Karl Gero, Duke of Urach

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Duke of Urach

Karl Gero

Duke of Urach
Reign| 24 March 1928 – 15 August 1981
Predecessor| Wilhelm
Successor| Karl Anselm

Born| (1899-08-19)19 August 1899
Lichtenstein Castle, Lichtenstein, Reutlingen, Württemberg, Germany
Died| 15 August 1981(1981-08-15) (aged 81)
Lichtenstein Castle, Lichtenstein, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Spouse| Countess Gabriele of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg
Father| Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
Mother| Duchess Amalie in Bavaria

Prince Karl Gero Albrecht Joseph Wilhelm Anton Maria of Urach, Count of Württemberg, 3rd Duke of Urach (19 August 1899 – 15 August 1981) was the head of the morganatic Urach branch of the House of Württemberg.

## Life

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He was born in Lichtenstein, then part of the Kingdom of Württemberg, at his family's Lichtenstein Castle, being the second son of Duke Wilhelm of Urach and his first wife Duchess Amalie in Bavaria.

In 1917 he graduated from the Karls-Gymnasium school in Stuttgart. After graduation he served in the First World War as a lieutenant. He was heavily wounded in 1918. After the war Karl Gero von Urach studied architecture, and later worked as an architect in Munich.

In 1928, on his father's death, Karl Gero became the third Duke (Herzog) of Urach, as his elder brother Wilhelm had resolved to marry morganatically (he was a director at Mercedes-Benz for most of his life, and had two daughters).

In 1935 he entered Wehrmacht and became a Hauptmann, and in 1940 was promoted to major. Until 1945 he was based at the local army headquarters at Tübingen and Ulm.

On 20 June 1940 Karl Gero von Urach married Countess Gabriele of Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (1910–2005). The marriage was childless. Karl Gero von Urach died at Lichtenstein Castle on 15 August 1981, and his nephew Karl Anselm succeeded to the Dukedom.

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Karl Gero, Duke of Urach

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| 4\. Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach|

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| 9\. Baroness Wilhelmine von Tunderfeld-Rhodis

| 2\. Wilhelm Karl, 2nd Duke of Urach|

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| 10\. Florestan, Prince of Monaco

| 5\. Princess Florestine of Monaco|

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| 11\. Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz

| 1\. Karl Gero, 3rd Duke of Urach|
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| 12\. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria

| 6\. Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria|

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| 13\. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria

| 3\. Duchess Amalie in Bavaria|

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| 14\. John of Saxony

| 7\. Princess Sophie of Saxony|

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| 15\. Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

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## References

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* Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart – Bestand GU 126 – Karl Gero Herzog von Urach (1899–1981)

## External links

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* Website of the Urach family (in German)

Karl Gero, 3rd Duke of Urach

House of Württemberg

Born: 19 August 1899 Died: 15 August 1981

Titles in pretence
Preceded by

Wilhelm Karl, 2nd Duke of Urach

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King of Lithuania
24 March 1928 – 15 August 1981  | Succeeded by

Karl Anselm, 4th Duke of Urach

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Duke of Urach
24 March 1928 – 15 August 1981

Authority control databases

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* VIAF

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* Germany

People|

* Deutsche Biographie
* DDB