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Extract. When Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, regained his ducal throne in May of 1534, he immediately took steps to institute the Reformation in Württmberg. Probably because of his own divided loyalties, he asked both Lutherans and Swiss-Reformed Protestants to come to Württemberg.
WÜRTTEMBERG. 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.
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Ulrich was born in 1413, the youngest child of Count Eberhard IV and his wife Henriette, Countess of Mömpelgard. [5] Eberhard died unexpectedly of illness on 2 July 1419, while Ulrich and his older brother Ludwig were both minors. [6] Consequently, Henriette became their guardian, together with a regency council of 32 Württembergers.
- 1 September 1480, Leonberg
- House of Württemberg
In 1511 Ulrich had married Sabina, a daughter of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, and niece of the Emperor Maximilian. The marriage was a very unhappy one, and having formed an affection for the wife of a knight named Hans von Hutten, a kinsman of Ulrich von Hutten, the duke killed Hans in 1515 during an altercation. Hutten's friends now joined the ...
- 6 November 1550 (aged 63), Tübingen
- Sabina of Bavaria
Robert Uhland (Hrsg.): 900 Jahre Haus Württemberg. Leben und Leistung für Land und Volk. Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-17-008536-0; Gerhard Raff: Hie gut Wirtemberg allewege I. Das Haus Württemberg von Graf Ulrich dem Stifter bis Herzog Ludwig. Mit einer Einleitung von Hansmartin Decker-Hauff. Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-89850-110-8
Ulrich von Württemberg (* 8. Februar 1487 in Reichenweier (Riquewihr), Elsass; † 6. November 1550 in Tübingen) 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) 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. Er führte die Reformation ein, was die Auflösung der Hirsauer Klosterlebens zur Folge hatte.
