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Wilhelm Albert, Duke of Urach

Prince Wilhelm Albert
Duke of Urach
Reign 15 August 1991 – present
Predecessor Prince Karl Anselm
Born (1957-08-09) 9 August 1957 (age 60)
Spouse Karen von Brauchitsch-Berghe von Trips
Issue Prince Karl Philipp
Princess Alexandra-Charlotte
Princess Louisa Antonia
House Württemberg
Father Prince Eberhard Von Urach
Mother Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis
Ducal Family of Urach
Wappen des Herzogs von Urach.svg
  • HSH The Duke
    HSH The Duchess
    • HSH Prince Karl Philipp
    • HSH Princess Alexandra Charlotte
    • HSH Princess Louisa Antonia

  • HSH Princess Amelie
  • HSH Prince Karl Anselm
    • HSH Prince Wilhelm
    • HSH Prince Maximilian
  • HSH Prince Inigo
    HSH Princess Daniela
    • HSH Prince Eberhard
    • HSH Prince Anselm
    • HSH Princess Amelie Philippa

Prince Wilhelm Albert Raphael Maria of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 5th Duke of Urach (German: Wilhelm Albert Fürst von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, 5. Herzog von Urach; born on 9 August 1957), is the head of the morganatic Urach branch of the dynasty which reigned as kings of Württemberg in Germany until 1918.

Prince Wilhelm Albert was born at Hohenberg Castle near Seeshaupt, Bavaria, the son of Prince Eberhard of Urach and Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis. He is the grandson and heir of Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach, who was offered the throne of Lithuania in anticipation of its conversion to an independent post-World War I kingdom, but he declined the crown in November 1919, as the prospect of a Baltic monarchy lost momentum. In October 1924 Duke Wilhelm also renounced his claim to the throne of Monaco. The Urachs' ducal and princely titles ceased being insignia of rank when the German Empire fell and the republican regime which succeeded it decreed in 1919 that hereditary titles would henceforth simply be treated as surnames, carrying no legal privileges. Urach had, in fact, been a dukedom in name only, to which no territorial duchy had been attached.

Prince Wilhelm Albert succeeded his brother Karl Anselm as titular Duke of Urach when the latter renounced the headship of the family at Niederaichbach on 9 February 1991, upon the occasion of his marriage to a commoner.

He is described as an engineer who lives at Ossenberg Castle near Düsseldorf. He and his family also remain in possession of the House of Urach's historical family seat, Lichtenstein Castle, south of Stuttgart, which is open to the public.


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