Wilhelm Karl Herzog von Urach, Graf von Württemberg D.
(03.03.1864 - 24.03.1928)
place of birth:  Principality of Monaco
Königreich Württemberg:  KG-Genkdo,  General der Kavallerie

                               

Wilhelm II. Count of Württemberg, Duke of Urach served during the Great War as commander of 26. Infanterie-Division, attached to Fabeck's XIII. Armee-Korps. In early 1917, von Urach headed the newly formed Generalkommando z.b.V. Nr. 64 which formed the right wing of Army Detachment B (Armeeabteilung B). Urach was also the claimant to the Württemberg crown and in 1918 was designated as the new king of the German protectorate of Lithuania. He never assumed his duties, however, and died in Rapallo, Italy in 1928. He is interred at the Schlosskirche in Ludwigsburg. Wilhelm II. von Urach was the eldest son of Wilhelm I. Herzog von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, and his second wife Princess Florestine von Monaco. Young Wilhelm grew up at Schloss Lichtenstein, located in the Stuttgart area. In July of 1892, he married Bavarian Duchess Amalia Maria, with whom he had nine children. After she died giving birth in 1912, von Urach married Bavarian Princess Wiltrud Marie Alix, daughter of Ludwig III.

He entered military service in 1883 and was promoted to divisional commander and Generalleutnant in 1912. Remaining in command of the 26. Infanterie-Division as Germany went to war, von Urach's troops took part in the assault on France and also Belgium, where his sister-in-law Elisabeth von Bayern reigned as queen. In December 1914 the division fought in the battle to cross the River Bzura in Poland. From June to September 1915 the division moved from north of Warsaw to positions close to the River Neman, an advance of hundreds of miles in the campaign to occupy Poland. In October and November 1915, he and his troops were participants in the assault of Serbia.  Returning to the Western Front, the division remained engaged at Ypres, Belgium from December 1915 to July 1916. The division was then largely destroyed during the Battle of the Somme from August to November 1916. Receiving command of Generalkommando z.b.V. Nr. 64, von Urach remained in action on the Western Front through the end of the War. His aide-de-camp during the final months of 1918 was future Wehrmacht Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.

	General der Kavallerie	25.02.1917
	Schwarzer Adler	07.09.1909
	Württemberg MVO	20.02.1918   Kommentur
	Dienststellung	à l.s. 1.Dr.R. Nr-25