Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard

Henriette
Countess of Montbéliard, suo jure
Born1387
Died(1444-02-14)14 February 1444
Montbéliard
Noble familyHouse of Montfaucon (by birth)
House of Württemberg (by marriage)
Spouse(s)Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg
FatherHenry of Orbe
MotherMarie de Chatillon-Blaigny

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.[1] Her great-grandfather was Henry I of Montbéliard. She married Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg and governed the city of Montbéliard together with her husband.

It was because of this marriage that Montbéliard became a part of Württemberg. At his death in 1419, she took over the regency for her son Ulrich. 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 32,000florins.[2]

Family and children

She was married to Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg and had two sons and a daughter:

  1. Anna of Württemberg (1408–1471), married Philip I, Count of Katzenelnbogen
  2. Louis I of Württemberg (1412 – 24 September 1450, Urach).
  3. Ulrich V of Württemberg (1413 – 1 September 1480, Leonberg).

Ancestors

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Family tree of Henriette (in English)
  2. ^ Mömpelgard, The History of the County of Katzenelnbogen and the First Riesling of the World
Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard
House of Montfaucon
Born: 1387 Died: 14 February 1444
Preceded by Count of Montbéliard
1397–1444 		Succeeded by