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| House of Urach | |
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| Parent house | House of Württemberg |
| Country | Germany and Lithuania |
| Founded | 1867 – Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, younger surviving son of Duke Wilhelm of Württemberg, younger brother of King Frederick I of Württemberg. Roots: 1024 (as Württemberg). |
| Final ruler | Lithuania: Mindaugas II (1918) |
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| Estate(s) | Kingdom of Lithuania |
The House of Urach is a morganatic cadet branch of the formerly royal House of Württemberg. Although the Württemberg dynasty was one of many reigning over small realms in Germany into the 20th century, and despite the fact that marital mésalliances in these dynasties usually disinherited the descendants thereof, the Dukes of Urach unusually managed to elicit consideration for candidacy for the thrones of several European states, viz. the Kingdom of Württemberg, the abortive Kingdom of Lithuania, the Principality of Monaco and even the Principality of Albania. Although none of these prospects came to fruition, they reflected monarchical attempts to accommodate the rapid shifts in national allegiance, regime and international alliances that intensified throughout the 19th century, leading up to and following Europe's Great War of 1914–1918.