Henriette (1387 – 14 February 1444) was Sovereign Countess of Montbéliard from 1397 until 1444.
She was the daughter of Henry of Orbe (died 1396), and the heiress of her grandfather,
Stephen, Count of Montbéliard. Her great-grandfather was
Henry I of Montbéliard. She married
Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg
Eberhard IV of Württemberg (23 August 1388, in Stuttgart – 2 July 1419, in Waiblingen) was the ruling Count of Württemberg from 1417 until his death.
Life
He was elder son of Count Eberhard III and Antonia Visconti. On 13 November 1397 he be ...
and governed the city of
Montbéliard
Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department.
History
Montbéliard is ...
together with her husband.
It was because of this marriage that Montbéliard became a part of
Württemberg
Württemberg ( ; ) is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia. The main town of the region is Stuttgart.
Together with Baden and Hohenzollern, two other historical territories, Württ ...
. At his death in 1419, she took over the regency for her son
Ulrich Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Al ...
. In 1422 her daughter Anna (1408–1471, Countess of Katzenelnbogen), married
Philipp I, Count of Katzenelnbogen in Darmstadt, one of the most magnificent medieval weddings, with a dowry of .
Mömpelgard, The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World
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Family and children
She was married to Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg
Eberhard IV of Württemberg (23 August 1388, in Stuttgart – 2 July 1419, in Waiblingen) was the ruling Count of Württemberg from 1417 until his death.
Life
He was elder son of Count Eberhard III and Antonia Visconti. On 13 November 1397 he be ...
and had two sons and a daughter:
# Anna of Württemberg (1408–1471), married Philip I, Count of Katzenelnbogen
# Louis I of Württemberg (1412 – 24 September 1450, Urach).
# Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413 – 1 September 1480, Leonberg).
Ancestors
See also
* History of Württemberg
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
* Franche-Comté
Notes and references
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1387 births
1444 deaths
House of Montfaucon
14th-century women rulers
Counts of Montbéliard
House of Württemberg
French suo jure nobility
15th-century women rulers