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Elizabeth Auguste Marie Florestine Luise, Princess of Urach and Countess of Württemberg (born 23 August 1894 at Lichtenstein Castle (Württemberg); died 13 October 1962 in Frauenthal Castle in Styria) was the wife of Prince Karl Aloys of Liechtenstein.
Elizabeth Auguste Marie Florestine Luise, Princess of Urach and Countess of Württemberg (born 23 August 1894 at Lichtenstein Castle (Württemberg); died 13 October 1962 in Frauenthal castle in Styria) was the wife of Prince Karl Aloys of Liechtenstein.
Elisabeth of Württemberg (Elisabeth Wilhelmine Luise; 21 April 1767 – 18 February 1790) was a duchess of Württemberg by birth and an archduchess of Austria by her marriage to Archduke Francis of Austria.
29 de oct. de 2021 · Both families, Teck and Urach, are branches of the ancient royal house of Württemberg, in southwest Germany. English readers will certainly know the name ‘Mary of Teck’, the grandmother of Elizabeth II, portrayed with great eloquence and style in The Crown by Eileen Atkins.
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Medieval
The comital House of Urach were part of Swabian nobility in the 12th to 13th centuries, with their ancestral seat at Urach. The first mention of the name dates to the early 11th century, with the brothers Egino and Rudolf, whose seat was at Dettingen. Older historiography points to an origin of the name in the given name Unruoch, possibly Unruoch III (d. 874) of the Unruochings.More recent literature prefers an origin of the name in toponymy, derived from of Aura.The two brothers built Achalm...
Modern
The title of count or duke of Urach was revived in the 18th and 19th centuries for morganatic lineages of the House of Württemberg. In the early modern period, the Duchy of Württemberg often found itself in the theatre of war as French and Austrian armies fought to extend the hegemony of the rival houses of Bourbon and Habsburgon the European continent. During the 17th and 18th centuries the duchy resisted repeated French invasions. Although Duke Frederick III was nominally a subject of the H...
However, not all of the issue of the marriage were recognised as princes or dukes. Initially, the children of this marriage were accorded only the title Count/Countess von Württemberg. The eldest son, Count Alexander (1801-1844), married Countess Ilona Festetics von Tolna in 1832 (daughter of the Croatian Count Ladislas Festetics and his wife, born...
Count Wilhelm von Württemberg (1810-1869), Duke Wilhelm's third son, would become the first Duke von Urach in 1867 and ancestor of the current princely Urach line. Although both of his marriages were to dynastic princesses, he wed them as a count, marrying Théodelinde de Beauharnais, Princess of Leuchtenburg (1814–1857) in 1841 and Princess Florest...
The House of Urach established three Familienfideikommissenduring its history: the Württemberg Countship Trust for the Counts of Württemberg, the Urach Ducal Trust for the Dukes of Urach, and the Urach Princely Trust for Prince Karl of Urach (1865-1925), the younger son of Duke Wilhelm who was not expected to inherit his father's dukedom and who di...
Despite being ineligible to reign in Germany, in 1918 the House of Urach was invited to rule another country – the Kingdom of Lithuania. On June 4, 1918, the Taryba voted to offer the Lithuanian throne to the German prince Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach. He was elected on 11 July 1918 and accepted, taking the name of Mindaugas II, King of Lithuania. Th...
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- House of Württemberg
- Lithuania: Mindaugas II (1918)
26 de abr. de 2022 · Schloss Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein, Württemberg, Deutschland (DKR) Death: October 13, 1962 (68) Frauenthal, Steiermark, Österreich (Austria) Place of Burial: Vaduz, Lichtenstein. Immediate Family: Daughter of Wilhelm II von Urach, Graf von Württemberg and Amelie Maria von Bayern, Prinzessin, Duchess of Urach. Wife of Karl Alois ...
Princess Elisabeth of Urach ... Elisabeth Fürstin von Urach Gräfin von Württemberg.jpg 493 × 687; 102 KB. Elisabeth und Karl v. Liechtenstein.jpg 480 × 566; 43 KB.
