Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

Frederick I (* August 19 1557 in Montbéliard, † January 29, 1608 in Stuttgart) was Count of Montbéliard ( 1558-1608 ) and Duke of Württemberg ( 1593-1608 ).

Life

Frederick was the son of Count Georg I of Württemberg - Montbéliard (1498-1558) and Barbara of Hesse ( 1536-1597 ). He held in his youth at the Württemberg court in Stuttgart, where Duke Christoph cared even to his upbringing. 1571-1574 he was trained in the later Collegium Illustre in Tübingen and attended besides various German courts Denmark, Hungary, Austria, France, Italy and England. Frederick signed the Formula of Concord of 1577 and the Book of Concord of in 1580.

1581 he joined the marriage with Sibylla, the daughter of Prince Joachim Ernst von Anhalt. At this time he also received the government of his dominions left bank of Württemberg- Montbéliard.

When in 1593 his cousin, 2nd degree, Duke Ludwig of Württemberg, died without issue, Friedrich inherited the dukedom and the power over the entire Duchy of Württemberg. This went Württemberg- Montbéliard on in the Duchy Württemberg.

Frederick I in 1599 -bought the reconversion of Württemberg, which was an Austrian After fief since 1534, in an imperial fief. The Habsburgs were granted to the land in the event that the house should Württemberg extinct in the male line, to which it never was an entitlement.

In the same year Friedrich gave the command for creating a new town on the eastern edge of the Black Forest, which received the name Freudenstadt.

Progeny

Frederick's children from his marriage with Sibylla of Anhalt, daughter of Prince Joachim Ernst von Anhalt, were:

  • Johann Friedrich (1582-1628), Duke of Württemberg
  • Georg Friedrich (1583-1591)
  • Sibylla Elisabeth (1584-1606) ∞ Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony
  • Elisabeth ( * / † 1585 )
  • Ludwig Friedrich (1586-1631), Duke of Württemberg- Montbéliard
  • Joachim Friedrich ( * / † 1587 )
  • Julius Friedrich (1588-1635), Duke of Württemberg- Weiltingen
  • Philipp Friedrich ( * / † 1589 )
  • Eva Christina (1590-1657) ∞ Johann Georg, Duke of Brandenburg- Jägerndorf
  • Achilles Friedrich (1591-1631), Duke of Württemberg- New City
  • Agnes (1592-1629) ∞ Franz Julius, Prince of Saxe- Lauenburg
  • Barbara (1593-1627) ∞ V. Friedrich, Margrave of Baden -Durlach
  • Magnus (1594-1622), Duke of Württemberg- Neuenbürg
  • August (* / † 1596)
  • Anna (1597-1650)
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