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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.
Elizabeth, Princess of Urach and Countess of Württemberg
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Born as Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius, Count of Württemberg, he was the elder son of Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach (the head of a morganatic branch of the Royal House of the Kingdom of Württemberg), and his second wife, Princess Florestine of Monaco, occasional Regent of Monaco and daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco. At the age of fou...
Through his mother, Wilhelm was a legitimate heir to the throne of Monaco. Wilhelm's cousin Prince Albert I of Monaco had only one child, Prince Louis, who was unmarried and had no legitimate children. The French Republic, however, was reluctant to see a German prince ruling Monaco. Under French pressure,[citation needed] Monaco passed a law in 191...
Typical of his family, Wilhelm entered the army in 1883 and was a professional general by the outbreak of World War I in 1914 as commander of the 26th Infantry Division (1st Royal Württemberg) of the Imperial German Army. Until November 1914 this division was part of the German assault on France, and then Belgium, where Wilhelm's sister-in-law Elis...
On 4 June 1918, the Council of Lithuaniavoted to invite Wilhelm to become the king of a newly independent Lithuania. Wilhelm agreed and was elected on 11 July 1918, taking the name Mindaugas II. His election can be explained by several factors: 1. he was Roman Catholic (the dominant religion in Lithuania); 2. he was not a member of the House of Hoh...
Wilhelm was married twice. On 4 July 1892, he married firstly Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865–1912), daughter of Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, a niece of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, and a direct descendant of the Lithuanian princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł of Biržai. Nine children were born of this marriage: 1. Princess Marie Gabriele (1893–1...
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31 de mar. de 2024 · Princess Elisabeth of Urach 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.
