Julius Friedrich (Württemberg-Weiltingen)
Julius Friedrich von Württemberg-Weiltingen (born June 3, 1588 in Mömpelgard , † April 25, 1635 in Strasbourg ) was Duke and founder of Württemberg-Weiltingen .
Life
Julius Friedrich was the third son of Duke Friedrich I of Württemberg and his wife Sibylla von Anhalt . He grew up with his parents and siblings in Mömpelgard. After his father took over the government in 1593, the prince lived in Stuttgart. He participated in military operations in Alsace and also took part in the Jülich War of Succession . Julius Friedrich undertook extensive trips, including to Asia Minor , Malta and Ephesus, and in 1615 to Lapland .
On 28 May 1617 he received the Prince Fraternal compared the reigns Weiltingen and Brenz well as a payment in kind to the rule Heidenheim awarded to an annual alimony of 15,000 florins. Julius Friedrich took his seat in Weiltingen and from 1631 led the regency for his nephew Eberhard III.
On November 24, 1617 he concluded the marriage contract with Princess Anna Sabina of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1593-1659), whom he married on December 11, 1618 in Sonderburg . After the marriage, he first moved to Brenz Castle and later to Weiltingen Castle . In 1631 he took part in the Leipzig Convention but had to renounce this union in the Treaty of Tübingen after the cherry war . He finally joined the advancing Gustav Adolf of Sweden and raised troops again. In 1632 he subordinated a squadron that he had dug in Lorraine, the René du Puy-Montbrun, seigneur de Villefranche et de la Jonchère .
This led to contradictions with the government, the estates and the co-regent Julius' Friedrich, Barbara Sophia von Brandenburg , the mother of Eberhard III. In 1633 he renounced his reign in Württemberg.
After the Battle of Nördlingen , Julius Friedrich fled with the whole of the Württemberg-ducal family to Strasbourg, where he died the following year. His widow Anna Sabina moved into Schöckingen Castle as a widow's residence .
children
Julius Friedrich's children from his marriage to Anna Sabina were:
- Roderich (1618–1651), Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen
- Julia Felicitas (1619–1661)
- ⚭ 1640 Duke Johann X. of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1606–1655)
- Silvius I. Nimrod (1622–1664), Duke of Württemberg-Juliusburg
- ⚭ 1647 Princess Elisabeth Marie von Münsterberg-Oels (1625–1686)
- Floriana Ernestine (1623–1672)
- ⚭ 1657 Count Friedrich Kraft von Hohenlohe-Pfedelbach (1623–1681)
- Faustina Marianna (1624–1679)
- Manfred I (1626–1662), Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen
- ⚭ 1652 Countess Juliane von Oldenburg (1615–1691)
- Julius Peregrinatius (1627-1645)
- Sueno Martialis Edenolph (1629–1656)
- Amadea Fredonia (1631-1633)
literature
- Gerhard Raff : Hie good Wirtemberg all the way. Volume 2: The House of Württemberg from Duke Friedrich I to Duke Eberhard III. With the Stuttgart, Mömpelgard, Weiltingen, Neuenstadt am Kocher, Neuenbürg and Oels lines in Silesia. 4th edition. Landhege, Schwaigern 2014, ISBN 978-3-943066-12-8 , pp. 211-233.
- Harald Schukraft : Julius Friedrich. In: Sönke Lorenz , Dieter Mertens , Volker Press (eds.): Das Haus Württemberg. A biographical lexicon. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4 , pp. 191-193.
- Paul Friedrich von Stälin : Julius Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 684 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Friedrich Freiherr von Gaisberg-Schöckingen: Schöckingen . Ditzingen-Schöckingen 1983, p. 75.
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Julius Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Württemberg-Weiltingen, Julius Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1588 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mömpelgard , County of Württemberg-Mömpelgard , Holy Roman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 25, 1635 |
| Place of death | Strasbourg , Free Imperial City, Holy Roman Empire |