Realm · approximate borders · 1495–1802

Duchy of Württemberg

Raised to a duchy at the Diet of Worms (1495). Under Habsburg administration 1520–1534 after Duke Ulrich was expelled; Protestant from 1534.

It also held the exclave of Montbéliard (Mömpelgard) and small holdings. Became an electorate in 1803.

See Duchy of Württemberg on the map in 1495

On the map: 1495–1802
Capital: Stuttgart

Rulers named in the sources

Eberhard I 1495–1496
Ulrich 1498–1519, 1534–1550
Christoph 1550–1568
Eberhard Ludwig 1693–1733
Charles Eugene 1744–1793
Frederick II 1797–1803

Western and central European states, 430–1956

States of western and central Europe: the Irish kingdoms of Meath, Osraige, Breifne, Thomond, Desmond and Tyrconnell, Pictish Fortriu, the Welsh kingdoms of Dyfed, Ceredigion and Deheubarth, Elmet, the taifas of Málaga, Majorca and Menorca, the prince-bishoprics of Liège and Utrecht, Guelders, Brabant, Namur, Limburg, Luxembourg, Cleves and Jülich, Bar and Provence, the Electoral Palatinate, Mainz, Hesse, the Welf principalities, Württemberg, Baden, Ansbach, Bayreuth, Nuremberg, Salzburg, Meissen, Saxe-Wittenberg, Saxe-Lauenburg, Oldenburg and Pomerania, the Visconti, Gonzaga, Este, Montefeltro and Appiani states, Siena, Lucca and Gaeta, and in the 20th century the four occupation zones of Germany, the Saar Protectorate and the Free Territory of Trieste.

Duchy of Württemberg

Rulers named in the sources

Western and central European states, 430–1956

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