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7 unusual facts about Kingdom of Württemberg


Gregor Brandmüller

On his return to Switzerland he was invited to the Court of Würtemberg, where he met with great encouragement.

Karl August Nerger

This was followed by Bavaria's Military Order of Max Joseph (28 March 1918), Knight's Cross of Saxony's Military Order of St. Henry (25 February 1918), Württemberg's Military Merit Order, and Baden's Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order.

Kingdom of Württemberg

He was succeeded by his son, William I (reigned 1816–1864), who after much discussion, granted a new constitution in September 1819.

In July 1864, Charles I (1823–1891, reigned 1864–1891) succeeded his father William as king and almost at once had to face considerable difficulties.

Otto Weddigen

He also received the highest military honors of the other two kingdoms of the German Empire, the Knight's Cross of Saxony's Military Order of St. Henry and the Knight's Cross of Württemberg's Military Merit Order.

Peter A. Van Bergen

Peter A. Van Bergen's great-great-great-great-granddaughter Marie Princess of Wied (b. 1973) married Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, the heir apparent to the Pretender to the Throne of the Kingdom of Württemberg.

Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda

By the German Mediatisation, the Lordship of Weingarten was incorporated into the Kingdom of Württemberg and the Nassau core territories into the Grand Duchy of Berg and the Duchy of Nassau.


Garde du Corps

The Kingdom of Westphalia and Kingdom of Württemberg each had a Garde du Corps squadron from 1808 to 1814 and from 1809 to 1815 respectively.

Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels

Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels was one of the sons of the jurist Philipp Christian von Normann-Ehrenfels, who served as the Kingdom of Württemberg's chief minister in 1806–1812.

Württemberg B and B2

The Württemberg Class B and Class B2 engines were steam locomotives with the Royal Württemberg State Railways (Königlich Württembergische Staats-Eisenbahnen) first built in 1868 by the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen ('Esslingen engineering works') in Esslingen in the former Kingdom of Württemberg in southern Germany.


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