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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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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
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
Jan 1, 2009 · The Crossbow of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg. In 1904 the Metropolitan Museum acquired the arms and armor collection of Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, due de Dino (1843-1917), one of the foremost arms collec tors in nineteenth-century Paris.1 Among the highlights of almost five hundred objects was the collection's only cross bow, dating from ...
Ulrich von Württemberg’s crossbow has two main parts, each with additional components: the bow (which presum-ably was originally accompanied by its bowstring, as well as an iron loop, or stirrup, to assist in the spanning, or draw-ing back of the bowstring, but both parts were already miss-1. Probably Heinrich Heid von Winterthur (recorded
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. Culture: German, probably Stuttgart
