Karl Anselm, Duke of Urach


Karl Anselm Franz Joseph Wilhelm Louis Philippe Gero Maria, 4th Duke von Urach, Count von Württemberg 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. He is a grandson of Wilhelm, Duke von Urach, who was from 11 July 1918 to November 1918 the King-elect Mindaugas II of Lithuania.
He became an engineer, having studied agronomy at the University of Kiel. Karl Anselm succeeded his childless uncle Karl Gero as fourth Duke von Urach following his death in 1981. He held the ducal title until 9 February 1991 when he married a commoner and renounced it. His brother Wilhelm Albert succeeded him in his titles.
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 on February 9, 1991 at Stuttgart. They had two children before divorcing in 1996.
He married Uta Maria Priemer on September 2, 2014.

Ancestry