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William was born the son of Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808–1870) by his wife Princess Catherine Frederica of Württemberg (1821–1898), herself the daughter of King William I of Württemberg (1781–1864). His parents were first cousins, being the children of two brothers, and William was their only child.
Princess Pauline Olga Helene Emma of Württemberg (19 December 1877 – 7 May 1965) was the only child of William II of Württemberg and Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont to reach adulthood. Pauline was the wife of William Frederick, Prince of Wied, and worked for many years as the regional director of the German Red Cross in western Germany.
On 15 February 1877 at Arolsen, Marie married, Prince William of Württemberg (later King William II of Württemberg). They had three children: Princess Pauline (19 December 1877 - 7 May 1965), married William Frederick, Prince of Wied (1872–1945) Prince Ulrich (28 July 1880 - 28 December 1880) stillborn daughter (24 April 1882)
Princess Catherine Frederica Charlotte of Württemberg (Stuttgart, 24 August 1821 – Stuttgart, 6 December 1898) was a daughter of William I of Württemberg and Pauline Therese of Württemberg. [1] She was the mother of William II of Württemberg. [2]
Princess Marie (23 May 1857 – 30 April 1882) who married Prince William, later King William II of Württemberg. Princess Emma (2 August 1858 – 20 March 1934) who married King William III of the Netherlands. Via this marriage, Helena is an ancestor of the Dutch royal family.
Pauline Therese was born in Riga, one of the five children of Duke Louis of Württemberg and his wife, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. Her siblings included Maria Dorothea, Archduchess of Austria ; Amelia, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen ; Elisabeth Alexandrine, Princess of Baden , and Duke Alexander of Württemberg himself the founder of ...
Princess Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (10 October 1864 – 16 July 1946) was Queen of Württemberg from 6 October 1891 to 30 November 1918 as the second wife and consort of King William II. She was the daughter of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau. Charlotte was not only the last queen of Württemberg ...
At the end of World War I during the German Revolution all the monarchies in Germany were abolished, King William II abdicated on 30 November 1918. When former King William II died in 1921 the senior branch line of the House of Württemberg became extinct, the headship of the House passed to a distant relative, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg.