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Mindaugas II of Lithuania (March 3 1864, Monaco - March 24 1928, Rapallo, Italy) was elected King of Lithuania in 1918. Under pressure from the German Occupational Government, the Lithuanian Council named, Duke Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg (German: Wilhelm Herzog von Urach, Graf von Württemberg), King of Lithuania, on July 9 1918.
HSH Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius, Duke of Urach, Count of Württemberg was the son of Duke Wilhelm von Urach and his wife, Princess Florestine of Monaco, daughter of Florestan I of Monaco.
He was king only for a few months. By the end of 1918, Germany was nearing defeat in World War I, and on November 2, 1918, Lithuania changed its Constitution to a Republican one. The King of A Hundred Days, fled with his family, and went into exile.
Mindaugas II of Lithuania
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| | Name | Mindaugas II | | Title | King of Lithuania | | image |  | | Caption | King Mindaugas and his family | | Reign | 9 July, 1918-2 November, 1918 | | Predecessor | vacant, Stanisław August Poniatowski | | Successor | none | | Consort | Amalie in Bavaria
Wiltrud of Bavaria | | Issue | Princess Marie Gabriele of Urach | | Royal House | House of Württemberg | | Father | Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach | | Mother | Princess Florestine of Monaco | | Date Of Birth | 3 March, 1864 | | Place Of Birth | Monaco | | Date Of Death | 24 March, 1928 | | Place Of Death | Rapallo, Italy |
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Marriage and children
Wilhelm was married twice. In 1892, he married Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865-1912), daughter of Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria. Nine children were born of this marriage:
Princess Marie Gabriele of Urach (1893-1908)
Princess Karola of Urach (1896-1980)
Duke Wilhelm of Urach (1897-1957), who married Elisabeth Theurer (1899-1988) and had two daughters, Elisabeth and Marie Christine.
Karl Gero, Duke of Urach (1899-1981), who married Countess Gabriele of Waldburg of Zeil and Trauchburg (born 1910). 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.
Princess Mechtilde of Urach (1912-2001), who married Friedrich Karl, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst and had issue.
In 1924, he married Princess Wiltrud of Bavaria (1884-1975), daughter of King Ludwig III of Bavaria. This marriage was childess.
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