Ulrich V, Count of Wurttemberg
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Ulrich V of Württemberg called "der Vielgeliebte" (the much loved) (1413 – September 1, 1480, Leonberg
), Count of Württemberg
. He was the younger son of Count Eberhard IV
and Henriette of Mömpelgard.
After the early death of his father, his mother, together with the Württembergian councils, took over the guardianship for Ulrich and his older brother Ludwig I
. Ludwig reached maturity in 1426 and took rule in his own hands, until his brother Ulrich in 1433 was admitted to co-rule. After some years of common government Ulrich wed Margaret of Cleves
and put through the division of the county. This was confirmed 23 April 1441. Ulrich received the eastern and northern parts with the capital in Stuttgart
. Ludwig the western and southern land part with the capital in Urach, as well as the territories in Alsace
. The division which had been limited originally on four years was made permanent on 25 January 1442 by the Treaty of Nürtingen
.
In 1444 Ulrich supported the house of Habsburg
under King Friedrich III
in the Old Zürich War
in the fight against the Old Swiss Confederacy
. Together with his allies which were margrave
Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg
, the archbishop of Mainz Dietrich Schenk of Erbach as well as margrave Jakob I of Baden
he formed the core of the Mergentheimer alliance which went advanced more and more against the imperial towns. These tensions found their culmination in the feud
between margrave Albrecht and the imperial town of Nuremberg
in 1449. Count Ulrich's main opponent under the imperial towns was Esslingen which reduced the income of the county Württemberg by rising it's his duties clearly. However, Ulrich did not succeed in winning a determining advantage in spite of winning multiple victories against Esslingen and other imperial towns.
In 1450 Ulrich gained, after the death of his brother Ludwig I, the guardianship on his nephews, the future counts of Württemberg-Urach Ludwig II
and Eberhard V
. This soon led to a quarrel with Frederick I, Elector Palatine
who likewise asserted claim to the guardianship. Ludwig II already died 1457. The estates of Urach went over to count Eberhard V. in 1459
Ulrich destroyed in 1458 the castle Widdern
. This strengthened the discussions between Ulrich and Friedrich I of the Palatinate. At that time in the German empire two alliance blocks developed. Ulrich joined to the alliance between 1452 Friedrich III crowned to the emperor and margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg. Their main opponents were the brother of the emperor's duke Albert VI of Austria, elector Friedrich I of the Palatinate and duke Louis IX of Bavaria
. 1460 it came to the first military discussions between both alliance blocks. After a short armistice Friedrich III 1461 once more exclaimed the imperial war against Bavaria
. Ulrich took over together with Albrecht Achilles the imperial head team against Bavaria. In the Mainz
pencil feud breaking out shortly after of 1461 to 1463 he supported archbishop Adolf II of Nassau against his set off predecessor Diether von Isenburg
and Friedrick I of the Palatinate. After different fights it came on 30 June 1462 to the battle near Seckenheim in which Ulrich with his allies was defeated. They got in Palatine captivity. Only on 27 April 1463 Ulrich swept after a ransom payment back to Stuttgart.
In 1473 went Ulrich and Eberhard V a house contract one which should regulate the common hereditary result and aspire to the reunion of both württembergian land parts. Ulrich received later with Eberhard V also support against his own renitenten son, Eberhard VI
, by which Eberhard V also influence in the Stuttgart land part won.
. From this marriage they had the following children:
Second, he married in Stuttgart 8 February 1445 to Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut, daughter of Henry XVI of Bavaria
and Margarete of Austria. From this marriage they had the following children:
Third, he married in Stuttgart 11 November 1453 Margaret of Savoy, daughter of Duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy and Mary of Burgundy. From this marriage they had the following children:
He also had numerous illegitimate children.
Leonberg
Leonberg is a town in the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg about 10 miles to the west of Stuttgart, the state capital. Approximately 45,000 people live in Leonberg, making it the third biggest borough in the rural district of Böblingen .Leonberg is most famous for its picturesque market...
), Count of Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
. He was the younger son of Count Eberhard IV
Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg
Eberhard IV of Württemberg , Count of Württemberg.-Life:He was elder son of Count Eberhard III and Antonia Visconti. On 13 November 1397 he became engaged to Henriette of Mömpelgard...
and Henriette of Mömpelgard.
Life
Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg-Urach
Ludwig I , Count of Württemberg. He was a son of count Eberhard IV and Henriette of Montbéliard. He reigned from 1419 until 1450....
