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  1. Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (8 February 1487 – 6 November 1550) succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg in 1498. He was declared of age in 1503. His volatile personality made him infamous, being called the "Swabian Henry VIII" by historians.

  2. Apr 12, 2024 · Ulrich was the duke of Württemberg (1498–1519, 1534–50), a prominent figure in the German religious Reformation. A grandson of Ulrich V, count of Württemberg, he succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as duke of Württemberg in 1498, being declared of age in 1503.

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  3. Apr 26, 2022 · Immediate Family: Son of Heinrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard and Elisabeth, Gräfin von Zweibrücken-Lichtenberg. Husband of Sabine von Bayern, Herzogin zu Württemberg. Father of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg and Anna of Württemberg, Princess.

  4. The current pretender to the throne of Württemberg, Wilhelm, Duke of Württemberg belongs to this branch. Through the marriages of its female members, many royal families descend from any of the Württemberg branches.

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  6. Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Philipp Albert Nikolaus Erich Maria (born Ravensburg, 13 August 1994), succeeded Carl as Head of the House of Württemberg in 2022.

    • 15 April 1975 – 7 June 2022
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  7. "Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (8 February 1487 – 6 November 1550) succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg in 1498. He was declared of age in 1503. His volatile personality made him infamous, being called the "Swabian Henry VIII" by historians."

  8. Emperor Maximilian I named Wilhelm Duke of Württemberg at the young age of 11. Simultaneously, the emperor arranged a politically calculated marriage to his niece Sabina von Bayern. Ulrich's feudal lifestyle and frequent military campaigns required enormous sums of money.

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