Carl, Duke of Württemberg
| His Royal Highness | |
| Carl | |
|---|---|
| The Duke of Württemberg | |
| Tenure | 15 April 1975 – 7 June 2022 |
| Predecessor | Duke Philipp Albrecht |
| Successor | Duke Wilhelm |
| Born | 1 August 1936 Friedrichshafen, Württemberg, Germany |
| Died | 7 June 2022 (aged 85) Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Duke Friedrich Duchess Mathilde Duke Eberhard Duke Philipp Duke Michael Duchess Eleonore |
| Full name | |
| Carl Maria Peter Ferdinand Philipp Albrecht Joseph Michael Pius Konrad Robert Ulrich Herzog von Württemberg | |
| House | Württemberg |
| Father | Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg |
| Mother | Archduchess Rosa of Austria-Tuscany |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Carl Maria Peter Ferdinand Philipp Albrecht Joseph Michael Pius Konrad Robert Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1 August 1936 – 7 June 2022) was the head of the House of Württemberg from 1975 to 2022. He was succeeded by his grandson Wilhelm.
Life[edit]
Carl was born in Friedrichshafen on 1 August 1936.[1] He was the second son of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1893–1975), and Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1906–1983).[2] He was educated at the classical grammar school in Riedlingen and the University of Tübingen, where he studied law. After graduating, he joined the family estate business, based at Altshausen Palace.
Carl became heir-presumptive to the headship of the House of Württemberg on 29 June 1959, when his older brother, Ludwig, renounced his succession rights.[3] He became head of the family when his father died 15 April 1975. The family company manages around 5500 hectares of forest, around 2000 hectares of meadows and fields, fifty hectares of vineyards, other land in Germany and abroad, forests in Canada and Austria, and company holdings. It also maintains some seventy cultural monuments of the House of Württemberg. The current headquarters of the estate is Friedrichshafen Castle.
On 7 June 2022, Carl died in a hospital in Ravensburg at the age of 85. He was succeeded by his grandson Wilhelm since Carl's eldest son Friedrich had predeceased him.[4]
Charitable activities[edit]
Carl took part in many social and charitable activities, including the German Red Cross, the Friends of Cancer Children, the Free School Foundation, the Art Foundation, the Preventive Youth Welfare Foundation, and the Baden-Württemberg Monument Foundation, which he chaired from 2002 to 2008. He was Patron of the Society for the Promotion of the State Museum of Württemberg, and chairman of the Friends of the University of Tübingen and the University Foundation. In Altshausen, where he lived, he was Patron of the Citizens Guard Yellow Hussars.
On 30 July 2002 Carl and his wife Diane met with President of Lebanon Emile Lahoud and his wife at the Baabda Palace in Beirut to discuss a project to assist deprived Lebanese children as well as other social and cultural activities.[5]
Marriage and issue[edit]
On 21 July 1960, Carl married Princess Diane d'Orléans (born 1940), the daughter of Prince Henri, Count of Paris, and his wife Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza. They had four sons and two daughters and sixteen grandchildren:[6]
- Duke Friedrich Philipp Carl Franz Maria (Friedrichshafen, 1 June 1961 – near Ebenweiler, 9 May 2018),[7][8] married in Altshausen civilly on 11 and religiously on 13 November 1993 to his cousin Princess Wilhelmine Friederike Pauline Elisabeth Marie of Wied (born Munich, 27 December 1973), great-granddaughter of Friedrich, Prince of Wied, and wife Princess Pauline of Württemberg, the only child of the last King of Württemberg to reach adulthood, and had one son and two daughters:
- Duke Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Philipp Albert Nikolaus Erich Maria (Ravensburg, 13 August 1994), succeeded Carl as Head of the House of Württemberg in 2022
- Duchess Marie Amélie Diane Katharina Beatrix Philippa Sophie (born Ravensburg, 12 March 1996)
- Duchess Sophie Dorothee Martina Johanna Henriette Charitas Maria (born Ravensburg, 19 August 1997)
- Duchess Mathilde Marie-Antoinette Rosa Isabelle (born Friedrichshafen, 11 July 1962), married in 1988 to Prince Erich of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 21 November 1962), has issue.
