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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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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
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
Excerpt, “The Book of German Songs from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century.” Translated and Edited by H. W. Dulcken. 1856. Eberhard II, called “der Greiner” Count of Württemberg 1344 –1392.
Brief Life History of Ulrich. When Conde Ulrich von Wuerttemberg was born on 9 January 1342, in Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Conde Eberhard von Württemberg II, was 26 and his mother, Elisabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen princess of saxony, was 18. He married Elisabeth von Nürnberg-Hohenzollern on 26 April 1362, in Munich ...
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- Elisabeth Von Nürnberg-Hohenzollern
Ulrich Von Württemberg. Born in 1226. Deceased in 1265,aged 39 years old.
When Ulrich "Der Vielgeliebte" von Württemberg V was born in 1413, in Waiblingen, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Conde Eberhard von Württemberg IV, was 25 and his mother, Henriette von Mömpelgard de Montbéliard d'Orbe-Montfaucon, was 26. He married Margareta von Kleve on 11 November 1435, in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
