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Eberhard I of Württemberg (11 December 1445 – 24 February 1496). From 1459 until 1495 he was Count ''Eberhard V''. From July 1495 he was the first Duke of Württemberg. He is also known as ''Eberhard im Bart'' (Eberhard the Bearded). == Life == Born at Urach, he was the son of count Ludwig I and his wife Mechthild of the Palatinate, born as countess palatine by the Rhine. He was first buried in the collegiate church Saint Peter auf dem Einsiedel, later in the collegiate church of Tübingen. Count Eberhard V officially took charge of government of Württemberg-Urach when he was still underage. Württemberg was divided since 1442. At first he had a legal guardian, a respected nobleman who had mentored his father as a youth, Rudolph von Ehingen of Kilchberg. A fencing manual was created for Eberhard in 1467 by Hans Talhoffer.〔Internally dated on (folio 16v ).〕 The manuscript, Cod.icon. 394 a, is currently held by the Bavarian State Library.〔''(Fechtbuch von 1467 )''. Manuscript published in Swabia, Germany. Via World Digital Library.〕 The following year, in 1468, he travelled to Jerusalem and became a knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. To commemorate this he chose the palm as his symbol. In Urach on 12 April (or 4 July) 1474 he married a prestigious bride, Barbara, daughter of Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. The only daughter out of this marriage, Barbara, was born in Urach on 2 August 1475 and died on 15 October of that year.〔(Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan )〕 In 1477 Eberhard, whose motto was ''attempto'' ("I dare"), founded the University of Tübingen. He ordered the expulsion of all Jews living in Württemberg. He invited the Brethren of the Common Life and the community of devotio moderna to his country and founded collegiate churches in Urach, Dettingen an der Erms, Herrenberg, Einsiedel near Tübingen and Tachenhausen. He took interest in reforms of the church and monasteries. Despite not being able to speak Latin he held education in high esteem and had a great number of Latin texts translated into German. Parts of his large library have been preserved. Finally on December 14, 1482, he achieved the re-unification of the two parts of Württemberg, Württemberg-Urach and Württemberg-Stuttgart, with the Treaty of Münsingen. He moved the capital to Stuttgart and ruled the re-united country. In the same year Pope Sixtus IV awarded him the Golden Rose. In 1492 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece, by Maximilian I, then King of Germany. On July 21, 1495 count Eberhard V was declared Duke of Württemberg on the Reichstag in Worms by Maximilian I. At that time his new title (in German, "Herzog") denoted a large measure of sovereignty within the Holy Roman Empire, just below that of "Elector". Johannes Nauclerus, a humanist and historian, served at his court. Eberhard died at Tübingen in 1496. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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