Talk:William II of Württemberg

Ancestry Chart
Since titles such as Emperor or King or Duke or Duchess or Princess or Infanta are used, for consistancy's sake, use titles for all entries in the chart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cladeal832 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Incorrect, when the ancestry charts were first being implemented, they were being linked as the article titles did or should appear, according to WP:NC(NT) and also to avoid redirects. They are going to be changed back to that form for the sake of consistency with article titles and with WP:NC(NT), which is a standard for article titles. Wikipedia is not consistent for all royals and WP:NC(NT) only gives consistency for groups of royals, such as monarchs, consorts and other royals. Charles 20:19, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I have reverted the ancestry and again linked according to WP:NC(NT), and am going to explain here per an admin's advice. The reason for linking the names this way is to bypass redirects and present the names as they would appear in article titles which are generally the simplest forms. That way, if a person decides to write an article by seeing the name, they can put brackets around it and link from there. It avoids misleading people to create articles under titles that will only be moved because of WP:NC(NT). The convention prescribes the form Name of Place for kings, emperors and their consorts, Name, Title of Place for lesser sovereigns and holders of substantive titles and Title Name of Place for all other cadet royals. This is how the names have been adjusted also since the implementation of the new ancestry templates and it in itself is consistent in how it treats groups of royals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charles (talk • contribs) 03:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

What's wrong with redirects? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.196.130 (talk) 04:24, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Wilhelm II and his final years
As mentioned, Wilhelm II of Württemberg was a most popular and friendly king who was greeted by people in the street as „Mister King“. With the title of the Duke of Württemberg he lived, after 1918, his final three years in the Bebenhausen Castle out of Tübingen (and in his castle in Friedrichshafen on Constance Lake). A grandaunt of mine saw him walking around from time to time when she was in Bebenhausen for buying agricultural food.

Still, the revolution of 1918 with folks intruding into his Stuttgart palace (Wilhelmspalais, today with a statue of him and his two dogs in front of the building) made him pretty furious. For that reason he ordered in his will to be taken posthumously to the cemetery of Ludwigsburg which is north of Stuttgart, to be buried there. But he insisted that the city limits of Stuttgart must not be touched at all when moving his dead body. So the funeral procession made a long way around Stuttgart to fulfill his oder.

Those who speak German will find many fine and even funny anecdotes on Wilhelm II in this small book: http://www.amazon.de/gelernte-K%C3%B6nig-Anni-Willmann/dp/3939500151/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368708667&sr=1-5&keywords=k%C3%B6nig+w%C3%BCrttemberg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josh4000 (talk • contribs) 12:55, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
 * At this point, I would like to briefly note that the above mentioned statue of the king with his two dogs was removed during the conversion of the old Wilhelmspalais into the new heritage centre of the city, called Stadtpalais. It is now no longer in its old place, but behind the building in Urban street. --Stolp (talk) 14:02, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

His claimed appeared contrary to Salic Law?
This is nonsense. His claim did not appear contrary to Salic Law. His claim was, in fact, exactly what one would expect under Salic Law. If Salic Law were not in operation, his mother would have succeeded to the throne. john k (talk) 13:10, 15 August 2015 (UTC)