Eberhard Friedrich Inigo Prinz von Urach

Infobox royalty name = Prince Inigo title = image = Prince Inigo von Urach.jpg caption = Inigo in 2022 succession = Head of the House of Urach reign = 1 February 1992 – present reign_type = Tenure predecessor = Wilhelm Albert of Urach successor = Prince Eberhard suc_type = Heir apparent birth_name = Eberhard Friedrich Inigo Antonius Maria von Urach birth_date = birth_place = Bachhausen, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany death_date = death_place = burial_place = spouse = issue = Prince EberhardPrince AnselmDuchess Amelie house = Urach father = Prince Eberhard of Urach mother = Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis religion = Roman Catholic module = Infobox military person embed = yes allegiance = Germany branch = Bundeswehr service_years = service_years_label = Active service rank = Oberstleutnant

Life, family and education Prince Inigo was born in Bachhausen, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany, on 12 April 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. On 24 September 1991, he married his wife, Baroness Danielle von und zu Bodman at Niederaichbach, Germany, with whom he currently has 3 children – Eberhard (born 1991), Anselm (born 1992) and Amelie Philippa (born 1994). Inigo is a descendant of several Lithuanian royal and noble dynasties – the Gediminids, the Jagiellons and the Radziwiłłs. In addition, he is connected to the Albanian, British, Liechtenstein, Luxembourgish, Monégasque, Portuguese and Russian royal families by birth. while his wife studied biogenetics. Inigo is a director and manager of several companies. Inigo also holds ownership in companies offering forestal and land rights consulting services in Forstdienstleistungen and Fürst von Urach Consulting UG.

Inigo first visited Lithuania in 2009, when he was 47. From this year onwards, his visits to Lithuania are being organized regularly. since the marriages of his older brothers are morganatic. He also expressed his opinion that a dual constitutional monarchy, where the sovereign may veto Parliament's decisions, is a better option than the parliamentary model found in many European monarchies.

Inigo speaks German, English and is known to be learning Lithuanian. He is also known to be supporting a Lithuanian cultural centre in Germany.

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," the 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". He is involved in the anti-nuclear power movement in Lithuania as an environmental and energy expert.

Ancestry