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Ulrich was forced to concentrate on the middle Neckar valley as the basis of the county of Württemberg. His marriage to Mechthild of Baden allowed him to gain control of the region from the Margravate of Baden. Stuttgart, future capital of Württemberg was given to Württemberg by Baden as a wedding gift. Seal of Ulrich I (1259)
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Artwork Details. Overview. Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings. Provenance. Exhibition History. References. Title: Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413–1480) Maker: Attributed to Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (probably Swiss, active Stuttgart, recorded 1453–1460) Date: dated 1460. Geography: probably Stuttgart.
von Winterthur (recorded in Stuttgart 1454–60). Crossbow of Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (1413– 1480), 1460. Horn, tendon, birch bark, wood, ivory, bone, antler, hemp, iron (steel?), copper alloy, pigments; 28 1⁄4 x 25 3⁄4 in. (71.8 x 65.4 cm), 6 lbs. 9 oz. (2972 g). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1904 (04.3.36) 2.
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
Henry, Count of Württemberg. Mother. Elisabeth of Zweibrücken-Bitsch. Signature. Duke Ulrich of Württemberg (8 February 1487 – 6 November 1550) succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg in 1498. [1] He was declared of age in 1503. His volatile personality made him infamous, being called the "Swabian Henry VIII " by historians.
- 6 November 1550 (aged 63), Tübingen
- Sabina of Bavaria
Detailed information about the coin Ulrich Duke of Württemberg, Duchy of Württemberg, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data.
The crossbow of Ulrich V. (Figure 1), seen from below. as an iron loop, or stirrup, to assist in the spanning, or draw missing central areas of the back and belly may have ing back of the bowstring, but both parts were already miss included more elaborate decoration.19 The object's method. 3.
