Eberhard II (Württemberg, Count)
Eberhard II may refer to: * Eberhard II, Count of the Mark, (c. 1255 – 1308) * Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg (after 1315 – 1392) * Eberhard II von der Mark (1365–1440) * Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg Eberhard VI/II (1 February 1447 (?) in Waiblingen – 17 February 1504 at Lindenfels Castle) was a German nobleman. He was Count of Württemberg-Stuttgart from 1480 to 1496 as Eberhard VI, then Duke of Württemberg from 1496 to June 1498 as Eber ...

Eberhard II, Count Of The Mark
Eberhard I (–4 July 1308) was a German nobleman. He was Count of the Mark from 1277 until his death. He was the son of Engelbert I, Count of the Mark and Kunigunde of Blieskastel (died 1265), daughter of Count Henry I of Blieskastel. In 1277, Count Herman of Lohn abducted Eberhard's father Engelbert I, Count of the Mark near Tecklenburg and imprisoned him in the Castle of Bredevoort, where he later died. In 1278 Eberhard took revenge and conquered the castle. From 1281, Eberhard formed an alliance with the Counts of Berg, Cleve and Jülich against the Electorate of Cologne and gained the independence of the County of Mark from the Archbishop of Cologne after the victory in the Battle of Worringen in 1288. He also obtained Brakel, Westhofen and Waltrop. Eberhard died 4 July 1308 and was buried in Fröndenberg Monastery. Marriage and children Eberhard married first about 29 January 1273 to Irmgard of Berg (c.1256–24 March 1294), daughter of Adolf VII of Berg. They had seve ...
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Eberhard II, Count Of Württemberg
Eberhard II, called ''"der Greiner"'' (the Jarrer) (after 1315 – 15 March 1392, in Stuttgart), Count of Württemberg from 1344 until 1392. Eberhard II was son of Count Ulrich III of Württemberg and Sofie of Pfirt. He married Countess Elizabeth von Henneberg-Schleusingen on 17 September 1342. Life and achievements They had two children: * Ulrich, who was killed in the victorious battle of Döffingen and married Elisabeth of Bavaria, daughter of Louis IV. They were the parents of his successor Eberhard III. * Sophie (1343–1369), who married in 1361 John I, Duke of Lorraine. From the beginning of his regency in 1344 up to 1361 he reigned together with his brother Ulrich IV, whom he forced to sign a treaty which confirmed the inseparability of Württemberg. Soon afterwards Ulrich IV renounced his co-rule on 1 May 1362. To strengthen his might and to enlarge the territory of Württemberg Eberhard II joined several pacts and clashes with Emperor Charles IV. As a resul ...
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Eberhard II Von Der Mark
Eberhard II von der Mark (1365–1454) ( Fr.: ''Évrard de La Marck'') was Lord of Arenberg and began styling himself Lord of Sedan in 1424. Biography Eberhard II von der Mark was born in Aremberg in 1365, the son of Eberhard I von der Mark and grandson of Engelbert II, Count of the Mark, ruler of the County of Mark and the Count of Aremberg through marriage to his grandmother, Mechtilde of Arenberg. His mother was Marie de Looz, granddaughter of Jean de Looz. He was married in 1410 to Marie de Braquemont (died 1425), sister of Louis de Braquemont, and daughter of Guillaume Dit Braquet de Braquemont and Marie de Campremy. After purchasing the area around modern Sedan, Ardennes from his brother-in-law Louis de Braquemont, in 1424, he expelled the monks of the Benedictine Abbey of Mouzon and began construction on the Château de Sedan. He began styling himself Lord of Sed. He died in 1454 and was succeeded by his eldest son Johann von der Marck-Arenberg (1410-1480). From his ...
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