Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach

Karl Anselm
Karl Anselm
Duke von Urach
Reign	15 August 1981 – 9 February 1991
Predecessor	Duke Karl Gero
Successor	Duke Wilhelm Albert
Born	5 February 1955
Spouse	Saskia Wüsthof (m. 1991; div. 1996); Uta Maria Priemer (m. 2014)
Issue	Wilhelm; Maximilian
House	Württemberg
Father	Prince Eberhard von Urach
Mother	Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis

Karl Anselm Franz Joseph Wilhelm Louis Philippe Gero Maria, 4th Duke von Urach, Count von Württemberg (born 5 February 1955) is the former head of the morganatic Urach branch of the House of Württemberg.

Biography

He was born in Regensburg, Germany, the son of Prince Eberhard von Urach and Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis.[1] He is a grandson of Wilhelm, Duke von Urach,[1] who was from 11 July 1918 to November 1918 the King-elect Mindaugas II of Lithuania.[2]

He became an engineer, having studied agronomy at the University of Kiel.[2] Karl Anselm succeeded his childless uncle Karl Gero as fourth Duke von Urach following his death in 1981.[2] He held the ducal title until 9 February 1991 when he married a commoner and renounced it.[2] His brother Wilhelm Albert succeeded him in his titles.[2] Karl Anselm lives at Niederaichbach Castle, Bavaria, and is the owner of Greshornish Forestry estate in Inverness, Scotland.

Marriage and issue

He married Saskia Wüsthof (born 1968) on February 9, 1991 at Stuttgart. They had two children before divorcing in 1996.[2]

Wilhelm Fürst von Urach, born 8 July 1991
Maximilian Fürst von Urach, born 5 May 1993

He married Uta Maria Priemer (born 1964, whose daughter Teresa von Bülow married Count Ferenc Kornis von Göncz-Ruszka, grandson of Prince Rasso of Bavaria) on September 2, 2014.

Ancestry[1]

Ancestors of Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach[1]

8. Wilhelm, 1st Duke von Urach

4. Wilhelm, 2nd Duke von Urach

9. Princess Florestine of Monaco

2. Prince Erbhard von Urach

10. Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria

5. Duchess Amalie in Bavaria

11. Princess Sophie of Saxony

1. Karl Anselm, Duke von Urach

12. Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis

6. Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis

13. Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria

3. Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis

14. William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

7. Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg

15. Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal

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References

Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke's Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, pp. 184, 187-188. ISBN 0-85011-023-8
de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 159-163 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1

German nobility
Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach House of Württemberg Born: February 5 1955
Preceded by Karl Gero, 3rd Duke von Urach	Duke von Urach 1981–1991	Succeeded by Wilhelm Albert, 5th Duke von Urach
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Karl I	— TITULAR — King of Lithuania 15 August 1981 – 9 February 1991	Succeeded by Wilhelm

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[burkeI-1] Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. "Burke's Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America, 1977, pp. 184, 187-188. ISBN 0-85011-023-8

[petit-2] Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 159-163 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1