Prince Wilhelm of Urach, Count of Württemberg (27 September 1897 – 8 August 1957) was a German prince and member of the House of Urach, a morganatic branch of the Royal House of the Kingdom of Württemberg), and a senior automotive production engineer.
[1] Wilhelm Albert Karl Anton Paul Gero Maria, Fürst von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, was born in Stuttgart as the eldest son of Wilhelm Karl, 2nd Duke of Urach and his first wife, Amalie, Duchess in Bavaria.
As was customary for members of royal houses, Wilhelm then began military service, entering the 1st Württemberg Field Artillery Regiment No.
[1] During the Second World War, between 1941 and 1944, he was sent to France where he was mandated to take responsibility for the technical directorship of Renault, based in a northern suburb of Paris.
During these years, he successfully avoided knowing about the covert development of the Renault 4CV, which after the end of the war in 1945 proved crucial to the survival of what became France's largest automobile manufacturer.
Headship of the noble family instead passed to his younger brother, Karl Gero, Duke of Urach.
[1] The marriage produced two recorded daughters, the elder of which, Elisabeth von Urach (1932–1999), obtained a doctorate in psychology and worked in a top job with Stuttgart's Education and Youth Counselling service.