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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She was married to

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).

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