Prince Inigo of Urach

Prince Inigo of Urach, Count of Württemberg, (German: Eberhard Friedrich Inigo Fürst von Urach; Lithuanian: Princas Eberhardas Frydrichas Inigo fon Urachas; born April 12, 1962) is a member of the House of Urach in Lithuania, son of Prince Eberhard of Urach and Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis, the current fifth self-appointed pretender to the failed pro-German Lithuanian throne. He is the grandson in the male line of King-elect of Lithuania, Wilhelm Karl of Urach, known by his regnal name as Mindaugas II, and is a descendant of Duchess Liudvika Karolina Radvilaitė of the Radvila family from Biržai.[3][4][5]

Prince Inigo
Prince of Urach
Head of the House of Lithuania
Tenure1 February 1992 – present
PredecessorWilhelm Albert of Urach
Heir apparentPrince Eberhard
BornEberhard Friedrich Inigo Antonius Maria von Urach [1]
(1962-04-12) 12 April 1962
Bachhausen, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Spouse
Baroness Danielle von und zu Bodman
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(m. 1991)​
IssuePrince Eberhard
Prince Anselm
Princess Amelie
HouseUrach
FatherPrince Eberhard of Urach
MotherPrincess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis
ReligionRoman Catholic
Military career
AllegianceGermany
Service/branchBundeswehr
RankMajor[2]

Life, family and education

Prince Inigo was born in Bachhausen, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany, on April 12, 1962, as the fifth and youngest child of Prince Eberhard of Urach and Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis. Inigo's father died when he was only seven. In September 1991, he married his wife, Baroness Danielle von und zu Bodman at Niederaichbach, Germany, with whom he currently has 3 children together — Eberhard, Anselm, and Amelie.[3][6] Inigo is a forester by profession and served in the Bundeswehr armed forces[7][2] while his wife studied biogenetics.[3] He is connected to the Liechtenstein, Luxembourgish, British, Russian, Monagasque, Bavarian and Portuguese royal families by birth.[6]

In 2009, at the age of 47, he made his first visit to Lithuania. From this year onwards, his visits to Lithuania are being organized regularly.[3] Prince Inigo's first official visit to Lithuania, however, happened on November 17–21, 2012.[5] Lithuanian monarchist movements consider Prince Inigo to be the rightful pretender to the now-abolished Lithuanian throne as the marriages of his older brothers are morganatic.[2][8] “If Lithuanians will ever want to revive the monarchy, if they will need my knowledge and experience, I am ready to accept this honour the same way my grandfather did. However, this decision will be not up to me, but to the Lithuanian people,” Prince Inigo once said in an interview for the Lithuanian press.[9]

He speaks German, English and is known to be learning Lithuanian.[2]

Political views

Nuclear energy

Inigo is an outspoken critic of nuclear energy, deeming it to be costly and unpromising in the long run and urging to focus on sustainable energy instead. “I think that nuclear energy is a cul-de-sac. Uranium, like oil are finite and limited resources,” Prince has said in an interview. “And also all the pollution related to the fuel, production, use and later destruction. The best solution is green-energies. Let us recall the Gospel of Matthew: Is it human that your child asks for bread, and you give him a stone? And what we do, we leave all these problems to our children and grandchildren,” he added. Inigo has reacted positively to the shutdown of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania, by saying that the nuclear waste it produced was raying, poisonous, and “dangerous for fifty thousand years”.[10]

Ancestry

References
  1. Łapszewicz, Brygita (July 4, 2018). "Litwa a współczesne monarchie" [Lithuania and modern monarchies]. Kurier Wileński (in Polish).
  2. Kontrimavičiūtė, Inga (September 19, 2012). Lietuvos karalystė – ne tuščia fantazija? (in Lithuanian). Delfi.
  3. Treščina, Ana. Lietuvos karaliaus Mindaugo II anūko istorija: dviejų kilmingų jaunuolių meilė užsimezgė ne pilyje, o, kaip ir daugumos kitų jaunuolių, – turistiniame žygyje (in Lithuanian). Moteris.
  4. Kitokia Lietuva 2014-07-05 Kunigaikštis INIGO EBERHARDARS FON URACHAS ir AIVARS LILEIKA. YouTube.
  5. Švedarauskas, Stanislovas (December 29, 2012). "Visuotinės gerovės valstybė – tai Lietuvos Karalystė" [The Universal Welfare State Is the Kingdom of Lithuania]. Ūkio patarėjas (in Lithuanian).
  6. H.S.H. Prince Inigo von Urach, Count of Württemberg, great-grandson of the last King Mindaugas II of Lithuania , was elected and recognized the legitimate pretender of the Lithuanian Royal Throne.. Narkive.
  7. Iškauskas, Č. (17 February 2013). Č. Iškauskas. Lietuva – monarchija? Viltys dar nežlugo…(in Lithuanian). alkas.lt
  8. The Monarchy in Lithuania: History, Rights and Prospects(PDF).
  9. Jakavičius-Grimlauskas, Liudvikas (May 19, 2013). Mindaugo II anūkas: jei lietuviai panorės atgaivinti monarchiją, esu pasirengęs priimti šią garbę (in Lithuanian). Delfi.
  10. Jakavičius-Grimalauskas, Liudvikas (May 5, 2013). King of Lithuania? Prince Inigo von Urach is ready! VilNews.
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