Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
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Count Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand of Württemberg, 1st Duke of Urach, was the son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg, younger brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg, by his morganatic wife, B
1835 portrait
Reporting to King William I (1847), a group portrait. All the participants are identified on the painting's page at Wikimedia Commons.
Lichtenstein Castle (Württemberg), reconstructed in 1840 by Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach
Duke Wilhelm in later years
Théodolinde de Beauharnais
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Théodolinde of Leuchtenberg, Countess of Württemberg by marriage, was a Franco-German princess. She was a granddaughter of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's first wife.
Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
…to Lieutenant General in 1855. In 1857, he was appointed governor of Ulm. In 1841 he converted to Roman Catholicism to enable his first marriage to Théodolinde de Beauharnais. In 1867, he was promoted to General of the Infantry. On 28 May 1867, he was raised to Duke of Urach (Herzog von Urach), while retaining the dignity…
Portrait by Friedrich Dürck, 1836
Photograph in 1854