. Ludwig reached maturity in 1426 and took rule in his own hands, until his brother Ulrich in 1433 was admitted to co-rule. After some years of common government Ulrich wed Margaret of Cleves
Margaret of Cleves (1416-1444)
Margaret of Cleves was a German noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife Marie of Burgundy...
and put through the division of the county. This was confirmed 23 April 1441. Ulrich received the eastern and northern parts with the capital in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
. Ludwig the western and southern land part with the capital in Urach, as well as the territories in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
. The division which had been limited originally on four years was made permanent on 25 January 1442 by the Treaty of Nürtingen
Treaty of Nürtingen
The Treaty of Nürtingen was a treaty in German history, signed on 25 January 1442. It divided the county of Württemberg between count Ludwig I and his brother count Ulrich V. The Stuttgart half went to Ulrich and included the cities of Cannstatt, Göppingen, Marbach, Neuffen, Nürtingen, Schorndorf...
.
In 1444 Ulrich supported the house of Habsburg
Habsburg
The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and...
under King Friedrich III
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick the Peaceful KG was Duke of Austria as Frederick V from 1424, the successor of Albert II as German King as Frederick IV from 1440, and Holy Roman Emperor as Frederick III from 1452...
in the Old Zürich War
Old Zürich War
The Old Zürich War , 1440–46, was a conflict between the canton of Zürich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the succession to the Count of Toggenburg....
in the fight against the Old Swiss Confederacy
Old Swiss Confederacy
The Old Swiss Confederacy was the precursor of modern-day Switzerland....
. Together with his allies which were margrave
Margrave
A margrave or margravine was a medieval hereditary nobleman with military responsibilities in a border province of a kingdom. Border provinces usually had more exposure to military incursions from the outside, compared to interior provinces, and thus a margrave usually had larger and more active...
Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg
Brandenburg
Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
, the archbishop of Mainz Dietrich Schenk of Erbach as well as margrave Jakob I of Baden
Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden
Jacob I of Baden , was Margrave of Baden-Baden from 1431 to 1453.He was the elder son of Bernard I, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Anna von Oettingen. Jacob I was a man of deep religious beliefs, well-known as a founder of churches...
he formed the core of the Mergentheimer alliance which went advanced more and more against the imperial towns. These tensions found their culmination in the feud
Feud
A feud , referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, or private war, is a long-running argument or fight between parties—often groups of people, especially families or clans. Feuds begin because one party perceives itself to have been attacked, insulted or wronged by another...
between margrave Albrecht and the imperial town of Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
in 1449. Count Ulrich's main opponent under the imperial towns was Esslingen which reduced the income of the county Württemberg by rising it's his duties clearly. However, Ulrich did not succeed in winning a determining advantage in spite of winning multiple victories against Esslingen and other imperial towns.
In 1450 Ulrich gained, after the death of his brother Ludwig I, the guardianship on his nephews, the future counts of Württemberg-Urach Ludwig II
Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach
Ludwig II , Count of Württemberg. The son of count Ludwig I and Mechthild of the Palatinate...
and Eberhard V
Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg
Eberhard I of Württemberg . From 1459 till 1495 he was Count Eberhard V. From July 1495 he was the first Duke of Württemberg. He is also known as Eberhard im Bart ....
. This soon led to a quarrel with Frederick I, Elector Palatine
Frederick I, Elector Palatine
Frederick I, the Victorious was a Count Palatine of the Rhine and Elector Palatine from the House of Wittelsbach in 1451 - 1476....
who likewise asserted claim to the guardianship. Ludwig II already died 1457. The estates of Urach went over to count Eberhard V. in 1459
Ulrich destroyed in 1458 the castle Widdern
Widdern
Widdern is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the river Jagst, 24 km northeast of Heilbronn....
. This strengthened the discussions between Ulrich and Friedrich I of the Palatinate. At that time in the German empire two alliance blocks developed. Ulrich joined to the alliance between 1452 Friedrich III crowned to the emperor and margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg. Their main opponents were the brother of the emperor's duke Albert VI of Austria, elector Friedrich I of the Palatinate and duke Louis IX of Bavaria
Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria
Louis IX , was Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450. He was a son of Henry XVI the Rich and Margaret of Austria.-Biography:Louis succeeded his father in 1450...
. 1460 it came to the first military discussions between both alliance blocks. After a short armistice Friedrich III 1461 once more exclaimed the imperial war against Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. Ulrich took over together with Albrecht Achilles the imperial head team against Bavaria. In the Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
pencil feud breaking out shortly after of 1461 to 1463 he supported archbishop Adolf II of Nassau against his set off predecessor Diether von Isenburg
Diether von Isenburg
thumb|Diethers coat of arms stained glass in Mainz Cathedral...thumb|... and as relief at the city walls of [[Höchst |Höchst]]Theodoric of Isenburg-Büdingen thumb|Diethers coat of arms stained glass in Mainz Cathedral...thumb|... and as relief at the city walls of [[Höchst (Frankfurt am...
and Friedrick I of the Palatinate. After different fights it came on 30 June 1462 to the battle near Seckenheim in which Ulrich with his allies was defeated. They got in Palatine captivity. Only on 27 April 1463 Ulrich swept after a ransom payment back to Stuttgart.