- Duke Eberhard Alois Nikolaus Heinrich Johannes Maria (born Friedrichshafen, 20 June 1963), married morganatically in 2011 Lucie Desiree Copf (born Samedan, 29 December 1969), and had one son:
- Duke Alexander Ferdinand Peter Mathias Maria (born Mannheim, 19 January 2010)
- Duke Philipp Albrecht Christoph Ulrich Maria (born Friedrichshafen, 1 November 1964), married in 1991 to Duchess Marie-Caroline in Bavaria, and had three daughters and one son:
- Duchess Sophie Anastasia Assunta Marie Pauline (born Munich, 15 January 1994), married in Altshausen, civilly on 15 September and religiously on 20 October 2018 Maximilien d'Andigné (born. 1989), great-grandson of Donna Monique Imperiali dei Principi di Francavilla[9][10]
- Duchess Pauline Philippa Adelheid Helena Marie (born London, 15 April 1997)
- Duke Carl Theodor Philipp Maria Max Emanuel (born London, 15 June 1999)
- Duchess Anna Maximiliana Elizabeth Mariella Marie (born Frankfurt, 2 February 2007)
- Duke Michael Heinrich Albert Alexander Maria (born Friedrichshafen, 1 December 1965), married morganatically civilly in Schloss Altshausen on 7 and religiously at Friedrichshafen on 8 July 2006 Julia Ricarda Storz (born Munich, 4 April 1965), without issue
- Duchess Eleonore Fleur Juanita Charlotte Eudoxie Marie-Agnès (born Altshausen, 4 November 1977), married in 2003 to Count Moritz Louis von Goëss (born Klagenfurt, 5 June 1966), descendant of a bastard daughter of the Portuguese philosopher
Damião de Góis, has issue
Honours and awards[edit]
- Grand Master of the Order of the Crown of Württemberg[11]
- Grand Master of the of the Order of Olga[11]
- Honorary Citizen of the Town of Hinterstoder in Austria (2006)[12]
- Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[13]
- Baden-Württemberg: Great Staufer Medal in Gold (Große Staufermedaille in Gold) (2017)[14]
- Town of Althaus, Baden-Württemberg: Honorary Citizen (2006)[12]
- Knight Commander, Order of St. Gregory the Great (31 May 2002).[15]
- Lebanon: Knight, National Order of the Cedar (30 July 2002)[5]
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion[13]
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (House of Habsburg)[13]
- Royal Family of Bavaria: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Hubert (House of Wittelsbach)
- Knight Grand Collar of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (House of Savoy)[13]
- Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
- Knight of Honour of the Teutonic Order (2009)[16]
Academic institutions[edit]
- Honorary Senator, University of Tübingen[13]
- Honorary Senator, University of Hohenheim[13]
- Honorary Doctor of Theology, Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule Vallendar (8 November 2008)[17]
Ancestry[edit]
| 8. Duke Philipp of Württemberg | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg | |||||||||||||||
| 10. Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Princess Maria Annunziata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Carl, Duke of Württemberg[6] | |||||||||||||||
| 12. Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Princess Alice of Bourbon-Parma | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Archduchess Rosa of Austria | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | |||||||||||||||
Citations[edit]
- ↑ Opfell 2001, p. 125.
- ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh 1973, p. 227.
- ↑ Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Royal Families of the World Vol. 1 (1977), p. 191
- ↑ "HRH Carl Duke of Württemberg (1936-2022)". royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Austrian duke discusses project for children with Lahoud". The Daily Star. Beirut. 7 August 2002.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, p. 5, 122-126.
- ↑ Stickings, Tim (26 May 2018). "King and Queen of Belgium join European nobility at the funeral of German duke who died in a car crash in his vintage Porsche". MailOnline. London.
- ↑ Havis, Michael (10 May 2018). "Duke linked to Royal family killed in car crash week before Harry and Meghan's wedding". Daily Star.
- ↑ Martin, Henry (20 October 2018). "German royal Duchess Sophie Württemberg looks head over heels as she kisses her new husband French Count Maximilien d'Andigné at their wedding". MailOnline. London.
- ↑ "Pedigree Chart for Maximilien d'Andigné: Genealogics".
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 [https://www.icocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICOC-REGISTER-2021.pdf 2021 Report of the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry]
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Zum Tod von Carl Herzog von Württemberg (1936 - 2022)". hofkammer.de (in German). Hofkammer des Hauses Württember. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Graf Finck v. Finckenstein, Gottfried; Franke, Christopher (2007). Genealogisches Handbuch der Fürstlichen Häuser, Band XVIII. Limburg an der Lahn: C. A. Starke. p. 122. ISBN 9783798008410.
- ↑ "Große Staufermedaille in Gold für Herzog Carl von Württemberg". baden-wuerttemberg.de. Land Baden-Württemberg. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 95 (2003), n. 1, p. 91
- ↑ "Besuch des Hochmeisters in Altshausen/Oberschwaben". deutscher-orden.at. Deutscher Orden. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ↑ "Theologischer Ehrendoktor für Herzog Carl von Württemberg". kardinal-kasper-stiftung.de. Kardinal Walter Kasper Stiftung. 10 November 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
References[edit]
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Fürstliche Häuser (in German). Vol. XVIII. C.A. Starke Verlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-7980-0841-0.
- Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1973). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family. Burke's Peerage. ISBN 0-220-66222-3.
- Opfell, Olga S. (2001). Royalty Who Wait: The 21 Heads of Formerly Regnant Houses of Europe. McFarland. ISBN 9780786450572.
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