Eberhard III, Count of Württemberg

Eberhard III, called "the Mild " ( * after 1362 probably in Stuttgart, † May 16 1417 in Göppingen). Was Count of Württemberg 1392-1417 He was the son of Count Ulrich of Württemberg ( * after 1340; . † 1388 ) and Elisabeth of Bavaria ( * 1329, † 1402), daughter of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria.

Eberhard III. married in 1380 the Milanese Countess Antonia Visconti, daughter of Bernabo Visconti. The only surviving child of this marriage was the later Count Eberhard IV After the death of Antonia on March 26, 1405 married Eberhard Elisabeth of Nuremberg, the daughter of Viscount John III. of Nuremberg, ( marriage agreement on March 27, 1406 nuptials until 1412 ).

His reign was marked by a peacekeeping alliance with other neighboring principalities and imperial cities. Examples are concluded on August 27, 1395 Alliance with 14 Upper Swabian cities and the Marbach Federation of 1405th An important military success was the victory against the Schleglerbund 1395 Home Home. Eberhard significant territorial acquisition was the county Mömpelgard that came about through the engagement of his son, later Count Eberhard IV with Henriette of Montbéliard. Henriette was the eldest daughter of Count Heinrich and entitled to inherit from Montbéliard. Eberhard III. ruled the county Mömpelgard to 1409 and then handed it to his son Eberhard IV