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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
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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
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.
Württemberg was a centre of liberalism in 19th-century Germany. It joined the Zollverein (Customs Union) with Prussia in 1834, but King Charles (1864–91) sided with Austria in the Seven Weeks’ War (1866) and was forced to pay an indemnity by the victorious Prussians. Württemberg sided with Prussia in the Franco-German War (1870–71) and ...
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In 1511 Ulrich had married Sabina, a daughter of Albert III., duke of Bavaria-Munich, 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.
He married Margareta von Kleve on 11 November 1435, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 1 September 1480, in Leonberg, Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 67, and was buried in Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany.
