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This is a list of the rulers of the German state of Württemberg, originally a county and eventually a kingdom until the ruling dynasty was overthrown in 1918.

Contents

Counts of Württemberg to 1495

Württemberg-Stuttgart line

Württemberg-Urach line

Dukes of Württemberg 1495-1803

Electors of Württemberg 1803-1806

Kings of Württemberg 1806-1918

Heads of the House of Württemberg since 1918

See also

Counts of Württemberg to 1495

★ Konrad I 1089-1122 (assumed)

★ Konrad II 1110-1143 (assumed)

★ 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

★ Co-rulers:

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★ Eberhard II the Jarrer 1344-1392 (alone from 1362)

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★ Ulrich IV 1344-1362

★ Eberhard III 1392-1417

★ Eberhard IV 1417-1419

★ Ludwig I 1419-1450

★ Ulrich V 1419-1442, called ''the much loved''
The Treaty of Nürtingen divided the County of Württemberg into two separate lines. Württemberg-Stuttgart with the capital Stuttgart and Württemberg-Urach with the capital Urach.

Württemberg-Stuttgart line

★ Ulrich V, the much loved 1442-1480

★ Eberhard VI 1480-1482, later Duke Eberhard II

Württemberg-Urach line

★ Ludwig I 1442-1450

★ Ludwig II 1450-1457

★ Eberhard V 1457-1495
The Treaty of Münsingen reunited the two separate Lines under Eberhard V in 1482. Eberhard obtained the title of Duke in 1495.

Dukes of Württemberg 1495-1803

★ 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
In 1803, the Duke of Württemberg was raised to the rank of Elector of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1806, the Empire was dissolved, and the Elector of Württemberg became an independent monarch with the title of King.

Electors of Württemberg 1803-1806

★ Frederick I 1803-1806

Kings of Württemberg 1806-1918

★ Frederick I 1806-1816

★ William I 1816-1864

★ Charles 1864-1891. Became a subordinate ruler in the German Empire 1871.

★ William II 1891-1918
The King of Württemberg was overthrown in the German revolutions of 1918.

Heads of the House of Württemberg since 1918

The legal line of succession of the house of Württemberg has continued to the present, although the house no longer plays any political role.

★ King William II 1918-1921

★ Duke Albrecht 1921-1939

★ Duke Philipp Albrecht 1939-1975

★ Duke Carl 1975-present

See also

★ Line of succession to the Württemberg throne

★ History of Württemberg