European Royalty during World War II:
Royal Houses

Living Members of
The House of Urach, 1939-1945

Head of House
 Son of Duke Wilhelm Karl of Urach, Count of Württemberg (1864-1928), who was elected King Mindove II of Lithuania by the Lithuanian Taryba in July 1918 and recognized by Germany in November 1918

Karl Gero, Duke of Urach, Count of Württemberg (1899-     ).  Succeeded as Duke of Urach on the renunciation of the title by his brother, Prince Wilhelm (below).
Wife:  Gabriele, née Countess of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1910-     )

Step-Mother
Second wife of Duke Wilhelm Karl of Urach, Count of Württemberg (1864-1928)

Wiltrud, née Princess of Bavaria (1884-     )

Brothers and Sisters
Children of Duke Wilhelm Karl of Urach, Count of Württemberg (1864-1928), by his first marriage

Elisabeth, Princess Karl of Liechtenstein (1894-     )

Carola, Princess of Urach, Countess of Württemberg (1896-     )

Wilhelm, Prince of Urach (1897-     ).  Renounced the title of Count of Württemberg and his rights of succession as Duke of Urach in 1928 on the death of his father, Duke Wilhelm Karl, in anticipation of his unequal marriage later that year.
Wife:  Elisabeth, née Theurer (1899-     )
Issue:
  1. Elisabeth, Princess of Urach (1932-     )
  2. Marie Christine, Princess of Urach (1933-     )

Margarete, Princess of Urach, Countess of Württemberg (1901-     )

Albrecht, Prince of Urach (1903-     ).  Forfeited the title of Count of Württemberg and his rights of succession as Duke of Urach as a result of his unequal marriage in 1931.  Divorced his first wife in Berlin in 1943.  Remarried on September 8, 1943, in Berwang, Tyrol.
1st Wife:  Rosemary, née Blackadder (1901-     ).
2nd Wife: Ute, née Waldschmidt (1922-     )
Issue:
  1. Marie Gabriele, Princess of Urach (1932-     )
  2. Peter, Prince of Urach, born on July 5, 1944, in Berne, Switzerland.
  3. Manuela, Princess of Urach, born on August 8, 1945, in Berne.

Eberhard, Prince of Urach, Count of Württemberg (1907-     )

Mechtilde, The Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst (1912-     )

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