Württemberg-Neuenbürg
Württemberg-Neuenbürg was the name of two short-lived branches of the House of Württemberg in the 17th century. It was named after the city of Neuenbürg and the Neuenbürg Castle there . Both lines died out again with their founder.
First sideline
The first sideline was created by the brotherly prince settlement of May 28th July. / 7 June 1617 greg. , in which the sons of Duke Frederick I shared the inheritance. The eldest son, Johann Friedrich , received rule over the Duchy of Württemberg . The remaining brothers were resigned to other possessions; Among other things, the youngest son Magnus received the castle in Neuenbürg and an annual payment of 10,000 guilders . Magnus was killed in the Battle of Wimpfen in 1622 ; he was unmarried and left no children, so the castle fell back on the main line.
Second sideline
The second sideline was created in 1651 after the restitution of Württemberg at the end of the Thirty Years War . Duke Eberhard III. left the Neuenbürg Castle to his brother Ulrich in a comparison of inheritance. Duke Ulrich spent most of his life in military service; His two marriages had three daughters, but no male heirs, so that this line also expired with Ulrich's death in 1671.
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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. 293–308 and 457–479.
- Harald Schukraft : A Brief History of the House of Württemberg . Silberburg , Tübingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-87407-725-5 .