European Kingdoms

Württemberg

During the general collapse of East Francia, or Germany, in the twelfth century, Swabia's dissolution left the way clear for its main successors to emerge from the shadows. Württemberg and Baden grew to encompass most of Swabia's former territory.

County of Württemberg

1137 - 1181

Louis I

1137 - 1154

Emich

1181 - 1201

Henry

1201 - 1228

Louis II

1228 - 1241

Eberhard

1241 - 1265

Ulrich I

1265 - 1279

Ulrich II

1279 - 1325

Eberhard I the Illustrious

1325 - 1344

Ulrich III

1344 - 1392

Eberhard II the Whiner

1344 - 1366

Ulrich IV

1392 - 1417

Eberhard III the Mild

1417 - 1419

Eberhard IV

1419 - 1441

Louis I

Urach. d.1450.

1419 - 1480

Ulrich V

1457 - 1496

Eberhard V

Urach. Became Duke Eberhard I.

1480 - 1495

Eberhard VI

Became Duke Eberhard II.

Duchy of Württemberg

1495 - 1496

Eberhard I

Formerly Count Eberhard V.

1496 - 1498

Eberhard II

Formerly Count Eberhard VI. d.1504.

1498 - 1519

Ulrich I

1519 - 1534

Württemberg is controlled by Austria.

1534 - 1550

Ulrich I

Restored?

1550 - 1568

Christopher

1568 - 1593

Louis III the Pious

1593 - 1608

Frederick I

1608 - 1628

John Frederick

1628 - 1674

Eberhard III

1674 - 1677

William Louis

1677 - 1733

Eberhard IV Louis

1733 - 1737

Charles I Alexander

1737 - 1793

Charles Eugene

1793 - 1795

Louis Eugene

1795 - 1797

Frederick II

1797 - 1806

Frederick III

Elector (1803). Became King Frederick.

Kingdom of Württemberg

The duchy was elevated to a kingdom by France's Napoleon Bonaparte when it joined his Confederation of the Rhine.

1806 - 1816

Frederick

Formerly Duke Frederick III.

1806 - 1817

Ludwig Frederick Alexander

Duke.

1816 - 1864

William I

1864 - 1891

Charles

1871

Württemberg becomes a sub-kingdom in Prussia's German Empire.

1891 - 1918

William II

Died 1921.

1918

All German monarchies are abolished upon the defeat of the German Empire in World War I.