On 9 November 1918, revolutionaries occupied the Wilhelmspalais in Stuttgart. William II and Charlotte left the capital for Bebenhausen and there abdicated a few days later. The couple was allowed to remain at Bebenhausen for the duration of their lives. William II never returned to Stuttgart; when he died in 1921, he was laid to rest at Ludwigsburg Palace. Charlotte died at Bebenhausen in 1946, after spending the duration of World War II there.