Category:Mindaugas II of Lithuania
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English: Mindaugas II of Lithuania (otherwise known as William Charles Florestan Gero Crescentius, 2nd Duke of Urach and Count of Wurttemberg, May 30 1864, Monaco - March 24 1928, Rapallo, Italy) was elected King of Lithuania, on July 1], 1918. His reign lasted less than four months, and he was never crowned
[edit] Marriage and children
Wilhelm was married twice. In 1892, he married Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865-1912), daughter of Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria. Nine children were born of this marriage:
- Princess Marie Gabriele of Urach (1893-1908)
- Princess Elisabeth of Urach (1894-1962) who married Prince Karl of Liechtenstein (1878-1955), an uncle of Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein, and had issue.
- Princess Karola of Urach (1896-1980)
- Prince Wilhelm of Urach (1897-1957), who married Elisabeth Theurer (1899-1988) and had two daughters, Elisabeth and Marie Christine.
- en:Karl Gero, Duke of Urach (1899-1981), who married Countess Gabriele of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg (1910-2005). No issue.
- Princess Margarete of Urach (1901-1975)
- Prince Albrecht of Urach (1903-1969). Married first Rosemary Blackadder and second Ute Waldschmidt. Divorced both of them and had issue by both. An artist turned journalist expert on the Far East.
- Prince Eberhard of Urach (1907-1969), who married Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis (born 1925) and had issue; including Wilhelm Albert the current Duke of Urach and pretender to the Crown of Lithuania.
- Princess Mechtilde of Urach (1912-2001), who married Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and had issue.
[edit] See also
- en:List of Lithuanian rulers
- Mindaugas
- en:House of Mindaugas
- en:Väinö I of Finland
- en:Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
- en:Monaco Succession Crisis of 1918
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