Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard

Henriette

Countess of Montbéliard, suo jure
Born| 1387
Died| (1444-02-14)14 February 1444
Montbéliard
Noble family| House of Montfaucon (by birth)
House of Württemberg (by marriage)
Spouse(s)| Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg
Father| Henry of Orbe
Mother| Marie 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

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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

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Ancestors of Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8\. Henry I, Count of Montbéliard

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| 4\. Stephen, Count of Montbéliard|

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| 9\. Agnes, Heiress of Montbéliard

| 2\. Henry II, Count of Montbéliard|

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| 10\. John II, Lord of Arlay

| 5\. Margaret of Chalon-Arlay|

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| 11\. Margaret of Mello

| 1\. Henriette, Countess of Montbéliard|
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| 12\. Guy de Châtillon, Lord of Fère-en-Tardenois

| 6\. Gaucher X de Châtillon, Vicount of Blaigny|

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| 13\. Mary of Lorraine

| 3\. Mary de Châtillon, Vicountess of Blaigny|

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| 14\. William I, Lord of Coucy

| 7\. Joanna de Coucy|

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| 15\. Isabeau de Châtillon

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## See also

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* History of Württemberg
* Franche-Comté

## Notes and references

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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

Stephen

|  Count of Montbéliard
1397–1444  | Succeeded by

Louis I

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