Rulers of Württemberg

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Coat of Arms of the (formerly royal) Württemberg family, on a gate of the family's current residence, Schloss Altshausen in Altshausen, Germany

[edit] Assumed to be Counts of Württemberg

• Konrad I 1089-1122
• Konrad II 1110-1143

[edit] Counts of Württemberg

Coat of Arms of the Counts of Württemberg

• 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
• Eberhard II the Jarrer 1344-1392
• Ulrich IV 1344-1362, co-rule with his brother Eberhard II
• Eberhard III 1392-1417
• Eberhard IV 1417-1419
• Ludwig I 1419-1450
• Ulrich V 1419-1442, called the much loved

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

[edit] Counts of the Line Württemberg-Stuttgart

Ulrich V, the much loved 1442-1480

Eberhard VI. 1480-1482, later Duke Eberhard II

[edit] Counts of the Line Württemberg-Urach

Coat of arms of Counts of Württemberg-Urach

Ludwig I 1442-1450

Ludwig II 1450-1457

Eberhard V 1457-1482

The Treaty of Münsingen reunites the two separate Lines under Eberhard V in 1482

[edit] Dukes of Württemberg

Coat of arms adopted by Eberhard I in 1495 on the occasion of the exaltation 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 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

[edit] Electors of Württemberg

• Frederick II 1803-1806

[edit] Kings of Württemberg

• Frederick I 1806-1816
• William I 1816-1864
• Charles 1864-1891
• William II 1891-1918

[edit] Heads of the House of Württemberg since 1918

• King William II 1918-1921
• Duke Albrecht 1921-1939
• Duke Philipp Albrecht 1939-1975
• Duke Carl 1975-present

see Line of succession to the Württemberg throne