemberg, 1795-1797

Married 1753

Friederike Dorothea Sophia of Brandenburg-Schwedt
(1736-1798)

Children

Friedrich I (1754–1816)

Ludwig (1756–1817)

Eugen (1758–1822)

Sophia Dorothea (1759–1828)

Wilhelm Friedrich (1761–1830)

Ferdinand Friedrich (1763-1834)

Friederike (1765–1785)

Elisabeth (1767–1790)

Karl Friedrich Heinrich (1770-1791)

Alexander (1771–1833)

Heinrich Karl Friedrich (1772–1838)

Friedrich I
(1754-1816)
King of Wurttemberg, 1805-1816
Elector of Wurttemberg, 1803-1805
Duke of Wurttemberg, 1797-1803

Married 1780

Augusta Karoline of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

(1764-1788)

Children

Wilhelm I (1781–1864)

Katharina (1783–1835)

Paul (1785–1852)

Married (2) 1797

Charlotte of Great Britain (1766-1828)
No children

Wilhelm I
(1781-1864)

King of Wurttemberg, 1816-1864

Married (1) 1808

Charlotta Augusta of Bavaria

(1792-1873)

Married (2) 1808

Ekaterina of Russia

(1788-1819)
Children

Maria (1816-1887)

Sophia (1818-1877)

Married (3) 1820

Pauline of Wurttemberg
(1800-1873)

Children

Katharina (1821-1898)
Karl I (1823-1891)
Augusta (1826-1898)

Karl I
(1823-1891)

King of Wurttemberg, 1864-1891

Married 1846

Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
(1822-1892)

Wilhelm II
(1848-1921)

King of Wurttemberg, 1891-1918

Married

Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(1857-1882)

Child

Pauline (1877-1965)

Duke of Wurttemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen

Julius Friedrich
Duke of Wurttemberg-Brenz-Weiltingen, 1617-1635

Duke of Wurttemberg-Mompelgard

Heinrich
(1448-1519)
Count of Wurttemberg-Mompelgard, 1473-1482
Married (1)
Elisabeth of Zweibrucken-Bitsch (1465-1487)
Child
Ulrich I (1487-1555)
Married (2)
Eva of Salm & Chiny (1470-1521)
Children
Maria (1496-1541)
Georg I (1498-1558)

Georg I
(1498-1558)
der Vorsichtige
Count of Wurttemberg-Mompelgard
Married 1555

Barbara of Hesse
(1536-1597)
Child
Friedrich I of Wurttemberg (1557-1608)

Ludwig Friedrich
(1586-1631)
Duke of Wurttemberg-Mompelgard, 1617-1631
Married (1) 1617
Magdalene of Hesse-Darmstadt (1600-1624)
Child
LeopoldFriedrich (1624-1662)
Married (2) 1625
Anna Eleonore of Nassau-Saarbrucken (1602-1685)
Child
Georg II (1626-1699)

Leopold Friedrich
(1624-1662)
Duke of Wurttemberg-Mompelgard, 1631-1662

Georg II
(1626-1699)
Duke of Wurttemberg-Mompelgard, 1662-1684, 1697-1699
Married
Anne de Coligny (1624-1680)
Child
Leopold Eberhard (1670-1724)

Leopold Eberhard
(1670-1724)
Duke of Wurttemberg-Mompelgard, 1699-1724
Married (morganatic)
Henriette Hedwige Curie (1675-1707)
Freifrau voon l'Esperance

Duke of Wurttemberg-Neuenburg

Magnus
Duke of Wurttemberg-Neuenburg, 1617-1622

Ulrich II
(1617-1671)
Duke of Wurttemberg-Neuenburg, 1649-1671
Married (1) 1647
Sophia Dorothea of Solms-Sonnenwalde

Married (2) 1651

Isabelle Magdalene of Arenberg

Duke of Wurttemberg-Neustadt

Friedrich Achilles
(1591-1631)
Duke of Wurttemberg-Neustadt, 1617-1631

Friedrich
(1615-1682)
Duke of Wurttemberg-Neustadt, 1649-1682
Children (12)

Friedrich August (1654–1716)
Sophia Dorothea (1658–1681)
Ferdinand Wilhelm (1659–1701)
Anton Ulrich (1661–1680)
Carl Rudolf (1667–1742)

Friedrich August
(1654-1716)
Duke of Wurttemberg-Neustadt, 1682-1716

Married 1679

Albertine Sophie Esther of Eberstein

Children (14 but 3 daughters survived into adulthood)

Auguste Sofie (1691-1743)
Eleonore Wilhelmine Charlotte (1694-1751)
Friederike (1699-1781)