Württemberg

Who he is

Name

Hartmann and his brother Ludwig

Title

Counts of Württemberg (Wirtemberg), probably ruling jointly

Since

After their father Ludwig, last seen 18 May 1181; Hartmann first attested 28 August 1194

Born

Hartmann about 1160 (de.wikipedia); Ludwig not pinned

Family

Sons of Count Ludwig (II). Hartmann married a countess of Veringen, probably about 1190 (her parentage is disputed); sons Konrad and Hermann born about 1190-1195 (parentage unconfirmed in fmg). Ludwig married a daughter of Count Adalbert III of Dillingen and Heilika of Bavaria (date not pinned); his sons Eberhard and Ulrich (born about 1226) belong to a later generation.

Confidence

medium

fmg.ac (Württemberg); de.wikipedia (Hartmann I.).

Overlord

The duke of Swabia (Philip).

What it holds

• Wirtemberg castle
• Lands on the Neckar and in the lower Rems valley (Untertürkheim, Beutelsbach)
• Rights from the Veringen marriage (not pinned for 1200)

How it was acquired

Inheritance.

Allies and rivals

Neighbours of the Staufen house lands at Waiblingen and Esslingen; kin by marriage of the Veringen and Dillingen counts.

How things stand that morning

Hold their castle and lands on 1 January 1200. Throne war: Staufen, medium confidence. Hartmann witnessed for Duke Conrad of Swabia on 28 August 1194, and for Philip on 4 February 1206; Ludwig witnessed a charter of Philip on 14 September 1201. Nothing is dated for 1199-1200 itself.

Wealth

Neckar and Rems vineyards and farms.

Military

Wirtemberg castle and the family's vassals. No figures.

Threats

• Overshadowed by the Staufen lands around them

Places of note

• Wirtemberg castle: The family seat on the Rotenberg.

Where the sources disagree

• de.wikipedia (Hartmann I.) says the brothers are first documented at Otto IV's court; fmg.ac cites Hartmann in 1194 (Duke Conrad) and both brothers with Philip in 1201 and 1206. This record follows fmg.

Evidence: Charters on either side of 1200 (1194, 1201); the extent of their lands in 1200 is not pinned.

On the map: Rough core; the scattered lands and any Veringen inheritance are not drawn.

Primary sources for Staufen

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Annals of Marbach (compiled to 1238, the section on 1198 to 1210 written in the early 13th century). Alsatian annals on the Staufen side of the Upper Rhine. Read online
• Annals of Reiner of Saint James, Liège, Reiner of Liège (1197 to 1230, kept year by year). Contemporary annals kept inside Liège. Read online
• Chronicle of Burchard of Ursberg, Burchard of Ursberg (about 1229 to 1230, reworked by Conrad of Lichtenau). Written a generation later by a fierce partisan of the Staufen and a critic of Innocent III. Read online
• Chronicle of Otto of St Blasien, Otto of St Blasien (about 1209 to 1210). A Swabian continuation of Otto of Freising written from the Staufen side. Read online
• Chronicle of Reinhardsbrunn; Chronicle of St Peter's, Erfurt (Erfurt chronicle in the 13th century; Reinhardsbrunn compilation about 1340 to 1349 from older annals). The two Thuringian chronicles. Read online
• Chronicle of the Slavs, by Arnold of Lübeck, Arnold of Lübeck (about 1209 to 1210). Arnold continues Helmold and writes from Lübeck, close to Danish, Welf and Baltic affairs. Read online
• Royal Chronicle of Cologne (in stages from about 1175 to about 1250; the section on 1198 to 1220 written soon after the events). The fullest German narrative of the throne war from the Welf and Cologne side. Read online
• Annals of Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online

23 more in the sources library for The Rhineland, the Low Countries and the Swiss Lands.