Ulrich of Württemberg

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Draft for the monument to Count Ulrichs, Greiner's son (pen drawing watercolored by Hans Steiner , around 1578)

Ulrich von Württemberg (* after 1340 ; † 23 August 1388 in the Battle of Döffingen ) was the son of Count Eberhard II of Württemberg and Elisabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen .

Life

In 1362 Ulrich married Elisabeth von Bayern (* 1329; † 1402), daughter of Emperor Ludwig IV. From this marriage, the later Count Eberhard III. from Württemberg. Various sources assume other sons with the names Heinrich and Ulrich and one daughter.

After the death of his uncle Ulrich IV in 1366, he apparently ruled Württemberg together with his father Eberhard II. Both escaped an assassination attempt by Count Wolf von Eberstein during a stay in "Wildbad" (probably Wildbad or Teinach ) in 1367 . In the time after that, Eberhard directed his policy strongly against the imperial cities that stood in the way of a further expansion of Württemberg . In 1372 there was a first victorious battle against the cities for Württemberg near Altheim. On May 14, 1377 Ulrich was together with a large number of knights at Achalm Castle when mercenaries from the Free Imperial City of Reutlingen undertook a raid on Württemberg territory. Ulrich attacked them on their return march below the Achalm ( Battle of Reutlingen ). Ulrich's team withdrew to the Achalm after heavy losses; he himself was wounded in battle. Already in 1380 shortly after its establishment, Ulrich joined the Lion League , an association of the nobility against the cities. Ulrich thus became a kind of link between the county of Württemberg and the lower nobility, who stood in a front line to the cities. On August 23, 1388, the military clashes of Württemberg and other nobles with the Swabian Association of Cities, founded in 1376, reached their climax in the Battle of Döffingen . The vanguard of the aristocratic army was led by Ulrich. This was almost wiped out in the course of the battle and Ulrich fell. After the arrival of the main army led by his father, Württemberg was able to win the battle. In Ulrich's 500th year of death, a memorial stone was erected in his honor near Döffingen .

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SURNAME Ulrich of Württemberg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count's son in Württemberg
DATE OF BIRTH after 1340
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1388
Place of death Battle of Döffingen