In 1473 went Ulrich and Eberhard V a house contract one which should regulate the common hereditary result and aspire to the reunion of both württembergian land parts. Ulrich received later with Eberhard V also support against his own renitenten son, Eberhard VI
Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg
Eberhard VI/II was count of Württemberg-Stuttgart since 1480 as Eberhard VI and Duke Eberhard II of Württemberg since 1496....
, by which Eberhard V also influence in the Stuttgart land part won.
Family and children
He was married three times. First, he married 1441 Margaret of Cleves, daughter of Duke Adolf I of Cleves and Mary of BurgundyMarie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves
Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves was the second child of John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria, and an elder sister of Philip the Good. Born in Dijon, she became the second wife of Adolph, Count of Mark in May 1415. He was made the 1st Duke of Cleves in 1417...
. From this marriage they had the following children:
- Katharina (7 December 1441–28 June 1497, WürzburgWürzburgWürzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
), a nun in Laufen. - Margareta (1442–21 July 1479, LiebenauLiebenauLiebenau can refer to:*places in Germany:**Liebenau, Hesse, a town in the district of Kassel, Hesse.**Liebenau, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the district of Nienburg, Lower Saxony.*places in Austria:**Liebenau, a district of the city of Graz, Styria....
), a nun in LiebenauLiebenauLiebenau can refer to:*places in Germany:**Liebenau, Hesse, a town in the district of Kassel, Hesse.**Liebenau, Lower Saxony, a municipality in the district of Nienburg, Lower Saxony.*places in Austria:**Liebenau, a district of the city of Graz, Styria....
.
Second, he married in Stuttgart 8 February 1445 to Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut, daughter of Henry XVI of Bavaria
Henry XVI of Bavaria
Henry XVI of Bavaria , , since 1393 Duke of Bavaria-Landshut. He was a son of duke Frederick and his wife Maddalena Visconti, a daughter of Bernabò Visconti.-Life:...
and Margarete of Austria. From this marriage they had the following children:
- Duke Eberhard IIEberhard II, Duke of WürttembergEberhard VI/II was count of Württemberg-Stuttgart since 1480 as Eberhard VI and Duke Eberhard II of Württemberg since 1496....
(1 February 1447, WaiblingenWaiblingenWaiblingen is a town in the southwest of Germany, located in the center of the densely populated Stuttgart Region, directly neighboring Stuttgart. It is the capital of the Rems-Murr district...
–17 February 1504, Castle LindenfelsLindenfelsLindenfels is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany.- Location :The climatic spa, also known as the “Pearl of the Odenwald”, lies in the Odenwald in southern Hesse and is nestled in a mountain landscape with a great deal of woodland....
, OdenwaldOdenwaldThe Odenwald is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.- Location :The Odenwald lies between the Upper Rhine Rift Valley with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried in the west, the Main and the Bauland in the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of...
). - Count Henry of WürttembergHenry, Count of WürttembergHenry of Württemberg was from 1473 to 1482 Count by Montbéliard.- Life :...
(7 September 1448–15 April 1519). - Elisabeth (23 December 1450, Landshut–6 April 1501), married in MünnerstadtMünnerstadtMünnerstadt is a town in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria, Germany. It borders with the towns of Burglauer, Bad Bocklet, Nüdlingen, Maßbach, Großbardorf, and Strahlungen. As of 2000 it has a population of 8,300, and covers an area of 95 km²....
13 September 1469 to Count Friedrich II of Henneberg.
Third, he married in Stuttgart 11 November 1453 Margaret of Savoy, daughter of Duke Amadeus VIII of Savoy and Mary of Burgundy. From this marriage they had the following children:
- Margarete (d. 21 April 1470), married 23 April 1469 to Count Philipp I of Eppstein-Königstein.
- Philippine (d.4 June 1475, WeertWeertWeert is a municipality and city in the southeastern Netherlands. As of 2010, Weert had a population of 48,405. It lies on the Eindhoven–Maastricht railway line, and is also astride the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal.- Population centres :* Altweerterheide...
), married in 1470 Count Jakob II of Horn. - Helene (d. 19 February 1506), married in WaldenburgWaldenburg, Baden-WürttembergWaldenburg is a hilltop town in south central Germany, eastwards of Heilbronn in the Hohenlohe of Baden-Württemberg. The town is the site of Waldenburg Castle and some hilltop churches...
26 February 1476 Count Kraft VI of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein.
He also had numerous illegitimate children.