Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach

Prince Karl Anselm
Duke of Urach
Reign	15 August 1981 – 9 February 1991
Predecessor	Prince Karl Gero
Successor	Prince Wilhelm Albert

Born	(1955-02-05) 5 February 1955
Spouse	Saskia Wüsthof (m. 1991; div. 1996)
Issue	Wilhelm Fürst von Urach Maximilian Fürst von Urach
House	Württemberg
Father	Prince Eberhard of Urach
Mother	Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis

Prince Karl Anselm Franz Joseph Wilhelm Louis Philippe Gero Maria of Urach, Titular King of Lithuania, Count of Württemberg, 4th Duke of Urach (born 5 February 1955) was the head of the morganatic Urach branch of the House of Württemberg.

Biography

He was born in Regensburg, Germany the son of Prince Eberhard of Urach and Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis. He is a grandson of Wilhelm, Duke of Urach who was from 11 July 1918 to November 1918 the king-elect King Mindaugas II of Lithuania

Prince Karl Anselm succeeded his uncle Karl Gero as fourth Duke of Urach following his death in 1981. He held the Ducal title until 1991 when he renounced it due to his morganatic marriage. His brother Wilhelm Albert succeeded him in his titles, but his marriage in 1992 was morganatic too. So his younger brother, Prince Inigo, visited Lithuania and announced that if offered the throne he would be ready to assume it.

Karl Anselm lives at Niederaichbach Castle, Bavaria, and is the owner of Greshornish Forestry estate in Inverness, Scotland.

Marriage and issue

He married Saskia Wüsthof (born 1968) on February 9, 1991 at Stuttgart. They had two children before divorcing in 1996.

Prince Wilhelm von Urach, born 8 July 1991
Prince Maximilian von Urach, born 5 May 1993

Ancestry

Ancestors of Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach

16. Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg

8. Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach

17. Baroness Wilhelmine of Tunderfeldt-Rhodis

4. Wilhelm, 2nd Duke of Urach

18. Florestan I, Prince of Monaco

9. Princess Florestine of Monaco

19. Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz

2. Prince Erbhard of Urach

20. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria

10. Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria

21. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria

5. Duchess Amalie in Bavaria

22. John of Saxony

11. Princess Sophie of Saxony

23. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

1. Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach

24. Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis

12. Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

25. Duchess Helene in Bavaria

6. Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis

26. Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria

13. Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria

27. Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

3. Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis

28. Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

14. William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

29. Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau

7. Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg

30. Miguel of Portugal

15. Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal

31. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

References

German nobility
Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach House of Württemberg Born: February 5 1955
Preceded by Karl Gero, 3rd Duke of Urach	Duke of Urach 1981–1991	Succeeded by Wilhelm Albert, 5th Duke of Urach
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Karl I	— TITULAR — King of Lithuania 15 August 1981 – 9 February 1991	Succeeded by Wilhelm

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