Eberhard IV. (Württemberg)

Eberhard IV.

Eberhard IV , called "the Younger" (* August 23, 1388 ; † July 2, 1419 in Waiblingen ), was Count of Württemberg .

Life

Eberhard IV was the only surviving child from the marriage of Count Eberhard III. and Antonia Visconti . On November 13, 1397 he was engaged to Henriette von Mömpelgard . Henriette was the eldest daughter and chief heir to Heinrich von Mömpelgard , who died in 1396, a year before his father, Count Stephan von Mömpelgard . The county Mömpelgard became part of Wuerttemberg when the marriage was concluded at the latest in 1407 .

Eberhard IV took an active part in the government of the country from 1407. From 1409 he ruled the county of Mömpelgard together with Henriette. After the death of Eberhard III. on May 16, 1417 he took over the government in all of Württemberg. When he died on July 2, 1419, his two sons, the future Counts Ludwig I and Ulrich V , were only seven and six years old, respectively. Therefore a guardianship government from Henriette and up to 32 Württemberg councilors were set up.

progeny

Eberhard's children with Henriette von Mömpelgard were:

Anna , * 1408 in Waiblingen , ⚭ 1422 with Philipp I. von Katzenelnbogen
Ludwig I , * 1412 in Urach
Ulrich V. "the beloved", * 1413.

In addition, Eberhard had several children with his lover Agnes von Dagersheim:

Antonia von Dagersheim, ⚭ Konrad Lyher, Chancellor in Stuttgart. From this marriage emerged Elisabeth Lyher, wife of the Markgröninger Vogtes Heinrich Volland , whose son Ambrosius Volland (1472–1551) was Württemberg chancellor, imperial councilor and legal scholar at the University of Wittenberg.
several other children
Anna von Dagersheim, ⚭ Hans Ferg, known as Vergenhans, works at the Urach court. This connection comes from the daughter Anna Vergenhans , the son Ludwig Vergenhans (Dr., Probst in Stuttgart, Canon in Konstanz and Augsburg, Chancellor in Stuttgart) and his brother Johannes Vergenhans .

Individual evidence

↑ Hansmartin Decker-Hauff et al., The University of Tübingen from 1477 to 1977 in pictures and documents. 500 years of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Contributions to the history of the University of Tübingen 1477–1977. Attempto, Tübingen 1977, ISBN 3-921552-02-8 , family table p. 24f.
↑ Otto Beuttenmüller (arrangement): Swabian gender book. Ninth volume, Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1975 ( German Gender Book. Volume 170), p. 69 ff.

literature

Christoph Florian: Eberhard IV the Younger. In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , pp. 74-77.
Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 1: The House of Württemberg from Count Ulrich the Founder to Duke Ludwig. 6th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-34-0 , pp. 231-237.

Web links

Commons : Eberhard IV. - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Works by and about Eberhard IV. In the German Digital Library
Eberhardus V .. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 8, Leipzig 1734, column 49 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Eberhard III.	Count of Mömpelgard (de iure uxoris ) 1409–1419	Ludwig I. and Ulrich V.
Eberhard III.	Count of Württemberg 1417–1419	Ludwig I. and Ulrich V.

personal data
SURNAME	Eberhard IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Count Eberhard IV of Württemberg; Eberhard the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Württemberg (1417–1419)
DATE OF BIRTH	August 23, 1388
DATE OF DEATH	July 2, 1419
Place of death	Waiblingen , County of Württemberg , Holy Roman Empire

[1] Hansmartin Decker-Hauff et al., The University of Tübingen from 1477 to 1977 in pictures and documents. 500 years of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen. Contributions to the history of the University of Tübingen 1477–1977. Attempto, Tübingen 1977, ISBN 3-921552-02-8 , family table p. 24f.

[2] Otto Beuttenmüller (arrangement): Swabian gender book. Ninth volume, Starke, Limburg an der Lahn 1975 ( German Gender Book. Volume 170), p. 69 ff.