- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCarl Maria Peter Ferdinand Philipp Albrecht Joseph Michael Pius Konrad Robert Ulrich Herzog von Württemberg
- Carl Herzog von Württemberg was born on August 1, 1936 in Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He was married to Diane Françoise Marie d'Orléans. He died on June 7, 2022 in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- SpouseDiane Françoise Marie d'Orléans(July 18, 1960 - June 7, 2022) (his death, 6 children)
- The historian Gerhard Raff, who knows the history of the House of Württemberg better than anyone else, described Duke Carl as a stroke of luck for Württemberg: Carl was a likeable and modest person who also managed well and was a great patron.
- In Altshausen, where he lived, he was Patron of the Citizens Guard Yellow Hussars.
- The Duke was succeeded by his grandson Duke Wilhelm who became the heir apparent to his grandfather after the death of his father.
- The Duke took part in many social and charitable activities, including the German Red Cross, the Friends of Cancer Children, the Free School Foundation, the Art Foundation, the Preventive Youth Welfare Foundation, and the Baden-Württemberg Monument Foundation, which he chaired from 2002 to 2008.
- On 31 May 2002, Pope John Paul II made the Duke the Commander-in-Chief of the Papal Order of St Gregory the Great.
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