Ludwig III, Count of Württemberg
Ludwig III. (* 1166, † by 1241 ) was Count of Württemberg. He was probably married to a daughter of Count Adalbert III. of Dillenburg, or with a daughter of Count Ulrich III of Kyburg - Dillingen whose names are not known.
The brothers Hartmann I and Louis III. led both at the same time the title of "Count of Wirtemberg " so that it can be assumed that both managed the county together. Both are mentioned sons of Count Louis II documented both in the wake of King Otto IV on the Rhine, Swabian and Franconian palaces. It is assumed that the officiate of the brothers so designed that one of them was staying in the home country, while the other the respective rulers accompanied on trips in the Empire and Italy. Ludwig took in 1194 in the conquest of Sicily by the Emperor Henry VI. in part. Hartmann accompanied Otto IV to Rome for his imperial coronation on October 4, 1209 after the elevation of Frederick II of Swabia as king and emperor Louis turned to his brother, the Swabians to: . Both were Frederick and his son and co-regent Henry ( VII ) for important negotiations Empire to the side.
Literature / source
- Dieter Mertens: Hartmann (I. ); in: Sönke Lorenz, Dieter Mertens, Volker Press ( ed.): The house Württemberg. A biographical dictionary. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-17-013605-4, page 11
Beginnings and County to 1495: Konrad I | Conrad II | Louis I | Ludwig II | Hartmann I. | Ludwig III. | Ulrich I | Ulrich II | Eberhard I. | Ulrich III. | Ulrich IV | Eberhard II | Eberhard III. | Eberhard IV Stuttgart line: Ulrich V | Eberhard VI. Uracher line: Ludwig I | Ludwig II | Eberhard V.
Duchy 1495-1806: Eberhard I | Eberhard II | Ulrich | Christopher | Ludwig | Frederick I | Johann Friedrich | Eberhard III. | Wilhelm Ludwig | Eberhard Ludwig | Charles Alexander | Charles Eugene | Eugene Ludwig | Eugen Friedrich | Frederick II
UK 1806-1918: Friedrich | William I | Karl | Wilhelm II
- Graf ( Württemberg)
- German
- Born in 1166
- Died in the 13th century
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