Henry, Count of Württemberg
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Henry of Württemberg (later representation, probably not authentic)
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7 September 1448 Stuttgart |
| Died | 15 April 1519 (aged 70) Hohenurach Castle, near Bad Urach |
| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth of Zweibrücken-Bitsch (1485-87; her death) Eva of Salm (1488-?) |
| Children | 3 |
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Henry of Württemberg (7 September 1448, Stuttgart – 15 April 1519, Hohenurach Castle near Bad Urach) was, from 1473-82, Count by Montbéliard.
Henry was the second son of Count Ulrich V of Württemberg-Stuttgart (1413–1480), from his second marriage to Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (1419–1451). As a second son, Henry was provided with a career in the clergy. In 1464, he became provost at Eichstätt. The intent was that he would succeed Adolph II of Nassau as Archbishop of Mainz.
To that end, he was appointed as Adolph's coadjutor and worldly regent in 1465. This plan had been masterminded by the powerful Elector Albrecht III Achilles of Brandenburg, who married his daughter Elisabeth to Henry's brother Eberhard II. This would bind the Archbishopric of Mainz tightly to the Margraviate of Brandenburg and to the imperial party, which was led by Albrecht Achilles, and to which Henry's father Ulrich V also belonged.
The archbishop of Mainz was one of the seven electors and thus had considerable influence on policy in the Holy Roman Empire of German Nation. The plan was directed against the Wittelsbach family, and in particular Elector Palatine Frederick I, who had humiliated Ulrich V in the Battle of Seckenheim in 1462. The Archbishop of Mainz, however, disagreed with the plan and refused to play the intended rôle.
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