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The Prussians occupied northern Württemberg and negotiated a peace in August 1866. Württemberg paid an indemnity of 8,000,000 gulden, and concluded a secret offensive and defensive treaty with its conqueror. [4] Württemberg was a party to the 1864 Geneva Convention and the St Petersburg Declaration of 1868.
In 1806, with the creation of the Confederation of the Rhine, the Württemberg army stood at around 9,900 personnel with 6 infantry regiments, 3 cavalry regiments and 2 garde regiments, one for infantry and cavalry. The newly crowned King of Württemberg Frederick I made various reforms and expanded the army personnel to around 30,000 men by ...
120th (2nd Württemberg) Infantry "Emperor William, King of Prussia" 1 June 1673 [5] Ulm: XIII Army Corps: 121st (3rd Württemberg)(Old Württemberg) Infantry: 18 March 1716: Ludwigsburg: XIII Army Corps: 122nd (4th Württemberg) Fusiliers "Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, King of Hungary" 10 November 1806: Heilbronn, Mergentheim: XIII Army Corps
Württemberg (/ ˈ w ɜːr t ə m b ɜːr ɡ, ˈ v ɜːr t-/ WURT-əm-burg, VURT-; [1] German: [ˈvʏʁtəmbɛʁk] ⓘ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia.
It was merged with Württemberg's 2nd Infantry Division on July 27, 1849, to form Württemberg's Infantry Division and was dissolved in 1868. [4] The division was reestablished after the Franco-Prussian War on December 18, 1871, as the 26th Division (1st Royal Württemberg), taking its new numbering as part of the Prussian Army structure. [4]
Albrecht, Duke and Crown Prince of Württemberg (Albrecht Maria Alexander Philipp Joseph; 23 December 1865 – 31 October 1939) was the last heir presumptive to the Kingdom of Württemberg, a German military commander of World War I, and the head of the House of Württemberg from 1921 to his death.
The XIII (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps / XIII AK (German: XIII. (Königlich Württembergisches) Armee-Korps ) was a corps of the Imperial German Army . It was, effectively, also the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg , which had been integrated in 1871 into the Prussian Army command structure, as had the armies of most German states.
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Württemberg, 1806-1817. This is a list of monarchs of Württemberg, containing the Counts, Dukes, Electors, and Kings who reigned over different territories named Württemberg from the beginning of the County of Württemberg in the 11th century to the end of the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1918.