County of Württemberg

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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire that emerged form the Duchy of Swabia.

Establishment

January 1136: Establishment of the County of Württemberg.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1274: The Staufen emperors slowly transferred most non-military powers over the Imperial Possessions to local lords.

January 1318: In 1317 Metzingen went to the Counts of Württemberg.

January 1325: The County of Horburg, named after the main town, came to the Counts of Württemberg in 1324 and was thus one of the estates on the left bank of the Rhine, along with the County of Montbéliard and the Lordship of Reichenweier.

January 1340: The town and castle of Vaihingen were originally under the control of the Margrave of Baden. In 1334, they were transferred to the Counts of Oettingen and later in 1339, they were acquired by the Counts of Württemberg.

January 1343: The County Palatine of Tübingen was sold to the County of Württemberg (1342).

January 1345: Count Heinrich von Veringen was forced to sell his county to his distant Württemberg relatives.

January 1364: Nagold is sold to Württemberg.

January 1365: The ruling dynasty of Calw get extincted and the county went to Württemberg.

January 1379: Based on Gustav Droysen's Map of the Holy Roman Empire in the XIV century.

January 1382: The County of Württemberg acquired Teck.

January 1400: In Stuttgart could not do much with the lordship of Veringen, which was located away from the heartland, and in 1399 it was pledged to Count Eberhard von Werdenberg.

January 1419: Welzheim is sold to Württemberg.

January 1440: This line of the family died out in 1439, and the Württembergers bought the dominion around the Lupfen.

January 1474: Between 1301 and 1473, the town of Sulz was the seat of the Geroldsecker line, which lived here, but in the 15th century, despite inheritance, experienced a steady economic decline and finally they had to sell it to Württemberg in 1473 under massive pressure.

July 1495: On July 21, 1495, Württemberg was made a duchy by the Roman-German king Maximilian I at the Reichstag in Worms.