Henriette von Mömpelgard

Henriette von Mömpelgard on a glass window in the choir of the collegiate church in Tübingen

Henriette von Mömpelgard (also Henriette de Montfaucon ; * between 1384 and 1391; † February 14, 1444 in Mömpelgard ) was Countess of Württemberg .

Henriette was the eldest daughter of Henry II , Count of Montbéliard, who died in 1396 a year before his father - Count Stephan von Mömpelgard - and Countess Maria of Châtillon . There were no male descendants in the county of Mömpelgard , although Heinrich had three other illegitimate children and two younger daughters from his marriage to Maria von Chatillon.

On November 13, 1397, the Württemberg Count Eberhard III. (Eberhard der Milde) signed a marriage contract for his son Eberhard IV and Henriette. In this way he took over the government of Mömpelgard and some of the lordships belonging to it, which he handed over to Eberhard IV at the wedding of the two in 1407. Mömpelgard then remained part of the state of Württemberg until 1802.

From Henriette's marriage to Eberhard IV, three children emerged: Anna (1408–1471, Countess von Katzenelnbogen), as well as the two later Counts Ludwig I (1412–1450) and Ulrich V (1413–1480). After Eberhard IV's death in 1419, Henriette took over the guardianship of her two sons and thus, together with officials, so-called “councils”, the government in Württemberg. At the end of 1421 Henriette withdrew from the government of the entire country, but continued to rule Mömpelgard until her death.

literature

Bernd Breyvogel: 3.0.2. Henriette. In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , pp. 77-79.
Bernd Breyvogel: The role of Henriette von Mömpelgard in Württemberg history and historiography. In: Sönke Lorenz , Peter Rückert (eds.): Württemberg and Mömpelgard - 600 years of encounter. Contributions to the scientific conference from September 17th to 19th, 1997 in the main state archive in Stuttgart (= writings on Southwest German regional studies. Volume 26). DRW, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 1999, ISBN 3-87181-426-1 , pp. 47-76.
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. 238-250.

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personal data
SURNAME	Henriette von Mömpelgard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Henriette de Montfaucon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Countess of Württemberg
DATE OF BIRTH	between 1384 and 1391
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1444
Place of death	Mömpelgard , County Mömpelgard , Holy Roman Empire