Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (George Philipp Albrecht Carl Maria Joseph Ludwig Hubertus Stanislaus Leopold von Württemberg) was born on 14 November 1893 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was the son of Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria. He died on 17 April 1975 in Ravensburg, Wurttemberg, Germany.

He became head of the House of Württemberg on the death of his father in 1939.

Marriages and children

He married, firstly, Archduchess Helena, Princess of Tuscany (30 October 1903 Linz -8 September 1924 Tübingen), daughter of Archduke Peter Ferdinand of Austria (younger son of Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany) and Princess Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (daughter of Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta), on 24 October 1923 in Altshausen. They had one daughter :

• Duchess Maria Christina of Württemberg (b. 2 September 1924 Tübingen), married on September 23, 1948 to Prince Georg Hartmann of Liechtenstein (11 November 1911 - 18 January 1998), son of Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein

He married, secondly, Archduchess Rosa Maria, Princess of Tuscany (22 September 1906 Parsch - 17 September 1983 Friedrichshafen), the sister of his former wife, on August 1, 1928 in Friedrichshafen. They had two sons and four daughters :

• Duchess Helene of Württemberg (b. 29 June 1929), married in 1961 to marquess Federico Pallavicini
• Duke Ludwig Albrecht of Württemberg (b. 23 October 1930), married twice morganatically, with issue
• Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (b. 2 February 1933), married in 1958 to prince Antonio of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
• Duchess Maria Theresa of Württemberg (b. 12 November 1934), married in 1957 to prince Henri d'Orléans
• Duke Carl Maria of Württemberg
• Duchess Maria Antonia of Württemberg (31 August 1937-12 November 2004)

Ancestry

Duke Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm of Württemberg

Duke Philipp of Württemberg

Princess Marie of Orleans

Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen

Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria

Princess Hildegard of Bavaria

Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg

Archduke Franz Karl of Austria

Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria

Princess Sophie of Bavaria

Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

Maria Annunciata of the Two Sicilies

Maria Theresa of Austria