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Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (8 February 1487 – 6 November 1550) succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg in 1498. He was declared of age in 1503. His volatile personality made him infamous, being called the "Swabian Henry VIII" by historians.
Ulrich von Württemberg war 1498–1519 und 1534–1550 der dritte regierende Herzog von Württemberg. Er war der erste protestantische Fürst seines Territoriums. Ihn besang in lateinischer Sprache Johann Pedius Tethinger.
Ulrich von Württemberg (1487–1550) is undoubtedly one of the most prominent, but also most controversial figures in Württemberg's history. His fate is closely tied to that of his duchy, which he temporarily lost. He brought the Reformation to Württemberg and dissolved the Hirsau Monastery.
Ulrich was the duke of Württemberg (1498–1519, 1534–50), a prominent figure in the German religious Reformation. A grandson of Ulrich V, count of Württemberg, he succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as duke of Württemberg in 1498, being declared of age in 1503.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Together with Albrecht Achilles, Ulrich assumed leadership of the imperial forces against Bavaria. In the Mainz Diocesan Feud of 1461 to 1463, which broke out shortly after, he supported Archbishop Adolf II of Nassau against his deposed predecessor Diether von Isenburg and Frederick I of the Palatinate.
Ulrich I (c. 1222 – 25 February 1265), nicknamed the Founder (German: der Stifter), was Count of Württemberg from 1241 until his death in 1265.
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Erster protestantischer Fürst Ulrich von Württemberg. Ulrich von Württemberg (1487–1550) zählt zweifellos zu den herausragenden, aber auch umstrittensten Personen der württembergischen Landesgeschichte. Sein Schicksal war untrennbar mit dem seines Herzogtums verknüpft, das er zeitweise verlor.
