Eberhard II (Württemberg, Duke)

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Eberhard II of Württemberg

Eberhard II. (* Probably February 1, 1447 in Waiblingen ; † February 17, 1504 at Lindenfels Castle in the Odenwald ) was Eberhard VI. from 1480 to 1496 Count of Württemberg-Stuttgart and as Eberhard II from 1496 the second reigning Duke of Württemberg .

Eberhard was the son of Count Ulrich V. von Württemberg and Elisabeth von Bayern-Landshut . In his youth he stayed at the Burgundian court for a long time . In 1461 he took part in the coronation of Louis XI in Reims . part of France. In 1462 he returned to Württemberg, between 1465 and 1467 he married the Margravine Elisabeth of Brandenburg , a daughter of Margrave Albrecht Achilles of Brandenburg. As early as 1477, the house contract between the two parts of Württemberg opened his succession in Württemberg-Urach . Württemberg-Urach was ruled by Count Eberhard im Bart , who had no legitimate offspring.

On February 8, 1480, Eberhard took over the government from his father Ulrich. On December 14, 1482 he concluded the Münsinger Treaty with Eberhard im Bart , which abolished the division of the country and handed over his power to govern to Eberhard im Bart, who promised him his successor.

Eberhard VI. was thus formally sovereign from 1482 until the death of Eberhard im Bart, but in reality powerless. Eberhard VI. soon resisted the disempowerment, but could not do anything against the older opponent. In 1489 he even limited his right of succession to the old part of Stuttgart. Nevertheless, after Eberhard's death in Bart in 1496, Eberhard VI succeeded in taking over rule as Duke Eberhard II relatively smoothly in all of Württemberg, which had been elevated to a duchy the previous year. Due to the Esslingen Treaty , however, his free exercise of government was restricted by a twelve-member Regency Council under the leadership of a Landhofmeister.

In addition, Eberhard soon got into trouble with the elite in his country. This disempowered him in close cooperation with the Habsburg King Maximilian I. He then had to flee to Ulm . Since Eberhard found no support, he had to recognize Maximilian I's decision in Horber on June 10, 1498 . In return for an annual pension of 6000 guilders, he accepted his dismissal and expulsion from the country. A Council of States now ruled in his place with royal legitimation . This state of affairs only ended when his nephew Ulrich , the son of his brother Heinrich, took over government as a duke when he reached the age of majority in 1503 .

Eberhard was given shelter by Elector Philip of the Palatinate . Eberhard died in 1504 in exile in the Palatinate at Lindenfels Castle in the Odenwald. He was buried in the Heidelberg collegiate church.

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predecessor Office successor
Ulrich V. Count of Württemberg-Stuttgart
1457–1482
Eberhard I.
Eberhard I. Duke of Württemberg
1496–1498
Ulrich