Carl Duke of Wurttemberg - Honorary Knight

Carl Maria Peter Ferdinand Philipp Albrecht Joseph Michael Pius Konrad Robert Ulrich Herzog von Wurttemberg (born 1 August 1936) is the current head of the House of Württemberg. Carl, Duke of Württemberg was born in Friedrichshafen on 1 August 1936. He was the second son of Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg(1893–1975), and Archduchess Rosa of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (1906–1983). He became heir to the headship of the House of Württemberg after his older brother, Ludwig, renounced his succession rights. 

Marriage and issue

On 21 July 1960, he married Princess Diane d'Orléans (born 1940), the daughter of Prince Henri, Count of Paris and his wife, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza. They had four sons and two daughters:

• House of Württemberg: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
• House of Württemberg: Sovereign of the Order of Olga
• House of Württemberg: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Military Merit
• House of Württemberg: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick I, Special Class
• Bavarian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Hubert
• Anhaltese Ducal Family: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Albert the Bear
• Austrian Imperial and Royal Family: Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
• Italian Royal Family: Knight Grand Collar of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
• Two Sicilian Royal Family: Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George