Duke of Urach

Ducal Family of Urach

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

The title of Duke of Urach (German: Herzog von Urach) was created in the Kingdom of Württemberg on 28 March 1867 for Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand, Count of Württemberg, with the style of Serene Highness. The first Duke of Urach was the first head of the House of Urach. Urach is pronounced "Oo-raakh" (IPA /uːrɑːx/).

Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach, was the son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg (1761-1830) and his morganatic wife, Baroness (Freiin) Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis (1777-1822), whom he married at Coswig on 23 August 1800. His paternal grandfather was Friedrich II Eugen (1732-1797), from whom all claimants to the Kingdom of Württemberg are descended. Because of his first marriage to Théodolinde de Beauharnais, the first Duke had converted to Roman Catholicism. His second marriage to Princess Florestine of Monaco gave rise to the Monaco Succession Crisis of 1918.

The 2nd Duke of Urach was briefly chosen as Mindaugas II, King of Lithuania in 1918. The family still owns Lichtenstein Castle, rebuilt by the first duke in the 1840s.