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The Kingdom of Württemberg (German: Königreich Württemberg [ˌkøːnɪkʁaɪç ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk]) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which existed from 1495 to 1805.
- Electorate of Württemberg
In 1803, Napoleon raised the Duchy of Württemberg to the...
- William I
William I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm Karl; 27 September 1781...
- William II
William II (German: Wilhelm Karl Paul Heinrich Friedrich; 25...
- Württemberg
History. Originally part of the old Duchy of Swabia, its...
- Electorate of Württemberg
Kingdom of Württemberg as it existed from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the end of World War I. From 1815 to 1866 it was a member state of the German Confederation and from 1871 to 1918 it was a federal state in the German Empire.
Article History. Württemberg, 1810. Württemberg, former German state, successively a countship, a duchy, a kingdom, and a republic before its partition after World War II. Its territory approximated the central and eastern areas of present-day Baden-Württemberg Land (state), of Germany.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Württemberg becomes a sub-kingdom in Prussia 's German empire. Died 1921. Wilhelm of Urach, a member of the royal house, is briefly elected king of Lithuania in the hope that this will bring about a form of independence. Instead, Germany 's collapse in 1918 brings about the creation of a republic.
Württemberg [ˈvʏɐtɛmˌbeɐk], formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia. It was originally a Duchy but was raised to a Kingdom in 1806.
When the United States announced its independence from Great Britain in 1776, Württemberg was a sovereign, independent state. It was raised to the status of kingdom by Napoleon (1806) during the Napoleonic Wars of the early nineteenth century.
