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| name = Christian Ulrich II, Duke of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort
| image = Portret van Christian Ulrich II von Württemberg-Oels, RP-P-1911-4286.jpg
| caption =
| noble family = [[House of Württemberg]]
| father = [[Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels]]
| mother = Sibylle Marie of [[Saxe-Merseburg]]
| spouse = Philippine Charlotte of Redern-Krappitz
| birth_date = {{birth_date|1691|1|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Vielguth Castle in [[Oleśnica]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1734|2|7|1691|1|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Stuttgart]]
}}
Duke '''Christian Ulrich II of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort''' (27 January 1691 at [[Vielguth]] Castle nearby [[Oleśnica]] – 7 February 1734 in [[Stuttgart]]) was [[Duke]] of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort.
== Life ==
Christian Ulrich II was the youngest son of the Duke [[Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels|Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels]] (1652-1704) from his second marriage to Princess Sibylle Marie of [[Saxe-Merseburg]] (1667-1693), the daughter of Duke [[Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg]].  Christian Ulrich II studied in [[Frankfurt (Oder)]] and at the Military Academy in Berlin.
Christian Ulrich II resided as a [[Paréage]] Lord at the country estate of Wilhelminenort, the former village of Bresewitz (near [[Bierutów]]), that had been renamed in honor of his stepmother, Princess Sophie Wilhelmine of [[East Frisia]] (1659-1698).  He converted to Catholicism on 26 January 1723, during a trip to Rome, and he pronounced the formula of [[abjuration]] from lutheranism, before Pope [[Innocent XIII]].
He died in 1734 in Stuttgart at the age of 42. His son was chosen by his childless older brother to succeed him as Duke of [[Duchy of Oels|Oels]].
== Marriage and issue ==
Christian Ulrich II married on 13 July 1711 Philippine Charlotte (18 February 1691 - Oels, 17 June 1758), a daughter of Count Erdmann of Redern-Krappitz (1659-1712), with whom he had six children:<ref>[http://wwperson.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/l1/LANG=engl/INDEX=I895 ''Christian Ulrich Herzog v.Württemberg'' in: Genealogy Database by Herbert Stoyan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016190648/http://wwperson.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/l1/LANG%3Dengl/INDEX%3DI895 |date=2014-10-16 }} [retrieved 11 October 2014].</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/wurttemb/wurtt3.html#CU1 |title= Genealogy of the House of Württemberg  |publisher=genealogy.euweb.cz |accessdate=11 October 2014}}{{Self-published source|date=November 2016}}</ref><ref>https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00171619&tree=LEO</ref>
#Elisabeth Sophie Charlotte ([[Brzozowiec, Opole Voivodeship|Wilhelminenort]], 21 June 1714 - Wilhelminenort, 20 April 1716).
#Ulrike Louise (Wilhelminenort, 21 May 1715 - Oels, 17 May 1748), canoness at [[Gandersheim Abbey]].
#[[Charles Christian Erdmann, Duke of Württemberg-Oels|Charles Christian Erdmann]] (Wilhelminenort, 26 October 1716 - Oels, 14 December 1792), Duke of Württemberg-Oels.
#Wilhelmine Philippine (Wilhelminenort, 10 November 1719 - Wilhelminenort, 2 December 1719).
#Franziska Charlotte Jakobine (Wilhelminenort, 1 June 1724 - Krappitz, 28 April 1728).
#Fredericka Johanna (Wilhelminenort, 17 October 1725 - Wilhelminenort, 25 October 1726).
==Notes==
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== References ==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=ot8AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA28&dq=Anna+Sophie+juliusburg&lr=&hl=de#PPA31,M1 Johann Christian Benjamin Regehly: ''Geschichte und Beschreibung von Carlsruhe in Oberschlesien'', p. 31]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=3EIAAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA463&dq=Christian+Ulrich+Wilhelminenort&lr=&hl=de August B. Michaelis: ''Einleitung zu einer volständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser ...'', p. 463]
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