Wilhelm Herzog von Württemberg (born ''Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Philipp Albert Nikolaus Erich Maria''; 13 August 1994) is the head of the

House of Württemberg The House of Württemberg is an uradel, ancient German nobility, German dynasty and former royal family of the Kingdom of Württemberg. History County The House probably originated in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty. Around 1080 the ancestors ...

and a German businessman. He is Chair of the Hofkammer des Hauses Württemberg, the company which manages the forests, farms, wineries, and housing estates of the former royal family of the

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Life

Wilhelm is the eldest child of Friedrich, Hereditary Duke of Württemberg (1961–2018) and Princess Marie Wilhelmine of Wied (born 1973)."Württemberg", ''

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'' online, accessed 28 January 2025 He was baptised in September 1994, with his uncles Erich, Prince of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg, and Prince Wilhelm of Wied, as his godfathers. He has two younger sisters, Duchess Marie Amelie (born 1996, who married in 2023 Baron Franz-Ferdinand von Feilitzsch) and Duchess Sophie Dorothee (born 1997). On 9 May 2018, Wilhelm's father died in a car accident while driving on his way home to

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. Upon the death of his father, Wilhelm became the heir apparent to his grandfather,

Carl, Duke of Württemberg Carl Herzog von Württemberg (''Carl Maria Peter Ferdinand Philipp Albrecht Joseph Michael Pius Konrad Robert Ulrich''; 1 August 1936 – 7 June 2022) was the head of the House of Württemberg from 1975 to 2022. He was succeeded by his grandson ...

as Head of the House of Württemberg. In July 2019, it was also announced that Wilhelm would be the future head of the Württemberg Hofkammer, the administrative offices of the family business. On 7 June 2022, Wilhelm succeeded as Head of the

upon the death of his grandfather, Carl, Duke of Württemberg. Wilhelm is unmarried. With the headship of the house passing through the male line, the

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of the House of Württemberg is Wilhelm's paternal uncle Duke Eberhard of Württemberg, who married Gaby Maier on 15 July 2023.

Ancestry

References

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