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Württemberg
-1918]
The Royal House of Württemberg descended
from the ancient immediate Counts of Württemberg [10: Neue Folge;
Band I.2; t.255-260] [9: 1919; p.104] [4: tome III; p.214-218] [13: tome II;
p.393-394].
In 1482, Eberhard IV (+1419) married Henriette
(+1444), the heir to the County of Montbéliard.
Their sons Ludwig (+1450) and Ulrich V (+1480)
divided their inheritance and
founded, respectively, the branches of Urach and
Stuttgart.
In 1495, Emperor Maximilian I granted the
title of Duke of Württemberg & Teck to Eberhard V (I) (+1496),
Count of Württemberg-Urach.
After Eberhard V (I)'s death his possessions and
the Ducal title passed to his cousin Eberhard VI (II) (+1504), Count of
Württemberg-Stuttgart.
In 1519, the Swabian League drove Duke Ulrich (+
1550) from Württemberg, which was afterwards sold by the league to Emperor
Charles V, who gave the Duchy to his younger brother Ferdinand
(+1564).
In 1534, Duke Ulrich was restored, and, in
February 1535, he signed the Treaty of Kaaden by which Ferdinand recognized
Ulrich as Duke who held Württemberg under Austrian suzerainty.
In 1597, the Roman Emperor elevated
Montbéliard to the rank of Princely County.
In 1803, the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation gave the Duke of Württemberg the Dignity of
Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
In Jan 1806,
Elector
Friedrich
(+1816) was
declared the King of
Württemberg.
In July 1806,
the King of
Württemberg became a
sovereign ruler, when he left the Holy Roman Empire and joined the
Confederation of the Rhine as founding member.
In 1815, the King of Württemberg joined the
German Confederation.
In 1871, the King of Württemberg
joined the German Empire.
In the course of the
November Revolution of 1918, the King of
Württemberg was deposed.
Notes:
1. Julius-Friedrich (+1635), a younger son of
Duke Friedrich I of Württemberg (+1608), founded the appanage branch of
Weiltingen-Jiliusburg.
In 1647, Sylvius-Nimrod (+1664), the
eldest son of Julius-Friedrich, married Alzbeta / Elisabeth-Maria of
Podebrady (+1686), the daughter and heir to Karl-Friedrich I (+1647), Duke of
Olesnica in
Silesia.
In Jan 1649, the King of Bohemia, bestowed to
Sylvius-Nimrod (+1664) the Duchy of
Olesnica /
Öls under the Bohemian overlordship.
The branch of Julius-Friedrich (+1635) became
extinct in 1792 with the death of Karl-Christian-Erdmann of Württemberg,
Duke of
Olesnica.
Olesnica
passed to Friedrich-August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (+1805), the husband
of Friederike (+1789), a daughter of Karl-Christian-Erdmann.
List of the Rulers
Karl-Eugen (1728-1793) [1737-1793]
Ludwig-Eugen (1731-1795) [1793-1795]
Friedrich I Eugen (1732-1797) [1795-1797]
Friedrich I (II as Duke ) (1754-1816) [1797-1816]
Wilhelm I (1781-1864) [1816-1864]
Karl (1823-1891) [1864-1891]
Wilhelm II (1848-1921) [1891-1918]
Titles
1780-1803
Duke of Württemberg, Teck;
Count of Montbéliard;
Count & Lord of Limpurg-Gaildorf, Sontheim,
Schmiedelfeld, the Upper Sontheim;
Lord of Heidenheim, Justingen;
1803-1805
Duke of Württemberg;
The HRE Prince-Elector;
Duke of Teck;
Landgrave of Tübingen;
Prince of Ellwangen, Zweifalten;
Count & Lord of Limpurg-Gaildorf, Sontheim,
Schmiedelfeld, the Upper Sontheim;
Lord of Heidenheim, Justingen, Rothweil,
Heilbronn, Hall, Adelmannsfelden;
Jan 1806-Aug 1806
King of Württemberg;
The HRE Prince-Elector;
Duke of Teck;
Prince of Swabia;
Landgrave of Tübingen,
Nellenburg;
Prince of Ellwangen, Zweifalten;
Count of Limpurg, Schmiedelfeld, Sontheim,
Hohenberg, Bondorf;
Lord of Heidenheim, Justingen, Rothweil,
Heilbronn, Hall, Altdorf, Adelmannsfelden;
Aug 1806-1810
King of Württemberg,
Sovereign Duke in Swabia, of
Teck,
Duke of Hohenlohe;
Landgrave of Tübingen,
Nellenburg,
Prince of Ellwangen, Zweifalten, Buchau,
Waldburg, Aulendorf, Ochsenhausen;
Count of Gröningen, Limpurg, Biberach,
Schecklingen, Egloffs, Heggbach;
Lord of Altdorf, Heidenheim, Justingen, the
Danubian cities, of Rothweil, Heilbronn, Hall, Wiesensteig, Wiblingen,
Adelmannsfelden;
1810-1816
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;
1816-1918
King of Württemberg;
Voices in the Imperial Circle assemblies in
1789 [2: p.13-14]
Swabia:
= The Bench of Secular
Princes:
- Württemberg;
= The Bench of Counts &
Lords:
- Justingen;
Franconia:
= The Bench of Counts &
Lords:
- % Limpurg-Gaildorf;
- Welzheim;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1789
[2: p.13-14]
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Württemberg;
- Montbéliard /
Mömpelgard;
Curial voices in the Council of Princes:
= the Counts of Swabia =
- Justingen (-);
Territorial Possessions in 1789 [7:
p.22-36, 94-95] [3-4, 8]
The Imperial Circle of
Swabia:
- Württemberg with Teck, Tübingen,
Urach, etc.;
- Justingen;
- Heidenheim;
= Territorial Supremacy over =
- Löwenstein;
The Imperial Circle of Franconia:
- % Limpurg with Schmiedelfeld, % Sontheim,
etc.;
- Welzheim;
The Knightly Circle of Swabia: [3:
Abtheilung I; Band II; p.234, 236, 237, 239, 240]
- Nussdorf;
- % Unterriexingen;
- Lindach;
- Untereisesheim /
Unter-Eüsesheim;
- Steinfels;
The Knightly Circle of Franconia: [3:
Abtheilung I; Band II; p.28]
- % Widdern;
Outside Imperial Circles:
- Montbéliard /
Mömpelgard;
Non-sovereign outside the Empire:
= under the French Suzerainty =
- Horbourg / Horburg;
- Reichenweier;
- Grange;
- Héricourt;
- Clérmont;
- Blamont;
- Passavant;
- Châtelot;
- Clerval;
Voices in the Imperial Assembly in 1803
(Changes by the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation)
Voices in the Council of
Electors:
- Württemberg;
Individual voices in the Council of
Princes:
- Teck;
- Württemberg;
- Ellwangen;
- Tübingen;
- Zwiefalten;
Territorial Acquisitions and Losses since 1789
[7: p.98-104]
- In 1789, the Duke of Württemberg lost his
feudal rights in his possessions under the French Suzerainty.
- In 1793, the French armies occupied
Montbéliard.
- In 1802,
the
Treaty of
Paris recognized these territorial losses.
-
In 1803, by
the Final Recess of the Imperial
Deputation,
the Elector
of
Württemberg
acquired the territories of the former Ecclesiastical
Estates: Ellwangen, Zweifalten, etc.; the former Imperial Cities of Rothweil,
Heilbronn, Hall, etc.
- In Dec 1805, by the Treaty of Pressburg, the
Elector of
Württemberg acquired Nellenburg, Hohenberg, Altdorf, Hofen, Bondorf,
etc..
- In July 1806, by the Confederation of the Rhine
Act, the King of Württemberg acquired Wiesensteig, Biberach, Schecklingen,
Wiblingen, etc. and mediatized the rest of the County of Limpurg-Gaildorf, the
lands of the Princes of Hohenlohe, of Fürstenberg (Gundelfingen, Neufra),
of Thurn-Taxis (Friedberg, Scheer, Buchau, Marchtal, etc.), Nassau-Orange
(Weingarten), of Waldburg, of Windischgrätz (Egloff), of Dietrichstein
(Neuravensburg), of Metternich (Ochsenhausen), and of Salm-Reifferscheid (%
Krautheim); the lands of the Counts of Königsegg-Aulendorf, of Stadion, of
Aspremont-Linden (Baindt), of Plettenberg (Mietingen & Sulmingen), of Quadt
(Isny), of Schäsberg (Tannheim), of Sternberg-Manderscheid (Schussenried
& Weissenau), of Törring (Gutenzell), of Waldbott-Bassenheim
(Heggbach), and of Wartenberg (Roth); and
possessions of Imperial Knights
in Swabia.
- In 1809, the King of Württemberg annexed
Mergentheim.
- In May 1810, by the Treaty of Paris, the King
of Bavaria ceded to the King of Württemberg some territories including
Montfort-Tettnang, % Öttingen, Ulm, Ravensburg, Kirchberg, Dietenheim,
etc..
- In 1810, the King of Württemberg ceded to
the Grand Duke of Baden some territories including Nellenburg, Gutenstein,
Stteten, etc..
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